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MINING LICENCE GRANTED FOR NOWA NOWA IRON PROJECT

Victoria’s  Nowa Nowa Iron Project in East Gippsland was granted an official mining lease on Tuesday by the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation. The Nowa Nowa Iron Project...

Natural gas viral video campaign targets NSW State MPs

NSW could be missing out on up to 40,000 jobs in the resources sector due to the State’s policies surrounding natural gas extraction, according to Australia’s peak gas industry body, the APPEA. In a...

Blueprint for mental health in mining released

Last Friday the NSW Minerals Council released a Blueprint for Mental Health and Wellbeing, providing a high level guide to addressing the mental health and wellbeing of employees in the state’s...

Santos fined for contaminating groundwater with uranium

Santos was issued with a $1500 fine on February 18 after a leaking storage pond at their Pilliga coal seam gas site in NSW was found to be contaminated with uranium at levels 20 times higher than...

Step on the Gas: Oil & gas roars ahead

David Byers, Chief Executive of The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) and his colleagues take a look at the future of oil and gas in this country and examine new...

Queensland races ahead but NSW stuck at starting line

[hr]Writtinby Rick Wilkinson[hr] PPEA’s industry data figures for the first quarter of 2013 show natural gas companies have now signed 4017 land access agreements with Queensland landholders since...