3+ hour, 9+ min ago  (375+ words) A study into the long-term future of North West Queensland's copper industry has started as part of the joint Queensland-Commonwealth support package for Glencore's Mount Isa Copper Smelter and Townsville Copper Refinery. CRU International (Australia) Pty Ltd will lead the…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (336+ words) Carnaby Resources has announced further high-grade exploration drill results from the Trekelano project, including 19m at 7. 1 per cent copper equivalent. The result follows on from the announcement in December of a footwall lode discovery drill hole result of 6m at 12. 6 per cent…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (136+ words) Iltani Resources is picking up the pace at its Orient silver-indium project, with two RC drilling rigs on site. Iltani plans to complete 115 RC drillholes for 16000m as part of its current program of infill and expansion drilling at Orient, in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (225+ words) The Blackall coal project is a large coal exploration and development project located in central-western Queensland, around 25km south of the town of Blackall within the Eromanga Basin. The project covers several exploration tenements and targets extensive deposits of thermal coal…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (180+ words) Whitehaven Coal is progressing the paperwork for an extension project at its Blackwater operation that would give it access to another 200 Mt of coal and take mining out until 2055. The Blackwater North Extension Project's referral for approval under the Environment…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (188+ words) The State Government is investing $500, 000 in an initiative focused on upskilling and reskilling women into advanced site-based roles in the resources sector. The funding will help the Queensland Resources Council to deliver the Women in Resources: Empowering Development(WIRED)pilot…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (205+ words) The Mount Cuthbert Resources is a copper mining and processing operation located in North West Queensland, around 120km north-east of Mount Isa and 120km north-west of Cloncurry within the Mount Isa Inlier. The project is owned by the private Adelaide-based company Mt…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (380+ words) The'State Government has awarded exploration rights'for a Taroom Trough tenement about the size of Singapore in'a move hailed as potentially'opening up'Australia's first major new oil province since'the'1970s. An Omega Oil and Gas-led joint venture including Tri-Star (operator) and Beach Energy…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (180+ words) The Aurukun bauxite project is a large undeveloped bauxite resource located on the western side of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, near the community of Aurukun. The deposit sits along the Gulf of Carpentaria coast and contains extensive…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (185+ words) The Mount Isa Mines (MIM) operation is one of Australia's largest and most complex mining and processing operations, located in the city of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland. Operated by Glencore, the site comprises extensive underground mining, smelting and processing facilities…...