QLD mining minister Andrew Cripps has slammed claims that the Queensland Resources Council said a new bidding system for coal and gas is open to 'corruption'.
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Alarms sounded over high frequency trading
Fears over the affects of high frequency trading on miners have now surfaced in Australia.
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Juniors in jeopardy
The future of mining is in danger if support for junior miners does not start to increase. Cole Latimer reports.
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Uranium mining in NSW still on the agenda
While a ban on uranium exploration in New South Wales has been lifted, the ban of its extraction still exists - for now.
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Japan surveys seabed for rare earths
Japan is launching another survey in the hopes of uncovering more rare earths deposits on the sea floor.
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Nambucca Valley mining license gets the go ahead
Mining exploration is set to start up in Nambucca Valley after a company was granted at license by the NSW government to search for gold and antimony.
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CSIRO using ants and termites to uncover gold
New research from the CSIRO has uncovered the role ants and termites will play in discovering new gold deposits.
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Pegasus halts trading after Horizontal Falls mining ban announced
Copper explorer Pegasus Metals has placed trading on hold until Monday as the company attempts to clarify its drilling operations in the Kimberly.
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WA Government boosts greenfields explorers
The WA Government has released the latest round of funding for exploration drilling in the state, with almost three quarters of successful applicants targeting gold.
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WA protects Horizontal Falls from mining activity
Under a new state exemption mining operations will be prohibited within a 72sq km radius around Western Australia’s Horizontal Falls.
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Australian’s mining south of the border: The Mexican oportunidad
Oportunidad is Spanish for opportunity, something Australian gold and silver exploration company Cerro Resources is grasping with both hands in their Mexico operations.
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Franco Nevada advances $2.5m to Aphrodite Gold for Kalgoorlie project
Aphrodite Gold Limited announced today that Franco Nevara Corporation, the world’s largest buyer of gold royalties and stream, has advanced the Company $2,500,000 against a future royalty of 2.5% over production from the Aphrodite Gold Project near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
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Seabed mining ban could be lifted before 2015
Northern Territory Mines and Energy Minister says the moratorium on seabed mining could be lifted before 2015.
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Broken Hill Land Council open to exploring uranium
The Broken Hill Aboriginal Land Council is open to uranium exploration in New South Wales' far west.
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Northern Territory to streamline mining projects
The Northern Territory's new government has promised to fast track mining in the region.
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Aussie mining funds heading offshore
Funding for new mining projects in Australia has dried up and what money companies do have is being spent overseas, according to the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies.
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Gearing up OUR GEOs
A recent study of geoscience employment seems to highlight the beginning of some worrying new trends for the industry.
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WA miner uncovers massive diamond
Western Australian mining company Lonrho Mining has uncovered a massive 131.5 carat diamond in Angola.
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Aborigines support NT seabed mining; want ban scrapped
An Indigenous group from Arnhem Land has approached Northern Manganese to explore the seabed for minerals and metals.
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Mining jobs to be cut at Ranger uranium mine
Energy Resources Australia's Ranger uranium mine will cut jobs as mining slows and it begins underground exploration.
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