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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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Mine site rehabilitation reforms hit Parliament

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

Legislation introduced into Parliament today brings a new suite of Queensland mine rehabilitation regulations and establishment of an independent statutory position of Rehabilitation Commissioner.

Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch said the Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 (EPOLA Bill) was the next step in the government’s plan to improve mine rehabilitation and create jobs in Queensland.“In 2018 our government passed important mine rehabilitation laws and this Bill delivers on the commitment we made at that time to establish a Rehabilitation Commissioner,” she said.

The EPOLA Bill includes the establishment of. . .

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