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The Queensland Land Court rules in favour of New Hope Group's proposed coal mine on the Fraser Coast, despite concerns over pollution in the Mary River.
Topics: mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, coal, maryborough-4650
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| UpdatedAn iron-sand mining project on the Sigatoka River in Fiji is edging closer towards approval after the Department of Environment reviewed an environmental impact assessment for the proposal.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, environmental-impact, environmentally-sustainable-business, business-economics-and-finance, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedThe price of coking coal hits $300 a tonne, spiking interest in re-opening coal mines in the Hunter Valley.
Topics: coal, mining-rural, mining-industry, muswellbrook-2333, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedMining giant Rio Tinto sacks two top executives over payments to a consultant who provided "advisory services" in the African nation of Guinea.
Topics: iron-ore, mining-industry, fraud-and-corporate-crime, regulation, management, australia, guinea
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| UpdatedFormer federal resources minister Ian Macfarlane, the newly appointed chief of the Queensland Resources Council, rejects claims of a conflict of interest and says he is "totally compliant with the code of conduct for ex-ministers".
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, federal-parliament, federal-government, federal---state-issues, qld
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| UpdatedThe Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute tells delegates at climate talks in Marrakech that carbon capture and storage needs policy settings like renewable energy.
Topics: mining-rural, oil-and-gas, coal, greenhouse-gas, climate-change, agricultural-policy, environmental-policy, emissions-trading, mining-industry, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWesfarmers says it is evaluating options for its loss-making coal business as the company seeks buyers amid a huge rebound in the commodity's price.
Topics: company-news, coal, mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedFailed mining magnate Nathan Tinkler tells a planning hearing into a proposed Hunter Valley coal mine that the horse industry is acting like it "owns the region".
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, equine-production, muswellbrook-2333, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedThere are signs of green shoots in WA's economy, with some big recruitment agencies and job seeking websites reporting an uptick in the number of mining jobs on the market.
Topics: mining-industry, wa
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Topics: mining-rural, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, unemployment, agricultural-crops, tax, mining-industry
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| UpdatedA company stripped of a mining licence in the NSW Hunter Valley hires a Washington lobby group as part of a compensation battle.
Topics: mining-industry, trade, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, jerrys-plains-2330, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedThe first-ever scandium mine in Australia is given the green light, in what is hoped will help bolster the NSW western region's economy.
Topics: mining-industry, nyngan-2825
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| UpdatedProminent WA businessman and Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney weighs into the debate against the Nationals' proposal to hike taxes for the state's two biggest iron ore miners.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, mining-industry, tax, government-and-politics, wa
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A group of triathlon swimmers in the Hazelwood power station cooling ponds.
Topics: swimming, triathlon, mining-industry, morwell-3840
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Mine water laws passed overnight in Queensland Parliament are slammed by environmentalists for being too weak, while some mining interests argue they are too tough.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, state-parliament, activism-and-lobbying, coal, brisbane-4000, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedThe High Court throws out a bid by the former Federal MP to stall questioning over his role in the collapse of Queensland Nickel, while Mr Palmer objects to any "inquisition".
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The price of gold rose spectacularly quickly as vote counting showed Trump in winning position but have fallen back today, while base metals shine.
Topics: mining-rural, stockmarket, world-politics, gold, mining-industry, perth-6000
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BHP's Minerals Australia president Mike Henry says thousands of jobs in their iron ore business could be lost if WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls succeeds in increasing mining taxes.
Topics: mining-industry, iron-ore, newman-6753
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Labor MP Jim Pearce criticises his own Government's handling of the mining industry, as he reveals about 90 staff will be made redundant from a central Queensland coal operation.
Topics: company-news, mining-industry, mining-rural, work, state-parliament, activism-and-lobbying, unions, parliament, brisbane-4000, qld, middlemount-4746, rockhampton-4700
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government succeeds in passing laws to tighten groundwater licence requirements for mines, while also appeasing Indian mining giant Adani.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, water-management, environment, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, brisbane-4000, qld, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, oakey-4401, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedWA Premier Colin Barnett says the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States could have a short-term impact on the state's mining industry.
Topics: mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, wa
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A prosecutor criticises the safety standards of the operator of a Tasmanian copper mine in relation to the deaths of two workers in 2013.
Topics: courts-and-trials, workplace, mining-industry, queenstown-7467
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| UpdatedEnergy specialist with Grattan Institute describes climate change debate in Australia as toxic and says too much focus on renewable energy at expense of other options.
Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, perth-6000
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The Mount Lyell Copper Mine and its general manager plead not guilty to charges in relation to the 2014 death of miner Michael Welsh.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, workplace, mining-industry, tas
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| UpdatedMining giant Rio Tinto suspends a senior executive after an investigation finds $US10.5 million was paid to a consultant providing "advisory services" on a project in the African nation of Guinea.
Topics: mining-industry, management, regulation, fraud-and-corporate-crime, australia, guinea