Despite 23,000 resources jobs lost in Queensland during the downturn, new data reports a 20 per cent increase in the number of Indigenous employed in the sector last year. The Queensland Resources...
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Sand mining on North Stradbroke Island is to substantially cease by 2019, with the Queensland Parliament voting in favour of the phase-out to allow the creation of new, sustainable jobs. The North...
Environment Minister Dr Steven Miles announced on Friday the membership of the Chain of Responsibility working group, to assist in developing a statutory guideline to complement the Environmental...
A long-running quarterly Queensland Resources Council survey of resource company CEOs has found that confidence in the regulatory environment in Queensland is at a near-five year low. QRC Chief...
The Queensland Parliament passed stronger environmental laws last week to prevent Queensland taxpayers footing multi-million dollar environmental clean-up bills. The Environmental Protection (Chain...
Traditional owners have taken legal action on Adani’s newly approved mining leases for it’s Carmichael coal mine. Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) representatives filed an interlocutory...
The Land Court has today rejected Indian mining giant Adani’s bid to make a conservation group pay legal fees for a failed court challenge against it’s $16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine...
The north-west could become a special economic zone if a bold proposal by the Queensland Resources Council gets off the ground. The QRC’s chief executive Michael Roche co-chaired the first meeting of...
Queensland’s mineral explorers are to gain a two-year expenditure reduction as they struggle through the global mining downturn. Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and...
A third of Queensland coal mines are operating at a loss, according to a report commissioned by the Queensland Resources Council. QRC chief executive Michael Roche said the data backs up what...
