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UN Reports Renewable Power Will Dominate In The Future

A United Nations-backed report based on interviews with 114 renowned energy experts from all regions of the world, has revealed that renewable power will dominate in the future, with many of the...

Natural Process For Maximising Copper Recovery

A research project from Flinders University in South Australia is focused on exploiting a natural extraction technique for low-grade copper known as super gene enrichment. The technique is currently...

Operations returning to North Qld Ports

A week after weathering the impact of severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie, significant progress has been made on returning the critical northern ports of Abbot Point, Mackay and Hay Point to full...

BHP Queensland Returns to Business

BHP Billiton’s workers are back on the clock following closure as a result of Cyclone Debbie cutting power, access and logistics. The mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin are back in operation with all...

Coking prices increase in wake of cyclone

Prices for coking coal have increased 15% to $175.70. The price is an 11 week high and came in the wake of Cyclone Debbie, with the cyclone causing serious damage to key railway lines across the...

Cyclone Debbie Disrupts Australian Coal Exports

Cyclone Debbie has led to a disruption of Australian coal exports as a result of damage to some of the country’s key rail lines. Between 15 million and 20 million tonnes of coking coal that was...

Grange Resources

Queensland mine worker dies after treacherous fall

A Queensland mine worker has died after falling at an interstate iron ore mine. Grange Resources has been placed in a trading halt, after one of the contracted staff fell a considerable distance to...

Rio Tinto Amrun Bauxite Mine

Contracts awarded for mega mine bring 1600 jobs to FNQ

Local job-seekers are the biggest winners from a multinational mining company’s decision to award $900 million in contracts for its metal project in Far North Queensland. Rio Tinto has awarded...

Cloncurry Copper Mine

Funding approval for $329m metal project in NWQ

A metal producer has been approved funding for its $329 million copper project in northwest Queensland. Altona Mining recently secured approval from China-based Sichuan Railway Investment Group...

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