Australia coal news

Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said the release of the annual QEC Scorecard capped off a strong year for resources.

The Minerals Council of Australia comments on Adani Mining’s recent announcement that it has secured the funding to develop its Carmichael coal mine in Australia.

The investment in the project is a sign of the strength of the Queensland resources sector.

The Queensland and Australian economies will benefit from thousands of new regional jobs and long-term investment in the mine and rail infrastructure.

This is an important milestone that will help create new opportunities for trade and investment between Australia and India.

MacMines AustAsia is one step closer to being able to begin construction work on its proposed China Stone coal mine following Queensland government offering their conditional approval.

Queensland’s resources sector continues to drive jobs growth and investment in communities with a AUS$62.9 billion contribution to the state’s economy in 2017 - 2018, Ian Macfarlane, Chief Executive of the Queensland Resources Council, (QRC), said yesterday.

NEPEAN Mining Pty Ltd has entered a partnership with Fitzroy Australia Resources for the design and delivery of the Ironbark No. 1 coal mining project.

Suggesting that Australian thermal coal exports should be banned not only flies in the face of what the IEA is projecting for the region, it also condemns billions of people across the Asian region and increasingly Africa to energy poverty.

The QRC has welcomed the Land Court’s decision on New Hope’s New Acland Stage 3 mine expansion near Toowoomba.