2 May 2014 Nick Evans The West Australian Gina Rinehart’s chief lieutenant on the giant Roy Hill iron ore project has warned the Federal Government against axing or reducing the diesel fuel […]
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Book Review – Northern Australia: Task for a Nation
2 May 2014 Kerriann Lock Australian Institute of Political Science (1954). Northern Australia: Task for a Nation. (Sydney : Angus and Robertson). Sixty years ago, Australians were thinking about northern development and […]
Read moreArticle – BHP says Roy Hill won't end iron ore in WA
24 April 2014 Julie-Anne Sprague Sydney Morning Herald BHP Billiton iron ore president Jimmy Wilson says greenfield mine developments are still possible in Western Australia this decade, even though the sector has […]
Read moreArticle – Work begins on Toll Group's landmark offshore logistics base
16 April 2014 ATN Toll Group, a leading provider of transport and logistics to the resources sector, has started works on the offshore logistics base it is constructing for INPEX’s historic Ichthys […]
Read moreArticle – Energy Hub on Northern Territory Agenda
10 April 2014 Ben Creagh Rigzone The Northern Territory is continuing to show signs that it will emerge as Australia’s next international oil and gas hub. In the past decade, the industry […]
Read moreArticle – Padbury Mining soars on new iron ore export plan but scepticism remains
11 April 2014 Sue Lannin ABC News It has been on the drawing board for decades and now a small West Australian mining company says it has secured billions of dollars in […]
Read moreArticle – Plan to pipe gas from Cooper Basin to expanded Abbot Point coal terminal
11 April 2014 Isobel Roe ABC News A Hong Kong-based company wants to spend about $100 million so it can pipe gas from the Cooper Basin to a north Queensland port for […]
Read moreArticle – Gina Rinehart's coal mine gets the green light
9 April 2014 Cole Latimer Ferret However, it is dependent wholly on the condition that it obtains licences to use and take water under the Water Act, otherwise, the Land Court stated […]
Read moreArticle – Inpex to Make Australia Focus of $44 Billion Exploration Plan
6 April 2014 James Paton Bloomberg Business Week Inpex Corp. (1605), Japan’s biggest energy explorer, plans to spend $44 billion on exploration and development to double its production by early next decade, […]
Read moreArticle – More land released for outback Qld gas, petroleum exploration
7 April 2014 Chrissy Arthur ABC News The State Government has released more land in Queensland’s west for petroleum and gas exploration. Six areas, totalling more than 16,000 square kilometres, have been […]
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