HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITEMAP HELP CONTACT   Thursday 9 September 2010 Make EMN my HomePage    MINING & RESOURCES STORIES [ 459 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] New research partnership for clean coal (Monday, 6 September 2010) Australian company Clean Global Energy has entered into agreements with Australian and US based universities to undertake further research into the technical and environmental applications of underground coal gasification (UCG) and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Clean Global Energy can produce syngas for use in heating, power generation and the production of chemicals, fertiliser, ultra-clean diesel and aviation fuels. Full Story... National Water Commission targets mining (Wednesday, 2 June 2010) With a public war over the government’s proposed resources tax in full swing, Australia’s mining sector is probably not especially thrilled by the prospect of the Commonwealth readjusting its operating environment on another front. But the Federal Government’s water body, the National Water Commission, is now calling for mining activities to be urgently integrated into water access and planning frameworks within the National Water Initiative (NWI). Full Story... Shareholders giving up on Gunns (Friday, 28 May 2010) Tasmanian timber giant Gunns has been sent into disarray after two of Australia's largest fund managers this week engaged in a mass offloading of shares. Both Perpetual and IOOF Holdings notified the Australian Stock Exchange of substantial shareholding changes on Tuesday and again yesterday, which led to Gunns' share price slide in the last week. Concerns about opposition to the company’s controversial pulp mill proposal are wiping value of the company. Full Story... Brown coal reserves for another 490 years: report (Wednesday, 21 April 2010) Australia now exports more than three-quarters of the energy products it produces, with energy accounting for 33% of total exports in 2008-09, according to the Energy in Australia 2010 report. It also shows the depth of the country’s fossil fuel reserves and why development carbon capture and sequestration technology is seen as so crucial. Full Story... Brown’s 50% tax proposal (Monday, 12 April 2010) Australian Greens leader Bob Brown has unveiled a proposal to increase the current tax put on the Australian mining industry from 7% to 50%. Brown has cited a figure of $100 billion as the value of mineral production between 2006 and 2007. However the Australian community saw little more than 7% returned in state and Commonwealth tax revenue. Full Story... CompTIa’s push for green IT certification (Wednesday, 7 April 2010) A green IT certification exam from US trade association CompTIA will now offer workers globally the ability to prove their familiarity with the latest in environmentally friendly computing. The new Green IT offering covers green technologies, techniques, standards and policies and is aimed at IT professionals who have purchasing and decision-making power at their companies. Full Story... Dire peak oil scenario confirmed by US expert (Wednesday, 31 March 2010) On March 25 in French newspaper, Le Monde, Glen Sweetnam, the Obama administration’s official expert on the oil market, outlined the current state of the “Peak Oil” scenario that many analysts both in and outside the oil industry have warned of for years. Full Story... Jewellers pursue golden opportunity to clean up act (Friday, 19 February 2010) Retailers representing 22% of the US jewellery market are urging the mining industry to end practices that harm local communities, pollute drinking water and generate millions of tonnes of toxic waste. The report on the uptake of the so-called ‘Golden Rules’ developed by NGO Earthworks was released in time for Valentine’s Day. Full Story... BHP reports energy saving opportunities (Monday, 1 February 2010) The BHP Billiton-owned TEMCO manganese plant in Tasmania has managed to slash energy use by converting a hazardous waste into a saleable by-product. The company’s second-year Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) report outlines the project, which involved processing a waste slag stockpile to recover silicomanganese alloy. Full Story... Mining and resources industry out of step (Friday, 15 January 2010) Less than 50% of Australian mining and resource companies are measuring their carbon footprint despite legislative and public pressure to do so, according to new research commissioned by business solutions company IFS. However, 87% of respondents to the study indicated reducing carbon emissions was important. Full Story... Victoria appoints group to tackle brown coal emissions (Friday, 15 January 2010) The Victorian Government and industry leaders in the state will create a new organisation to help deliver innovation in brown coal technologies to cut greenhouse emissions. Currently brown coal-fired electricity generation provides more than 90% of Victoria’s energy supply. Full Story... WA Greens bless union of the mining giants (Friday, 11 December 2009) The WA Greens have surprisingly come out in support of the BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto production joint venture project in Western Australia. They cite strategic environmental benefits in merging the iron ore assets, but warn against job losses. Full Story... Origin prepares to invest in RET and LNG projects (Tuesday, 3 November 2009) Origin Energy CEO Grant King told yesterday’s annual general meeting the recent passage of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) legislation will drive further significant investment in renewables. But it is already well placed, with a portfolio of renewable energy supply including wind, geothermal and solar. Full Story... Mining undermines groundwater: water commission (Wednesday, 7 October 2009) The National Water Commission has serious concerns about the impact of mining on groundwater sources in NSW and Queensland. It is one off 68 submissions to the Senate environment committee inquiry, ‘Impact of mining in the Murray-Darling Basin’. Full Story... Qld plant powered by waste coal mine gas (Tuesday, 29 September 2009) A growing