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Queensland seeks cleaner future

Monday 08 December 2008

Queensland Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson has told parliament that the successful storage of greenhouse gas production holds the key to future reductions of the State's greenhouse emissions.


Methane plant reduces emissions

Wednesday 03 December 2008

GE Energy has developed a new technology that can convert waste gas into much needed electricity, the company's managing director Tim Rourke told MINING DAILY.


Broadmeadow miner wins big

Wednesday 26 November 2008

One of BMA's Broadmeadow coal mine employees has taken out first place in the 2008 Peter Dent Simtars Gas Chromatographer of Year award.


Linc Energy invests in SA

Monday 24 November 2008

South Australia's Minister for Mineral Resources Development Paul Holloway recently announced that Linc Energy will increase its investment in the State's mining sector.


Worldwide governments respond to financial crisis

Monday 24 November 2008

BlueScope economist Nick Scavarelli provides an overview of the current global financial situation and actions being taken to cushion negative impacts.


Miner extracts methane

Wednesday 19 November 2008

Coal and Allied has begun trialling a coal bed methane extraction project at its Hunter Valley Mount Thorley Warkworth mine to reduce its emissions footprint.


Federal support for WA uranium expansion

Friday 07 November 2008

The expansion of uranium mining in Western Australia could add billions of dollars to Australia's gross domestic product, a spokesperson for Federal Resources Minister Ferguson told MINING DAILY.


'Tight gas' opens up in Western Australia

Friday 30 November 2007

THE Western Australian Government has announced the release of the first ‘tight gas’ acreage block.


Boom structural not cyclical: report

Tuesday 23 October 2007

WESTERN Australia’s economic expansion is structural not cyclical, according to the WA Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR) Annual Report 2006-07.


Gillard concedes 'drop dead' argument

Tuesday 01 January 1980

Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has conceded the Australian Mines and Metals Association's (AMMA) argument against 'drop dead' dates for old workplace agreements.


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