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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.


Excellence in Environmental Management Finalist: BHP Billiton

Thursday 27 November 2008

BHP Illawarra Coal is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for its West Cliff Ventilation Air Methane Project (WestVAMP).


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.


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.


Minister outlines mining vision

Wednesday 28 May 2008

Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson has outlined his vision for the Australian minerals industry.


'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.


Resources commitment rewarded

Tuesday 30 October 2007

NORTH West Shelf Gas (NWSG) and the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) have announced Tim Shanahan as the recipient of the 2007 WA Gas Industry Development Award


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.


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