The broadening of political support for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) is a big step along the path towards least-cost emissions reduction in Australia. The Federal Labor Party’s...
Category - Water & Environment
As the recovery from COVID-19 begins, investing in gas will entrench the same problems as coal, including high energy costs, climate damage and pollution, violations of land rights, and a...
A NEW International Energy Agency (IEA) report highlights the massive potential of energy efficiency to create jobs, cut bills and address climate change, but Australia can do much more to seize this...
The Minerals Council of Australia‘s (MCA) Climate Action Plan, released recently, demonstrates the ongoing commitment by the Australian minerals industry to decarbonising the economy and...
The federal government’s announcement of a new Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) provides a unique collaborative research opportunity to support regional communities facing mine closures, said...
The only centre of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere for accurately testing ancient groundwater up to a million years old has opened in South Australia. CSIRO physicist Dr Axel Suckow at the Noble...
Veolia Water Technologies has been awarded the contract to design and supply a Reverse Osmosis plant to reduce the chloride levels in the produced water stream at the Fosterville Gold Mine. The water...
The University of South Australia has a leading role in the new MinEx Cooperative Research Centre dedicated to developing a more sustainable and productive minerals industry for Australia. Supported...
Australia has been urged to build on work to date on carbon capture and storage (CCS) by playing a lead role and contributing to world efforts to massively reduce the cost of meeting international...
Whether we like it or not, Australians rely on mining to keep up their current lifestyle – our phones, cars and even medical equipment use materials pulled from the Earth. But with more than 50,000...
Kalgoorlie-Boulder wins Tidy Towns 2017
Awards recognise community projects and sustainable living
Kalgoorlie-Boulder a finalist in four categories
Mine rehabilitation case study shows the way forward A resource company case study project to rehabilitate former mining land shows that better environmental outcomes can be achieved, Environment...
