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Balance sought for environmental bonds

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Exploration, Gold, Processing / Manufacturing.

The dicey question of mine site rehabilitation will be put to the new LNP Government as one of the outstanding mining issues which needs to be resolved.

It comes from the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC), whose Queensland director Sarah Gooley has had initial meetings with new Natural Resources and Mines Minister Dale Last and his head of department.

Ms Gooley is one of the 600 delegates at the Noosa Mining Investor Conference, which winds up today.

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Whitehaven Coal gets the green light for Winchester South

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Coal, Processing / Manufacturing.

The Winchester South coal project has been given the go-ahead.

The Whitehaven Coal owned lease around 30km south-east of Moranbah is a greenfield site with reserves of 380 million tonnes.

Winchester South project lease. Winchester Coal is buying Daunia Mine to the north and Blackwater Mine from BHP.

Once operational, yearly production will ramp up to 17Million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of which 11Mtpa is expected. . .

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Diatreme to undertake EIS

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Energy.

Emerging silica sands developer Diatreme Resources Limited (ASX:DRX) has completed another key milestone for its Northern Silica Project (NSP) north of Cooktown.

The company has told the ASX that the project had been determined a ‘controlled action’ under the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC).

The project had been referred to the Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water in May.

The subsequent EIS would be delivered through the accredited Queensland process, allowing for a single document to address both state and federal requirements. 

Diatreme would be. . .

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Bringing financial influence to bear to improve tailings dams

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Gold.

iQ Industry Queensland recently had the opportunity to interview University of Queensland Professor David Williams, who is a world authority on the design, construction and maintenance of tailings dams.

Related: An overview of conventional tailings dam geotechnical failure mechanisms

He is director of the UQ Geotechnical Engineering Centre and manager of the Large Open Pit Project, which is made up of representatives of the world’s major mining companies. . .

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Council leading the way with landfill rehabilitation project

Written by dev on . Posted in All News.

An ambitious process used to cap a 50 year old landfill is due for completion this month in Townsville.

Townsville City Council is the first council in Australia to use a bituminous geomembrane to cap a landfill site for its rehabilitation.

The $4 million project is constructing the final cap on the remaining portion of the Hervey Range landfill.

The bituminous geomembrane is less prone to leaks and is more resilient than other products.

It had been exciting to see the project transform the site said Council’s Townsville Water and Waste Committee chairperson Councillor Russ Cook.

“Our team is. . .

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Steady as she blows at Ravenswood Gold

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Energy, Gold.

Orica and Roc-Drill have won the contract to deliver drill and blast services to Ravenswood Gold in historic Ravenswood, west of Townsville.

The agreement builds upon the joint service agreements the companies already have in Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.

Project owner EMR GEAR Consortium is going full steam ahead to develop the Ravenswood Expansion Project, as detailed in plans first set in place by Perth-based Resolute before it sold the operation earlier this year.

The expansion project will see the gold operation, now processing low-grade stockpiles, step up production with a return to open. . .

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Incentive needed to help fill a generational legacy

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Coal.

Baby boomer geoscientists say Australia is failing to make the most of the competitive job creation advantage provided by resources. 

Opportunities in the industry are going begging as a generation which oversaw booming coal, base and precious metals and iron ore developments among others, retire.

The issue has been highlighted by an Australian Institute of Geoscientists report which shows that a third of the country’s geoscientists will reach retirement age in 10 years.

Geologist Jim Morrison has ‘failed retirement three times’ and at 76 years old is employed as a consultant with Townsville-based Map to Mine.

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Quarrying and wet processing webinars

Written by dev on . Posted in All News.

CDE is hosting a 2-day virtual event on a range of materials processing topics.

More than 70 sessions involving 100 plus industry experts across multiple time zones are planned.

The free-of-charge event takes place over October 14 and 15.

CDE is committed to solving challenges, educating, and innovating the quarrying & wet processing industry, and alongside our valued partners we will continue our Engineering Insights education series with a free to register Virtual Event this October.

Across the two days, CDE experts, together with a host of guests and industry figures, will facilitate a series of. . .

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Fitzroy Basin scores a ‘B’ for waterway health

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Coal, Energy.

The ecological health of the waterways of the Fitzroy Basin has received a 'B' on its latest report card.

The catchment area is home to scores of coal mines as well as farming interests.

According to the annual Fitzroy Partnership for River Health Report Card, the ecological health of the waterways improved in the 2018-19 period compared to the previous year, rising from a high 'C' to a low 'B' in score.

“This slight improvement can be partly attributed to low rainfall conditions in the majority of the catchments, which results in sediment and nutrients remaining on. . .

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New protocols to tackle tailings risks

Written by dev on . Posted in All News.

A newly released Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management will help support the safe management of tailings facilities around the world, says the Minerals Council of Australia.

The new industry protocols come 18 months after the tailings dam disaster at the Corrego do Feijão mine in Brazil that killed 270 people.

They were developed through an independent global tailings review, co-convened by the International Council on Mining and Metals, United Nations Environment Program and Principles for Responsible Investment.

Chief executive officer Tania Constable said Australian companies actively contributed to the development of the new industry standard, which reflected Australian. . .

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Investors steer mining sentiment

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Energy.

What does 14 trillion dollars or so buy you these days?

A lot of influence in the mining industry.

That’s what the Investor Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative has tied up in funds invested in mining. 

They are a group of investors including institutions like the Church of England having an increasingly strong influence on company policy said head of the University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute, Professor Rick Valenta.

It’s prompted the development of a strong will towards ‘group performance’ in lowering the footprint of mining said Professor Valenta.

“I think all of the major. . .

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QRC raises concerns over environmental bill

Written by dev on . Posted in All News.

The Queensland Resources Council has raised concerns about further red tape stymying industry as a result of changes under the Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020.

The QRC today appeared before the committee reviewing the legislation and urged it to recommend the State Government clarify aspects, particularly the qualifications and role of the Rehabilitation Commissioner it proposes to establish.

At a time when the resources sector needed a government that was willing to publicly back the sector, it was instead getting more uncertainty and rushed legislation, QRC chief executive Ian Macfarlane said.

Poor consultation surrounding this. . .

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Big coal invests in Mine rehab

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Coal.

Anglo American’s Australian operations will invest more than $162 million in industry-leading mine rehabilitation over the next five years.

Chief Executive Officer of Anglo American’s Metallurgical Coal business, Tyler Mitchelson, said the company was committed to the highest standards of environmental performance.

Anglo American’s Australian operations include five metallurgical coal mines in Central Queensland; two open cut and three underground. Around $83 million will be spent on rehabilitation at the open cut Dawson Mine near Moura, and almost $40 million at Capcoal Open Cut Mine near Middlemount over five years.

“Anglo American’s Dawson Mine has. . .

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