Australia risks losing overseas investment by not supporting mining infrastructure.
The Australian Conservation Foundation has slammed plans for an exploration tunnel at the Ranger uranium mine in the Kakadu National Park.
South Australia's mining infrastructure is set to take a step in the right direction, according to an industry expert.
An IBIS World analyst says the 2009 budget will not have a significant impact on the mining industry.
Integra Packaging has expanded its horizons to include Queensland and New South Wales, merging with Melbourne-based companies Pallet & Case and The Wooden Box Factory.
Phoenix Copper managing director Paul Dowd told delegates at yesterday's Financial Review Australian Infrastructure Conference 2009 that South Australia faces urgent infrastructure challenges if the State is to meet the needs of its new mineral economy.
A key industry consortium has described as “staggering” the impending demand for infrastructure in South Australia and deemed essential that its early development proceeds if the State is to fuel the prospective mining boom for at least the next two decades.
South Australia is expected to play host to 40 mines by 2020. Infrastructure tops the agenda as the State tries to implement a strategy for the future.
ABIGROUP Contractors Pty Ltd has expanded its operations by launching in Western Australia.