The Northern Territory Government is ‘intent on removing any obstacles to investment’ as it aims to realise its potential entering the ‘gas age’, Chief Executive of the Department of Mines and Energy […]
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Article – Fracking 'does not pose risk to water supplies': Scientists find contamination in highly-publicised cases was from leaky drilling wells
17 September 2014 Tom Leonard The Daily Mail Scientists have undermined a central plank of the anti-fracking lobby’s case by showing that the controversial drilling process does not poison drinking water. Vociferous […]
Read moreOpinion – The end of Australian thermal coal? Not likely
17 September 2014 Cole Latimer Australian Mining China is bringing in new regulations to raise the quality threshold for imported coal, and many are predicting that this may be one of the […]
Read moreArticle – Korea Development Bank will take a 5% stake in the Roy Hill iron ore mine
17 September 2014 Mining Bulletin Korea Development Bank will take a 5% stake in the Roy Hill iron ore mine in Australia, in partnership with domestic pension fund firms and insurance companies. […]
Read moreArticle – Australia set to dominate LNG market, expert says
19 September 2014 Northern Rivers Echo A RESOURCE industry expert believes Australia will become the world’s biggest exporter of LNG in three years. Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association eastern Australia chief Paul […]
Read moreCSIRO Report – Australian attitudes toward mining
September 2014 Kieren Moffat, Airong Zhang & Naomi Boughen CSIRO Mining is a big part of life in Australia, but the relationship between mining and society is not an easy one. As […]
Read moreArticle – Gina Rinehart says cut red tape 'urgently' to counter iron ore slump
12 September 2014 Max Mason Sydney Morning Herald Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is urging the Australian government to cut red tape as the mining sector grapples with iron ore prices plummeting to […]
Read moreArticle – Australian jobs at risk: Rinehart
12 September 2014 Kirstie Batten Mining News HANCOCK Prospecting and Roy Hill chairman Gina Rinehart has warned that Africa is becoming more competitive than Australia and she is urging the government to […]
Read moreArticle – Mining isn't a dirty word, it's an essential one
September 2014 Gina Rinehart Australian Resources and Investment (vol.8, no.3) The outgoing chairman Barry Eldridge opened the annual [Diggers and Dealers] conference with a plea to governments to stop treating the resources […]
Read moreArticle – Gina Rinehart calls for action to cut ‘bureaucratic burdens’ on mining
12 September 2014 Sarah-Jane Tasker The Australian AUSTRALIA’S richest woman, and developer of the $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore mine, Gina Rinehart, has urged the government to cut bureaucratic burdens as […]
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