July 12, 2011 Vale idea to keep Isaac mine operating Brazilian mining giant Vale has moved to resolve an impasse with joint venture partner Aquila Resources to keep their Isaac Plains export coal mine in Queensland operating.
July 12, 2011 Australia carbon tax hits shares of miners, airlines Coal miners, steel firms and airlines were sold off on Monday a day after Australia's unpopular government introduced a carbon tax scheme, while power suppliers warned the tax could risk…
July 12, 2011 Coal will boom but at a cost – miners Queensland's coal industry will grow under carbon pricing but it will come at a cost, its industry body says. Queensland Resources Council members voiced their concerns to Premier Anna Bligh…
July 12, 2011 Coal shares gain after Macarthur bid Macarthur Coal shares soared almost 40 per cent after Peabody Energy's near $5 billion takeover bid, providing a stock price boost to others in the Australian coal sector. The shares…
July 12, 2011 Highlands Pacific: Frieda on track for BFS in January 2012 Source: News BitesHighlands Pacific Ltd announced joint venture partner Xstrata Copper has completed infill drilling at the Frieda copper gold project in PNG with an updated resource estimate due in…
July 12, 2011 Carbon, mining taxes won’t stop investment: analysts The Federal Government's sales pitch on its carbon pollution policy is getting a boost from an unlikely source - the world's biggest privately-owned coal miner.
July 12, 2011 Australian PM hails coal miner takeover bid Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hailed a takeover bid for a Queensland coal mine as proof her carbon price package won't kill off the sector. US energy giant Peabody…
July 12, 2011 Staff shortages threaten Aussie miners Chronic labour shortages in resource-rich Western Australia could put mining projects at risk, as the state struggles to plug a shortfall of skilled workers set to balloon to 150,000 by…
July 11, 2011 Carbon tax on coal hits NSW coffers hard The New South Wales government will be hundreds of millions of dollars a year worse off after the federal carbon tax deal denied compensation to the state's mainly government-owned black…
July 11, 2011 The chief executive of state-owned Solid Energy has talked critically of Pike River Coal The chief executive of state-owned Solid Energy has talked critically of Pike River Coal at the Royal Commission of Inquiry this afternoon.
France’s Carester teams up with Malaysian miner on rare earth project The separation plant project, which is in its "pilot stage", will include technology transfers to Malaco as well as expertise to ensure environmental compliance. January 28, 2026 | 07:22 am
