LEIGHTON Mining, part of Leighton Contractors' Resources Division, has teamed up with DRA Pacific, adding weight to their suite of coal-related services in the areas of materials handling and minerals processing.
26/11/2009
T.W. WOODS Group has invested several million dollars to upgrade its fabrication and processing facilities in Tomago, Hunter Valley.
27/02/2009
SEDGMAN has announced that it has retained two key minerals processing plant operation contracts worth $80 million.
02/06/2009
BHP is set to launch heavily into potash-mining to fuel a growing and healthier eating population.
22/09/2008
NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Director-General, Dr Richard Sheldrake, has announced the appointment of Brad Mullard to the position of Executive Director, Mineral Resources.
13/05/2009
A MAN has officially been charged with the rape and attempted rape of a 19-year old woman at one of Incitec Pivot’s work camps in Goonyella, Queensland.
13/02/2009
PREMIER Anna Bligh won a record fifth-straight term for the Australian Labor Party in Queensland and has promised not to allow uranium mining in the state.
23/03/2009
PARLIAMENTARY Secretary for Climate Change Greg Combet says that while the Federal Government will not offer further compensation to the coal industry, aluminium smelting would have up to 94.5% assistance.
18/05/2009
Cougar Energy has begun commissioning on its pilot Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) plant at Kingaroy, Queensland.
09/02/2010
Mining industry leaders should end their scaremongering campaign over the carbon pollution reduction scheme, a coalition of union, environment, welfare and research groups said outside the headquarters of the Australian Coal Association (ACA).
24/11/2009
DRAGON Energy has announced it is looking to invest in new mining projects and is comfortable with deal sizes of up to $100m.
12/03/2009
Jameson Resources has amended Norwest Corporation's brief to complete the feasibility study on the expanded mine case at an optimal annual production rate.
25/11/2009
A FORUM will consider calling for bans on new heavy-metal mines in central west NSW today.
25/08/2008
BROCKMAN Resources has reported interest from a number of Asian companies for minority stakes in the WA iron ore explorer.
12/01/2009
THE resources sector will continue to grow despite an onslaught of job cuts across the nation, according to the Department of Mines and Energy (DME).
18/12/2008
ACMER is holding a workshop focusing on acid and metalliferous drainage from 11 to 13 March 2009 in Brisbane.
15/01/2009
IGNITE Energy Resources (IER) and TRUenergy has announced that they will build a demonstration project in the Latrobe Valley would boost local employment and provide an important step in the development of new and clean options for coal development in the valley.
16/07/2009
SYNGAS has confirmed it plans to continue developing a $3b on-site coal mining operation and premium diesel processing plant in Port Clinton, South Australia.
17/04/2009
THE proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS) will expose Australian mining companies to some of the highest carbon costs in the world, according to the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA).
30/01/2009
ENEABBA Gas has announced its plans to build a 168mW coal-gas power plant to supply West Australia’s mind-west.
14/09/2009