The Digger Deeper Conference, held in Brisbane on Wednesday, was popular with junior explorers and the scientific community this year, Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson told MINING DAILY.
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.
The second of three major resource summits was held in the Surat Basin on Friday, with infrastructure high on the agenda.
Key industry stakeholders have attended the first of three major resource summits in the Bowen Basin.
The Queensland Government has developed a satellite based technology that allows geologists to map the mines of tomorrow.
Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson has recently declared Queensland's methods of monitoring mine gas as being among the best in the world.
The Queensland Government and the University of Western Sydney has embarked on a joint investigation into the effects of silica dust on miners.
A damning report into the way mine safety statistics are recorded in Queensland will bring about changes to the system, Queensland Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson has said.
A SECOND stage of mineral mapping will begin in north-west Queensland.
THE Queensland Government and the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) have signed an agreement to continue research and technology development in coal mine rehabilitation in Queensland.