Mining
Mining the sea floor
Deep sea bed mining is a relatively new industry, and involves breaking off mineral deposits which have formed around volcanic......
Lizard’s Revenge is about to begin
Throughout the week, The Wire has covered the lead-up to the protests against the expansion of the Olympic Dam mine,......
Lizard protesters converge on Roxby
Anti-uranium activists from all corners of Australia are heading towards Roxby Downs for a major musci event and protest on......
The Lizard’s Revenge begins as protesters head to Olympic Dam
Sleeping underneath the ground, there is an old lizard known as Kalta the sleepy lizard. The lizard ain’t so sleepy......
Mining tax may be a fizzer, regardless of QLD high court challenge
The Queensland government has joined a high court challenge against the federal government’s mining tax. As the fight heads toward......
Award for Mining Research
Day after day, mining tycoons like Gina Rinehart and Clive Palmer are all over our air waves and we very......
Queensland Alpha Mine – What Are The Environmental Impacts?
A coal mine in Central Queensland has been the cause of tension between the Federal Labor Government and the Queensland......
Report says many excluded from PNG LNG’s billion dollar windfall
The lead author of a new report into the social impacts of Papa New Guinea’s multi-billion dollar LNG gas project......
The LNP and CSG
Queensland’s new government promises to be tougher on coal seam gas companies. The new Environmental Minister Andrew Powell says the......
Rich Land Waste Land
The coal seam gas boom has seen mining march into rural Australia as never before, and brought together environmentalists and......