Mining Industry

• Plans for new coal mine in NSW predict groundwater loss

  ABC Illawarra

  By Emily Laurence

  Posted March 31, 2017 16:26:51

  A new coal mine in pristine farmland in the NSW Southern Highlands would leave almost 100 property owners with less water in their bores.

  Topics: mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, berrima-2577, sutton-forest-2577

• Bowen Basin coal mines hopeful of reopening soon as rain eases

  By business reporter Thuy Ong

  Posted March 30, 2017 15:38:34 | Updated March 30, 2017 15:56:10

  Glencore and BHP Billiton are hopeful of soon reopening coal mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin, shut due to heavy rain from ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie.

  Topics: coal, mining-industry, company-news, cyclones, floods, business-economics-and-finance, australia

• Ian Macdonald faces jail time after being found guilty of misconduct

  Posted March 30, 2017 11:23:11 | Updated March 30, 2017 15:53:54

  Former New South Wales Labor minister Ian Macdonald is found guilty of misconduct in public office for issuing a mining licence to a company run by his friend John Maitland.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, industry, mining-industry, sydney-2000

• Mining boom is not over, says RBA board member

  PM

  By David Taylor

  Posted March 28, 2017 19:04:49 | Updated March 28, 2017 19:33:10

  Are we being too negative about the resources industry? One Reserve Bank of Australia board member says we are.

  Topics: industry, mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia

• Cyclone Debbie's threat to multi-billion-dollar coal exports

  By business reporter Michael Janda

  Posted March 28, 2017 17:24:58 | Updated March 29, 2017 12:59:59

  The tropical low resulting from Cyclone Debbie is threatening to dump flooding rains that could severely disrupt Queensland's multi-billion-dollar coal export industry.

  Topics: coal, mining-industry, cyclone, trade, business-economics-and-finance, bowen-4805, moranbah-4744, qld, australia

• Heritage protection for old Morwell power station

  ABC Gippsland

  By Kellie Lazzaro

  Posted March 28, 2017 16:32:54

  The Heritage Council of Victoria grants an interim heritage protection order to stop the demolition of the Morwell Power Station and Briquette Factory site.

  Topics: mining-industry, coal, history, morwell-3840

• Queensland laws passed 'to end Glencore, QCoal mine dispute'

  By Gail Burke

  Posted March 24, 2017 07:04:17

  Hundreds of mining jobs have been saved by new laws rushed through Queensland's Parliament, the Palaszczuk Government says, but a mine owner is adamant they reward a multinational company that has done the wrong thing for more than a decade.

  Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, mining-environmental-issues, environment, mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, brisbane-4000, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700

• EPA says more detail is needed on plan to reopen Broken Hill North Mine

  ABC Broken Hill

  By Declan Gooch

  Posted March 23, 2017 13:56:06

  Government agencies call for more information before they support a plan to reopen Broken Hill's North Mine, including further details on potential health effects.

  Topics: mining-industry, mining-rural, broken-hill-2880

• Government introduces bill for Glencore to continue alleged illegal mining, QCoal says

  By Gail Burke

  Posted March 23, 2017 09:05:06

  The State Government is trying to sneak through legislation to reward a multinational miner that broke the law, while punishing a Queensland company, a mine owner says.

  Topics: state-parliament, parliament, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, mining-rural, rural, mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, brisbane-4000, qld, rockhampton-4700, mackay-4740, australia

• Abandonded Pro Force mine site in Coolgardie, Western Australia image

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  ABC News

  Posted March 22, 2017 19:38:47

  Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, coolgardie-6429

• Clean-up plans underway for WA's abandoned mines

  ABC Goldfields

  By Sam Tomlin

  Posted March 22, 2017 19:38:47

  Western Australia's Mines Department says the success of clean-up work near Coolgardie and Collie means taxpayers will never again foot the bill for collapsed and abandoned mines.

  Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, coolgardie-6429, collie-6225

• The Gorge near Coolgardie, Western Australia image

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  ABC News

  Posted March 22, 2017 19:38:47

  Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, coolgardie-6429

• Coal seam gas exploration not in future plans for NSW north coast

  ABC Coffs Coast

  By Ruby Cornish

  Posted March 22, 2017 16:10:34 | Updated March 23, 2017 10:28:43

  A 20-year plan for the New South Wales north coast points to a future without coal seam gas.

