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.
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in West Virginia has denied a petition which asked them to declare Blair Mountain unsuitable for mining. The June 2, 2011 petition was called frivolous by the DEP lawyer under state law.
SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd. (SGQ.TO) has been issued a mining license for its wholly owned Mongolian operating subsidiary SouthGobi Sands by the Mineral Resource Authority of Mongolia. Shares in the company rose by 5 cents after the announcement to end up at $10.75.
The Chinese are worried about the mining reforms that Australia is planning. With the proposed mining tax coming up the Chinese diplomat Ouyang Cheng warned it would be difficult for Australia and China to maintain a healthy and steady economic co-operation unless reforms to foster Chinese investment were made.
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