The Senate has released a report highlighting the potential effects of mining on agriculture and water across the Murray Darling Basin.
The Senate has begun investigating the potential adverse effects of coal mining on the Liverpool Floodplains.
The row between mining lobby groups and coal mine workers continues, with Queensland Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche weighing into the debate over the Federal Government's Emissions Trading Scheme today.
The Queensland Minister for Mines and Energy Stephen Robertson yesterday officially opened the State's largest waste gas fired power station in the Bowen Basin.
The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme to force the closure of 16 coal mines and slash a further 10,000 jobs: ACA
Changes to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) do not address its central flaw, according to Minerals Council of Australia Chief Executive Officer Mitchell H Hooke.
The proposed trading scheme will cost Australia billions, Xstrata chairman Peter Coates said.
The State Government will remove a long standing rail freight concession to Western Mines, potentially axing more than 130 coal mining jobs in the Lithgow area.
Australian Mining is currently inviting editorial contributions and story ideas for its Underground Coal Mining feature in the February 2009 issue.
A row over the NSW coal royalty levy has erupted today between the NSW government, Unions and the State's miners, as the NSW government considers increasing coal royalties to 10%.