  Topics: mining-industry, oil-and-gas, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, local-government, population-and-demographics, community-and-society, coffs-harbour-2450

• Adani facing growing pressure on fears investors may have been misled (photos)

  By Stephen Long

  Posted March 22, 2017 15:04:15 | Updated March 22, 2017 16:57:46

  Adani refuses to reveal which company in its complex corporate web has applied for a $1 billion subsided loan from the Australian Government, amid fears investors may have been misled.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, consumer-protection, industry, mining-industry, markets, multinationals, regulation, australia, rockhampton-4700, qld, india

• Hazelwood power station and coal mine image

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  ABC News

  Posted March 22, 2017 09:24:46

  Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-industry, morwell-3840

• Trump drops 220 spots on Forbes billionaires list

  Posted March 21, 2017 16:07:31

  Bill Gates tops Forbes' billionaires list again, President Donald Trump slips 220 spots and Gina Rinehart has the "best year" of all female billionaires listed.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, donald-trump, world-politics, mining-industry, united-states, australia

• Call for international governance of low-carbon technology minerals

  ABC Rural

  By Babs McHugh

  Posted March 21, 2017 15:33:12

  Scientists warn without global governance of in-demand tech-metals and rare earths, supply shortages will hit renewable energy, manufacturing and technology development.

  Topics: mining-rural, electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, alternative-energy, mining-industry, perth-6000

• British Royal Marine mates salute man killed in Tasmanian mine (photos)

  By Carla Howarth and James Dunlevie

  Posted March 21, 2017 11:07:42 | Updated March 21, 2017 21:09:55

  Authorities recover the body of a former Royal British Marine who died at a Tasmanian mine site, as friends remember him as a "warrior" and a "legend".

  Topics: workplace, social-media, accidents, defence-forces, mining-industry, savage-river-7321, tas, qld

• Miner lodges complaint to CCC over alleged Glencore illegal mining activity

  By Gail Burke

  Posted March 20, 2017 08:19:09 | Updated March 20, 2017 09:48:22

  Queensland is losing more than 500 regional jobs and about $15 million a month in royalties because the State Government is favouring a multinational company over an independent, state-owned company, a mine owner says.

  Topics: mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, industry, mining-rural, activism-and-lobbying, public-sector, government-and-politics, community-development, federal---state-issues, regional, glenden-4743, moranbah-4744, mackay-4740, qld, australia, rockhampton-4700

• Queensland Premier, mayors work to convince Adani to go ahead with $21.7b mine

  AM

  By South Asia correspondent James Bennett

  Posted March 18, 2017 11:59:17

  Annastacia Palaszczuk and a group of regional mayors hope their visit to India will help convince Adani to go ahead with the Carmichael coal mine, despite protesters promising to disrupt its construction.

  Topics: coal, environmental-policy, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, india, qld

• Stricter pollution limits imposed on mine

  ABC Central West

  By Gavin Coote

  Posted March 17, 2017 17:46:44

  Environmentalists hail plans to restore a World Heritage-protected river west of Sydney which has been polluted by coal mine discharges.

  Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, lithgow-2790

• Savage River contractor dies in fall at Grange Resources mine

  Posted March 17, 2017 16:58:57 | Updated March 17, 2017 21:24:58

  WorkSafe Tasmania is investigating a fatal incident involving a worker from interstate at Grange Resources' mine at Savage River on the state's west coast.

  Topics: death, mining-industry, savage-river-7321, qld

• Queensland leaders reject former cricketers' call to ditch Adani coal mine

  By Chris O'Brien

  Posted March 16, 2017 17:23:30 | Updated March 16, 2017 17:27:10

  Both sides of state politics join the Queensland Resources Council to dismiss the Chappell brothers' objections to Adani's planned Carmichael coal mine.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, activism-and-lobbying, industry, coal, government-and-politics, public-sector, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, australia, brisbane-4000, qld, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700

• CSIRO lead acid battery image

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  ABC News

  Posted March 16, 2017 15:45:13

  Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, perth-6000

• CSIRO battery specialist and Australian Vanadium on storage batteries for energy Audio

  Audio
  ABC News

  5min 20sec

  Posted March 16, 2017 15:45:13

  Dr Sam Behrens, CSIRO battery specialist; Vincent Elgar, Australian Vanadium. Difference of renewable energy storage batteries from lithium-ion to vanadium-redox.

  Topics: mining-rural, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, energy, environmental-technology, environmentally-sustainable-business, mining-industry, perth-6000

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