The billion dollar Dubbo Zirconia Project in New South Wales has passed its final hurdle and will go ahead, creating at least 450 jobs for the region. “The Environment Protection Authority has...
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Changes to NSW mine safety legislation have commenced this month. The February 1 legislative changes relate to the DRE’s compliance and enforcement role in petroleum work health and safety (to...
The NSW Department of Industry has released a statement regarding the hacking of their Maitland Division of Resources and Energy office. “In December 2015, NSW Department of Industry IT...
Centennial Coal’s Springvale mine is heading back to court just months after an expansion was approved, with a conservation group concerned about pollution of Sydney drinking water catchments...
Two workers were hospitalised, and another injured, after being exposed to a high pressure fluid release in October, a NSW Mine Safety report has revealed. Maintenance activities on an excavator were...
Lithgow mineworkers are urging NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes to act quickly to finalise the approval process for the Springvale mine extension after the Planning Assessment Commission recommended...
The first photovoltaic panels have been installed at Moree Solar Farm Australia’s largest solar array currently under construction. The farm, on 280 hectares in northern New South Wales, will supply...
Shenhua Australia today welcomed Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s approval of the $1 billion Watermark Project, subject to stringent controls under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity...
The NSW Government today released a proposed amendment to the Mining State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP), which would remove a provision making the significance of the resource the principle...
Glencore has ordered compulsory closures of its coal mines for three weeks over the Christmas period to help address issues with over supply. In a statement released this morning the company said...