A new study by the University of Adelaide’s School of Public Health has linked data from worker compensation claims with temperature records. The study, Perceptions of Workplace Heat Exposure and...
Category - Water & Environment
Methane emissions are one of the major concerns surrounding coal seam gas. But we should also be paying attention to other sources of methane, in particular those from coal mining. By dealing with...
By Brian Bienkowski Environmental Health News Tadpoles exposed to coal mine wastewater in Queensland had delayed development, hyperactivity and ended up full of toxic metals in their tails and...
The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) has gazetted the Ellendale Diamond Mine (Ellendale) under section 9(1) of the Mining Rehabilitation Fund Act 2012 (MRF Act). Executive Director Environment...
Against a background of hope for job creation and concern for the environment, a proposal to turn the abandoned Mount Todd mine site into one of Australia’s largest gold operations is up in the...
In an effort to quantify the criticality of the 62 metals on the Period Table of Elements, a group of Yale researchers has published a new paper providing key insights into how extracting the metals...
In the lead up to the AWA’s Ozwater ‘15 Expo in May, two of Australia’s biggest resources companies, Rio Tinto and Santos, present case studies on innovative water management in resources. Water...
The government’s refusal to approve mine development applications in Banded Iron Formation ranges of Western Australia’s Mid West could seriously jeorpardise future economic development...
On Wednesday the Katherine Town Council in the Northern Territory became the second local government area in the state to pass a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in unconventional gas...
Government funding has been cut to two anti-mining environmental groups in the Northern Territory which could lead to the both organisations shutting their doors for the foreseeable future. According...
One billion dollars worth of unconditional performance bonds have been returned to Western Australia’s resources industry since the introduction of the government’s Mining and...
Western Australia’s Mines Minister, Bill Marmion, has hosted a delegation of Chinese officials on a visit to the South West Hub Carbon Capture and Storage project. The Minister said this week’s...
