Protesters clashed with staff at Whitehaven Coal’s Boggabri office yesterday as anti-mining activism took a violent turn.
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Traditional Owners launch petition to protect sacred sites at Maules Creek mine project
Gomeroi Elders and Traditional Owners have launched State and Commonwealth Parliamentary petitions to urge the Federal Environment Minister to urgently halt work at Maules Creek mine.
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Mining group calls for law reforms against activist groups
The Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council wants tougher laws against green groups that it claims are trying to drive the mining industry out of the state.
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Four arrested as Maules Creek mine protest intensifies
NSW Police have used a cherry picker to dismantle a massive tripod and rescue its occupant as tensions at the Maules Creek mine protest intensify.
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Protesters stop work at Maules Creek mine site, again
Construction at Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine has once again been disrupted this morning as hundreds of protesters descended on the site.
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Traditional Owners protest against Whitehaven Coal’s “desecration” of sacred sites
Gomeroi Elders and Traditional Owners are holding a peaceful protest at Gunnedah today as they continue to fight against what they say is the destruction of sacred sites by Whitehaven Coal.
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Radio Disney pulls pin on program that promotes fracking
Radio Disney has pulled out of an educational program sponsored by Ohio’s oil and gas industry after it was accused of using school students to peddle “propaganda” around fracking.
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Women locked to excavators, hanging from trees in Maules Creek mine protest
Protests at Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine project are ramping up with tree-clearing and construction work halted at the hands of activists.
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Traditional Owners say Whitehaven Coal have “disrespected” them
Gomeroi Elders and community members say outrage, insult, disrespect and shock are not enough to describe their feelings towards Whitehaven Coal’s actions around the Maules Creek mine project, vowing to step up their fight to protect sacred burial land.
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5000 opposition emails lodged against Rio Tinto’s Warkworth mine expansion
More than 5000 emails opposed to Rio Tinto’s proposed expansion of Warkworth mine have been received by the Planning Assessment Commission this week.
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Maules Creek mine protesters force closure of forest amid fire safety concerns
The Leard state forest has been closed by the Forestry Corporation of NSW amid risks posed by the Maules Creek mine protesters in the case of a fire.
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NSW gold mine plans to employ 1000 locals
The Hillgrove gold mine will look to employ more than 1000 people from the Armidale area, with plans to restart operations at the site in March.
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Activists blockade Maules Creek mine site as protests continue
Protesters have formed a blockade at Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine development as part of their ongoing fight to stop the project going ahead.
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Are we really living and mining sustainably or are we just heading for an epic fail? [blog]
Professor Ken Mercer, from the Australian Centre for Geomechanics discusses the nature of sustainability in the mining industry.
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Santos fined $52,500 for CSG water spill
Santos have been fined $52,000 by the NSW Land and Environment Court for failing to report the spill of untreated water at its CSG drilling site in Pilliga Forest.
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Leach tank failure impacts ERA’s uranium production results
Production at ERA’s uranium mine took a 60 per cent hit in the December quarter after a leach tank rupture forced operations to close at the site.
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Chevron to clear more land on Barrow Island
Western Australia's Environmental Protection Authority has given Chevron permission to use an extra 10 per cent of A-class land on Barrow Island as the company pushes to finish its Gorgon LNG project.
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Whitehaven Coal free to go-ahead with Maules Creek mine project
Whitehaven Coal’s controversial Maules Creek mine is set to go ahead after the Federal Court dismissed a challenge by environmental groups.
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Operations at Boggabri mine re-start after being halted by activists
Idemitsu’s Boggabri coal mine has restarted operations after closing yesterday when two activists gained unauthorised entry to the site before scaling a coal loader.
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Santos face sentencing for CSG water spill
Santos will today be sentenced in the NSW Land and Environment Court for the spill of untreated water at its Pilliga drilling site in the north-west of the state.
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