Major mining projects in NSW will be up and running in half the time under a new assessment framework announced by the NSW Premier last night. Speaking at the NSW Minerals Council’s Industry and...
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Despite what the Abbot Government is saying, Australian miners will actually receive very little benefit from the Australia-China free trade agreement signed on Monday, according to analysts Wood...
Clive Palmer has accused Campbell Newman of lavishing tax payer’s money on Indian coal mining company, Adani, to build a rail line in the Galilee Basin while ignoring Queensland companies with...
Premier Campbell Newman announced on the weekend that the Queensland Government would invest in key infrastructure in the Galilee Basin to ensure coal mine projects go ahead in the remote part of the...
Mines operating near Central Queensland towns will be banned from employing a 100% FIFO workforce if Labor wins the next state election. Queensland opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said...
The Browns Range Rare Earths Project earmarked for the far north east of Western Australia has received environmental approval to proceed from the Western Australian Government. Owners of the...
A new gold mine for South Australia has been approved by the State Government. Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis said the Portia Gold Project, located 120km north-west of Broken...
Rio Tinto plans to start building a new iron ore mine next to their existing Yandicoogina mine in the Pilbara some time in 2016, should they receive the necessary government approvals. Despite...
Through a deal with the Greens, Clive Palmer’s United Queensland party has formed a Federal Select Senate Inquiry into Queensland Government approvals of coal seam gas projects. The Inquiry, to...
An independent review of coal seam gas (CSG) activities in NSW has found that the industry can be sustainably managed but that government and gas companies need to be more transparent and upfront...
