Infrastructure suffers from a cancer of neglect, according to Minerals Council of Australia CEO Mitchell Hooke.
The West Australian Liberal Party has come under attack for deceiving the public about how its Royalties for Regions scheme is being funded.
Key industry stakeholders have attended the first of three major resource summits in the Bowen Basin.
The Queensland Resources Council has welcomed today’s state government announcement of a new three-year $100 million funding package to strengthen resource industry-based communities.
The northern half of Australia and remote mining communities of the Pilbara are fundamentally underdeveloped. Daniel Hall writes
With another independent study confirming a ‘supercycle’ of resource sector growth, infrastructure delivery and regional planning are now priorities of national interest, Queensland Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche said.
Western Australian Premier Alan Carpenter has praised the contribution of BHP Billiton’s $US2.1billion Ravensthorpe Nickel Operation to regional Western Australia at the official mine opening in late May.
A LAND release in South Hedland will provide a much-needed boost for housing in the region and re-vitalise the North-West town, according to the WA Government.
QUEENSLAND'S $25 billion a year resources sector has released a federal election policy agenda alerting political parties to the folly of assuming a free ride for the Australian economy on the back of global demand for the country's minerals and energy commodities.