Thursday, September 17, 2026

Santos announces final investment decision on the Barossa gas project

Australian LNG exporter Santos will proceed with the development of the $4,7 billion Barossa project, located offshore the Northern Territory. Barossa is an offshore gas...

Resources outlook: Export earnings to fall, but gold, exploration activity rise

Australia’s resources and energy export earnings are expected to decline over the next two years, according to the Australian Government’s latest Resources and Energy Quarterly, released by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

Revealing the hidden resource potential of Tasmania

New data will put the spotlight on the hidden geology beneath the feet of Tasmanians, as part of the Australian Government’s Exploring for the Future program.

Guidelines for Critical Minerals Development Program grants unveiled

The Australian Government has unveiled guidelines for new grants to assist in developing Australia’s critical minerals sector, downstream processing, job creation in regional Australia,...

Advanced Navigation launches Chimera Land laser navigation system for mining

Advanced Navigation has launched Chimera Land, a new 3D Laser Velocity Sensor (LVS) technology designed to improve vehicle positioning in deep underground mining environments where GPS signals cannot reach.

Northern Territory reports record-level increase in mineral exploration expenditure

The Northern Territory Government has announced a record increase in mineral exploration expenditure in the September 2023 quarter. 

Leading global miners team up with maritime industry to support Australia-East Asia iron ore...

BHP, Rio Tinto, Oldendorff Carriers, and Star Bulk Carriers Corp. have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to examine the construction of an iron...

Oil and gas exploration and production threaten one of the world’s great desert river...

The Lake Eyre Basin rivers, including the iconic Georgina and Diamantina Rivers and Cooper Creek, flow through southwestern Queensland and the Northern Territory into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre. Along the way, the rivers – among the most pristine in the world – fill more than 32 million hectares of floodplain wetlands, a massive part of Australia (almost a sixth).

WA continues response to Wheatstone gas plant outage

The Western Australian government said it has deployed measures to mitigate gas and electricity supply issues following an outage at Chevron’s Wheatstone domestic gas plant near Onslow. 

CSIRO supports mining SMEs with Innovate to Grow initiative

National science agency, CSIRO, is offering a free online program dubbed “Innovate to Grow” aimed at helping small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the mining and mining equipment, technology, and services (METS) sector.
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Manufacturers should do this sooner rather than later, says precision engineer

Australian precision engineering and industrial instrumentation company CENMAC implemented ERP software when it was still a one-man operation. “I couldn’t imagine us growing to this size without MRPeasy,” says Jason Ford, Founder.