WA mines and petroleum minister Bill Marmion has commended the Mining Rehabilitation Fund as “one of the Department’s biggest reforms”.
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Old mine turned into bike park
An abandoned mine in the US has been turned in to the largest indoor bike park in the country.
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NSW mining rehab council canned
Plans for setting up a mines rehabilitation advisory council have been scrapped by NSW state government.
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New nickel accumulating plants uncovered
Researchers have uncovered dozens of new nickel hyperaccumulator plants in a study in Borneo.
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BHP to hold Seed Bank ‘think tank’
BHP has partnered with the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority to hold a ‘think thank’ as part of a multi-million dollar Restoration Seed Bank Initiative.
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UQ launches new responsible mining course
The University of Queensland has launched a new Responsible Resource Development program to aid the growth of sustainable mining.
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WA Gov returns $6 million in rehab bonds
More than $6 million in performance bonds on dead tenements have been returned following the implementation of the Mining Rehabilitation Fund.
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Bees the key to mine site rehab
International mining giant Vale has improved on mine site revegetation in Canada by starting a beekeeping program.
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New rehab reporting in the Hunter
More than a hundredth of the land in the Muswellbrook, Singleton and Upper Hunter council areas is disturbed by mining, a new report on rehab says.
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What should we do with Australia’s 50,000 abandoned mines?
Corinne Unger examines the state of Australia's abandoned mines, who is responsible for their rehabilitation, and how they can become useful again.
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BHP pledges $6 million to ‘Bush Blitz’
BHP, in conjunction with the government and Earthwatch, has pledged $6 million to the second stage of Bush Blitz.
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Mining rehab contributions become mandatory in WA
Western Australia has implemented mandatory contributions to the Mining Rehabilitation Fund, effective July 1.
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Black Hill quarry operator called to account for rehabilitation
Black Hill residents have questioned an application to extend a quarry lease, saying there is a lack of rehabilitation on site.
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BREAKING: Rio Tinto dismisses Ranger rehab funding concerns as “hypothetical”
Rio Tinto has stated that concerns about the funding for rehabilitation of the Northern Territory Ranger mine site are hypothetical, and remain the concerns of the ERA board of directors.
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Rio Tinto called to account for ERA rehab funding at Ranger uranium mine
Rio Tinto will be called to account for their position on the issue of funding rehabilitation operations at ERA’s Ranger mine in Kakadu, at their Australian AGM in Melbourne tomorrow.
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Eucalypts thrive at acidic Mt Morgan site
Every now and again nature surprises scientists and professionals.
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Miner and farmers waiting on coal mine grant decision
The Queensland Government is due to hand its decision within the month on whether it will allow the first mine to be constructed below Strategic Cropping Land in Central Queensland.
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Former coal mine transformed into community hub
A former coal mine in Belgium has been reborn as a modernist community space, with high schools, movie theatres and hiking tracks taking the place of old mining infrastructure.
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Native seeds used to rehabilitate mine
Rio Tinto subsidiary Coal and Allied are using the latest agricultural technology to plant a blend of native grass seeds over 80 hectares of rehabilitated mining land.
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Blair Athol rehab will take six years following closure
Rio Tinto will need at least six years to fully clean up and rehabilitate its massive Blair Athol open cut coal mine following its closure.
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