Campbell Newman a Liberal National Party leader said that the Queensland state government had failed to regulate the proper growth of the coal seam gas (CSG) sector in the state. The party wants stronger scrutiny of CSG mining and this was outlined by Shadow Primary Industries Minister Ray Hopper as well.
As construction of the Vele Colliery near South Africa’s Mapungubwe World Heritage site was approved for the Australian mining company CoAL of Africa Limited, protests have not settled down. However the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) insists that it was science and not emotion that allowed it to make the decision.
The ‘Tree Sitters’ are back protesting in the state of West Virginia. The Alpha Natural Resources mining company had to stop its blasting on Coal River Mountain on Wednesday as the protestors camped out in the trees performing in their own words ‘a non-violent direct action campaign’.
Hunnu Coal has been granted a mining license from the Mineral Authority of Mongolia for its Tsant Uul Project. The mining license numbered MV - 016872 will be valid for an area covering 69,233 hectares of land for a period of 30 years.
As per the latest quarterly report from the CommSec State of the States, Western Australia (WA) is the leading economy in Australia. WA is leading the country with strong economic growth in the mining and engineering sectors helping to raise the commercial construction and exports.
In Fayette County, Georgia there is concern over mountain-top removal at the Frasure Creek Open Fork No.2. Environmental protection groups, such as members of the Mountain Health and Heritage Association, protested outside the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) offices in Charleston on Tuesday.
Despite the impending doom being spelled out by analysts against the mining tax and carbon tax, the coal industry in Australia has projects worth $15.9 billion under construction. There is also the hope that by the financial year 2015-16 exports of coal will be up by 60%.
Gina Rinehart said that the international competitiveness of Australia would be impaired by the proposed mining and carbon taxes. The iron ore heiress was speaking on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia business conference in Perth.
The Director of the Australian Coal Association Ralph Hillman said that the carbon tax would affect the coal mining industry much worse than what the Gillard government had projected.
BMA has applied for a 100% ‘fly in fly out’ workforce with the Queensland state government for the proposed Caval Ridge coal mine located in the Central Highlands of the state. At present the state government has a 70% cap on the mobile work force that a mine can use.
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