Tag: mining

Not one to miss a chance to highlight his state’s economic might and the importance of its resources sector, McGowan has a field day.

State’s Resources Council says more than 1,100 jobs were being advertised in mining last week, with most paying over $100,000.

First data from exploration in the Barkly Tableland indicates the area could be viable for mining copper and gold, in particular.

Practice has been temporarily banned since 2012. Now environmentalists welcome latest announcement as a win for marine life, fishing and culture.

Internal appointment surprises many observers, who believed Rio Tinto would give the job to an outsider in an effort to start with a clean slate.

Despite the Juukan Gorge debacle, most mining companies continue to have no formal strategy to engage with Aboriginal communities on key issues.

Attorney-General Christian Porter singled out Market Forces in a Monday statement that said he was co-ordinating advice across several portfolios on what could be done to protect resource businesses from such activism.

Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie said: “This decision is environmental vandalism at its most extreme, facilitated by the most useless environment minister the country’s ever seen”.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: What the Adani Carmichael mine would mean for Queensland, Australia and the world if it goes ahead.

INTERVIEW | Two years in the making, John Pilger's controversial new film Utopia reveals a shocking national secret behind the postcard image of the "lucky country". As it premiers in the UK, the award winning documentary filmmaker talks to Australian Times about the devastating inequalities suffered by the Aboriginal community.

A Singapore-based mining company will be forced to pay $150,000 after being convicted of the damage and desecration of an Aboriginal sacred site. It is the first such conviction in Australian history.

Corruption findings by the ICAC against two former NSW Labor ministers, Eddie Obeid and Ian MacDonald, have been a gift to the pre-election campaign of Tony Abbott.

Former Labor MP Eddie Obeid, his son Moses, and former mines minister Ian Macdonald could face criminal charges after the ICAC found they acted corruptly.

Tourists have been advised “not to bother” travelling to Perth in a scathing review of its value as a holiday destination following a Tourism Australia industry event in city last month.

Billionaire mining magnate and political campaigner Clive Palmer has applied to trade mark The Australian Times, in an expected bid to establish his own media entity.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the economy must broaden and not have all its eggs in one basket.

An Australian film about a young indigenous boy defending his land against the threat of the mining industry is among a series of cutting edge movies screening as part of London's 2013 East End Film Festival.

Billionaire resource magnate Clive Palmer has won a court battle worth millions of dollars, which centred around a single word in a contract.

Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, 59, who believes “beauty is an iron mine”, is included in Time Magazine’s List of the 100 most influential people. She is listed alongside Barack and Michelle Obama, Steven Spielberg, Kate Middleton, Jay Z and Beyonce.

As well as being blessed with a whole heap of minerals, Australia does alright for itself in terms of oil and gas production as well.

Australia's reputation as the "lucky country" comes from prosperity linked to its abundance of natural resources, a boom that continues to drive the economy.

Demand for skilled tradespeople remains high in Australia, as is the trend in many western countries.

American engineers and tradies struggling to find work at home are being encouraged to fill skills shortages in Australia's booming resources sector.