number of Australian coal miners are deciding to use their mine gas to generate electricity and simultaneously reduce site emissions. Queensland Mines and Energy Minister Stephen Robertson today opened one of Australia‘s most powerful onsite power plants fuelled by waste coal mine gas. Full Story... Finding new uses for old sand (Tuesday, 22 September 2009) The CRC for Sustainable Resource Processing (CSRP) has talked up the reuse of bauxite residues under the new Perth-Bunbury Highway road network in its bid for new public funding and a new incarnation. Full Story... Emissions trading the latest IR weapon (Friday, 11 September 2009) Climate change has spilled over into industrial relations after the Minerals Council of Australia accused the mine workers’ union of hypocrisy over job security. But the CFMEU dismissed the allegation its long-term support for emissions trading ran counter to its new push to insert job security clauses into mine contracts. Full Story... NMA launches petition against Waxman-Markey (Tuesday, 1 September 2009) THE United States’ largest industry advocacy group, the National Mining Association, has started an online petition to urge the Senate to reject the Waxman-Markey bill when it returns from summer recess. Full Story... Vic coal-to-oil plan divides opinion (Wednesday, 8 July 2009) Plans from two Victorian energy companies to team up and build a plant that will convert low-grade coal to oil and a higher-grade coal have sparked outraged with an environment group who claims it moves the state “further from the appropriate climate solutions”. But the State Government has backed Ignite Energy Resources (IER) and TRUenergy, whose proposed Latrobe Valley plant is predicted to produce 60,000 barrels of high-grade oils and 18,000 tonnes of high-grade coal annually. Full Story... Leighton shapes up to energy challenge (Friday, 3 July 2009) Construction giant Leighton Holdings released its sustainability report this week, revealing its energy use has continued to climb and acknowledging changes must be made in the face of the looming Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), due to roll out in 2011. One plan to slash mounting emissions has been teaming up with engineering consultancy, e3k, to develop a system to benchmark the energy efficiency of its material transportation. Full Story... Mining crucial to NSW economy, so tidy up laws: council (Friday, 19 June 2009) The NSW Minerals Council said the State Government’s $1.3 billion deficit announced in the 2009-10 budget this week would have been double that amount if $1.4 billion-worth royalty payments from the mining industry weren’t factored into the state’s bottom-line. The council used the budget figures to thrust forward its oft-repeated need: a more hassle-free planning and regulation system for its sector. Full Story... China leads the way in global energy consumption (Tuesday, 16 June 2009) Global oil consumption fell last year for the first time since 1993, however developing countries led by China leapfrogged OECD nations in the thirst for energy, according to the latest BP Statistical Review of World Energy. Full Story... WA studying CO2 storage potential in Perth basin (Wednesday, 10 June 2009) Western Australian Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has announced a new study examining the potential for carbon capture and storage in the state’s south west. The Lower Lesueur Carbon Dioxide Geosequestration Study would be an analysis of the suitability of locations to store CO2 the Southern Perth Basin between Bunbury and Mandurah and could help in developing clean coal technologies. Full Story... Minerals export infrastructure's “cancer of neglect” (Friday, 29 May 2009) Current port, rail, energy, water and other infrastructure are in poor condition to support growth in the minerals sector and exports, according to a national audit on the country’s export infrastructure carried out for the Minerals Council of Australia. Pulling through the current economic downturn will require new physical and social infrastructure and the upgrade of existing facilities, it said. Full Story... Green issues pivotal, says global mining council (Friday, 27 February 2009) The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has released its 2008 Annual Review, outlining key initiatives it undertook during the year and saying that dealing with climate change, declining water resources and reducing the impact of mining on people are no longer simply “optional desirable add ons” to the core business of the industry. Full Story... CRC checks out cheaper carbon capture (Tuesday, 24 February 2009) New research has suggested the cost of capturing and storing carbon dioxide from Australian power stations could be considerably reduced, according to CO2CRC. Full Story... Give the little clean guys a go: Cougar (Wednesday, 17 December 2008) There is a real risk the Queensland government could bow to pressure from large mining companies which could see the delay or curtailment of clean coal technologies in the state, according to Cougar Energy managing director Len Walker. Full Story... Xstrata saves bucks, countless bucketloads of water (Wednesday, 26 November 2008) Despite not picking up any environmental awards at last week’s NSW Minerals Council Environment and Community Conference, Xstrata Coal has made strong water savings this year and a lot of the strategies can be practised by other mines in the industry. Full Story... Coal-fired power for clean energy (Monday, 17 November 2008) Work has began on a $206 million project to turn one of Queensland’s existing coal-fired power plants into a carbon sequestration demonstration plant by 2011. The Callide Oxyfuel Project at the state government-owned electricity generator CS Energy can recapture up to 90% of CO2 emissions from a retrofitted coal-fired boiler, the project managers said. Full Story... Industry hits back at green group claims (Wednesday, 29 October 2008) The New South Wales Minerals Council has hit out at local environmental groups over recent claims about the impact of mining subsidence in the Southern Coalfields. Full Story... 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