Environment & sustainability

The University of Exeter Geology Department has detailed a new method for identifying valuable metal deposits.

Mr Malone's regulatory experience in mining and exploration will prove invaluable to Teck.

The rehabilitation of coal mine overburden spoil has been certified in the Bowen Basin.

The country needs to take advantage of coal-fired electricity generation.

A programme at two Coal & Allied mine sites is aiming to improve the quality of rehabilitation in the Upper Hunter Valley using native seeds and leading agricultural practice in land management, soil preparation, sowing and monitoring.

Atrum Coal commences environmental site monitoring of the spring snow melt (freshet) at Groundhog North, in British Columbia, Canada.

EnviroSuite has spun off its consulting practice to the world's leading environmental consulting group, Environmental Resources Management, in a deal worth AUS$15 million.

EuroChem Group AG has selected Veolia Water Technologies’ proven HPD® crystallisation technology for its VolgaKaliy Mine Expansion project in Russia’s Volgograd region.

Hume Coal will manage its influence on groundwater according to the NSW government’s Aquifer Interference Policy (AIP).

Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC will be charged under the Coal Conservation act.

Approximately 50 000 jobs have been created in the country following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the supply of phosphate between Nigeria and Morocco.

Kalium Lakes Ltd (KLL) has announced that Innovation Science Australia has granted approval to the overseas research and development activities for the Beyondie Sulphate of Potash Project.

Coal of Africa has announced that infrastructural activities have been approved to take place at the Vele Colliery.

Universal Coal confirms it has all licences required for Brakfontein coal project development, following the granting of a Water Use Licence by the Department of Water and Sanitation.

Jameson Resources has been refunded its reclamation bond for its Dunlevy project, having completed its reclamation of the site.