The South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME) has welcomed the announcement by SA Premier Jay Weatherill this week that unlocking South Australia’s mineral and energy resources is the...
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In a statement released late Friday, BHP Billiton announced they were strongly considering a ‘demerger of a selection of assets’ as part of their ‘next phase of...
Five new resource exploration projects are getting off the ground thanks to a $2.1 million funding injection from the Queensland State Government. Mr Cripps said the five ‘industry priority’ projects...
By Cecilia Jamasmie: www.mining.com The recent deaths of nine Western Australian fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers who took their own lives has put the issue of living conditions and depression in the...
New guidelines setting the benchmark for the use of environmental offsets in the assessment and approval of resources projects were released by the Western Australian State Government today. The...
Papua New Guinea’s autonomous region of Bougainville passed Friday a new mining bill that strips significant rights from Rio Tinto’s subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited , according to mining.com...
Globally, the coal mining industry is as important as ever and a vital player in improving the lives of billions – that was the message from Australia Peabody Energy President Charles Meintjes at...
One month after launching the Mining Rehabilitation Fund (MRF), WA’s Mines Minister Bill Marmion last week congratulated the WA mining industry on its support of the scheme, saying it was an...
The NSW Government’s strategic statement on coal, released yesterday, provides welcome clarity as to the government’s policy direction on coal mining, according to the NSW Minerals Council. “Today’s...
New estimates by Deloitte Access Economics show that the minerals industry’s revenue contribution from company tax and royalties in the two years to 30 June, 2014 will be $40.3 billion. This is $18.3...
