by Gordon Barratt | May 25, 2020 | News
ELECTRONIC public hearings related to Whitehaven Coal’s Vickery mine extension will be on July 2 and 3 beginning 10am both days, hosted by the NSW Independent Planning Commission. On Wednesday last week the Planning, Industry and Environment Department passed...
by Gordon Barratt | May 22, 2020 | News
Quantum technology is not a phrase discussed over kitchen tables in Australia, but perhaps it should be. Australia’s quantum technology research has been breaking new ground for almost 30 years. Governments, universities and more recently multinationals have all...
by Gordon Barratt | May 22, 2020 | News
Victoria is set to defer the collection of $3.5 million in rent and annual fees until January next year to give an immediate boost to mining and exploration companies. This follows the Victorian Government’s decision to freeze all fee increases that were due to come...
by Gordon Barratt | May 22, 2020 | News
BHP’s iron ore boss Edgar Basto has been promoted to run the company’s full suite of Australian mines, filling the role vacated by BHP’s new chief executive, Mike Henry. Colombian-born Mr Basto has been acting in the role of Minerals Australia...
by Gordon Barratt | May 22, 2020 | News
China’s instruction to state power-plants to use local coal is worrying for Australian exporters. Australia is concerned coal exporters could face trouble sending the valuable commodity to China as icy diplomatic relations threaten another market. The Chinese...
by Gordon Barratt | May 22, 2020 | News
The Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) has laid off eight salaried employees and furloughed 93 hourly employees at its Antelope Mine. The move comes about a month after the company laid off 130 employees between its Spring Creek, in southern Montana, and...
