One of Europe’s largest armed conflicts in modern times could accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, an expert warned. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s...
Category - Environment
A mineral producer received the nod to proceed with a brand-new coal development in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The State Department of Environment and Science recently granted an environmental...
A coal producer is free to expand a mining operation as planned after judges ruled elected officials do not have to protect protestors from an environmental theory. Whitehaven Coal is completely...
An Asia-owned mining operation allegedly treated workers from a multicultural background differently to their white counterparts, a former employee said. Shen Yao Holdings has been accused of...
A foreign-backed company cannot proceed with its $2 billion coal development due to an environmental theory, judges ruled. The High Court of Australia rejected Korea Electric Power...
Mount Keith Nickel Operation has one of Australia’s biggest tailings dams – and it’s also a massive mineral carbon sink. ‘Mineral carbonation’ is a natural chemical weathering process where carbon...
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...
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 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...
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...
