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The push to reopen a controversial copper mine on the island of Bougainville has suffered a setback, with opposition groups stopping the region's government from going to the mine site and signing a new agreement with landowners.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, community-and-society, activism-and-lobbying, bougainville, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedA plan is underway to extract residual minerals from a deserted central Queensland mine site in a bid to bring back some of Mount Morgan's former shine.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, history, government-and-politics, local-government, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, mount-morgan-4714, rockhampton-4700, wa
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India's Power Minister reluctantly says he will support Adani's plan to import coal if it means cheaper power but blames past governments for putting the nation in a position where it is dependent on foreign imports.
Topics: environment, mining-environmental-issues, government-and-politics, india, bowen-4805
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| UpdatedA Sydney art gallery is accusing Borroloola's Mabunji Indigenous corporation of silencing the voices of artists who use painting to voice concerns about environmental impacts of mining.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, contemporary-art, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, borroloola-0854
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Coal companies are leasing land to cattle farmers in a new initiative to repurpose retired mining sites as native pastures, and trials are showing promising results.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, mining-environmental-issues, environment, agribusiness, muswellbrook-2333, australia, newcastle-2300, nsw
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| UpdatedA Norwegian oil and gas company reveals plans to explore the Great Australian Bight off South Australia after taking over two of BP's exploration permits.
Topics: environment, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, port-lincoln-5606, adelaide-5000, ceduna-5690, sa
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Glencore wants to expand its McArthur River lead and zinc mine, but it hasn't put forward a new method of controlling three years of reactive rock burning.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, nt
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A quarry at the heart of a long-running dispute between landholders and a Queensland earthmoving company is approved in south-west Victoria.
Topics: regional-development, local-government, environmental-impact, mining-environmental-issues, water, birregurra-3242, colac-3250
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| UpdatedGlencore wants to expand its McArthur River lead and zinc mine, but it hasn't put forward a new method of controlling three years of reactive rock burning. It also proposes leaving waste on the river bank forever, worrying local residents.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, environment, borroloola-0854, nt
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The Minister for Northern Australia defends the appointment of a Queensland businesswoman to a fund deciding on a $900 million loan to mining giant Adani, despite concerns of a conflict of interest.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, corporate-governance, australia, qld, mackay-4740, bowen-4805, alpha-4724, clermont-4721
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Topics: oil-and-gas, industry, mining-rural, rural, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, tennant-creek-0860, mount-isa-4825
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Topics: oil-and-gas, industry, mining-rural, rural, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues
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Landholders and farmers in Queensland's Darling Downs celebrate as the Land Court rules potential groundwater contamination is too risky for the $900 million Acland Coal Mine expansion to proceed.
Topics: mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, rural, environment, federal-government, states-and-territories, acland-4401, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAdani and the Queensland Government strike a deal over royalties for the proposed Carmichael mine, after days of uncertainty raised doubts over whether the $16 billion project would proceed.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, coal, government-and-politics, bowen-4805, qld, australia
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A bipartisan inquiry finds officers of the Department of Mines and Natural Resources displayed "resistance and obstruction" during a black lung inquiry, but the Minister says he has never seen evidence of that behaviour.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, environment, state-parliament, parliament, public-sector, mackay-4740, brisbane-4000, rockhampton-4700, qld, australia
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| UpdatedCurtis Pitt confirms the Queensland Government would legally support a loan deal between the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility and Adani, two days after the Deputy Premier caused confusion by declaring the state would not be a "middleman" between the parties.
Topics: federal---state-issues, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, coal, government-and-politics, federal-government, bowen-4805, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA parliamentary committee into black lung disease finds "catastrophic failings" in public administration in Queensland, and warns more cases are likely to be diagnosed in the future.
Topics: health, activism-and-lobbying, diseases-and-disorders, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, environment, state-parliament, parliament, public-sector, mackay-4740, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, rockhampton-4700
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A professional drone surveyor says 90 per cent of problems in unmanned aerial vehicle use are caused by eagle attacks.
Topics: air-and-space, birds, animal-science, rural, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, geraldton-6530, wa
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Topics: mining-rural, community-development, greenhouse-gas, mining-environmental-issues, oil-and-gas, mining-industry, urban-development-and-planning, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedConflict of interest concerns are raised about two board members of federal government bodies involved in the consideration of a billion-dollar loan to Indian mining giant Adani.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, government-and-politics, qld, mackay-4740, bowen-4805, alpha-4724, clermont-4721
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| UpdatedThe future of Australia's biggest mining project in remote central Queensland is in doubt after the Queensland Government decides not to facilitate a potential $900 million federal loan.
Topics: federal---state-issues, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, coal, government-and-politics, federal-government, bowen-4805, australia
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| UpdatedSantos gears up to reply to more than 10,000 submissions made on its Environmental Impact Statement for the Narrabri Gas Project.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, industry, environmental-impact, oil-and-gas, environment, narrabri-2390
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Residents living near a proposed open cut coal mine near the Gloucester township say they are desperate for a decision to be made about it, one way or the other.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, gloucester-2422
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Drone vision of the proposed location for Adani's Carmichael mine.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, qld
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| UpdatedAdani will have to provide financial assurance of more than $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Carmichael mine proposed for central Queensland, according to a new report prepared by the Lock the Gate Alliance.
Topics: rural, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, environment, clermont-4721, alpha-4724, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, qld