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AN INTEGRATED program incorporating a major trade exhibition, international and regional conferences, and tours to mines, processing plants and research centres is positioning Rockhampton’s Queensland Resources Expo 2009 (QREX) as a must-attend event.
30/04/2009 |
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EDMS has announced that GOS Drilling, a wholly owned subsidiary of EDMS, has been awarded a contract which will see the company supply six surface rigs.
30/04/2009 |
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CORETRACK says that the positive response to its rights issue will mean that the company can invest in new capital.
30/04/2009 |
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ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has welcomed the 40th anniversary of oil and gas production from Bass Strait drilling operations by Esso Australia and BHP Billiton and the first natural gas supply to Victorian consumers.
30/04/2009 |
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FORTESCUE Metals says it is short of its March quarter shipping target due to a deliberate scale back of drill and blast operations and poor weather.
30/04/2009 |
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CENTRAL Petroleum says that an innovative aerial survey tool has inspired the company to embark on a ground seismic search in the Western Amadeus Basin of Western Australia.
29/04/2009 |
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THE AUSTRALASIAN Institute of Mining and Metallurgy says that junior explorers are missing out on tax deductions.
29/04/2009 |
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TNG has announced that its Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling program has produced highly encouraging initial results at its 100%-owned Mount Peake Project in the Northern Territory.
29/04/2009 |
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MT ISA Metals and Legend International have resumed definition drilling at D-Tree North to define JORC compliant mineral resources and ore reserves.
28/04/2009 |
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MARMOTA Energy has commenced maiden copper-gold-uranium reconnaissance drilling in conjunction with ongoing uranium exploration at its Ambrosia project in South Australia.
28/04/2009 |
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ATLAS Copco’s has suffered a fall in first quarter revenues due to the impact of the global economic crisis.
28/04/2009 |
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INBYE Mining Services will show its Australian-first longwall at Mackay, Queensland on 30 April 2009 at an invitation-only open day.
28/04/2009 |
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THE ECONOMIC downturn is seeing many old drill rigs which have been sitting idle for that little bit too long stripped naked.
27/04/2009 |
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INDUSTREA has signed a $2m supply contract with Shanxi Asian American Daning Energy (SAADEC) for additional underground directional drilling equipment.
27/04/2009 |
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ORION Petroleum says drilling at its Kurrabooma-1 coal seam gas (CSG) corehole in northern New South Wales has reached its total depth of 438.7m on 17 April 2009.
27/04/2009 |
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HUNT Energy says it has been forced to pack up Bellevue drilling site because Empire Energy has allegedly failed to meet payment deadlines for their services.
24/04/2009 |
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TECTONIC Resources has recommenced exploration drilling at Kundip with an initial six week, 3000m RC drill program commencing on 23 April 2009.
24/04/2009 |
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ANGLO Australian Resources has announced that it will commence drilling to test shallow gold mineralisation at the Feysville Project near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
23/04/2009 |
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BEACH Petroleum says it may begin drilling at the Spikey Beach prospect again after a failed attempt in December 2008.
23/04/2009 |
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THE SHENHUA Group has made an agreement with farmers in the Watermark district, New South Wales that will allow drilling on agricultural land.
23/04/2009 |
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THE INDUSTRY Skills Council, SkillsDMC says that the drilling sector will be affected by the ageing workforce, and drillers will be particularly in demand over the next five years.
22/04/2009 |
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PANAX Geothermal has been awarded a grant of $7m under the Commonwealth Government’s Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (“DRET”) “Geothermal Drilling Programme”.
22/04/2009 |
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BOART Longyear has reported very depressed levels of capital equipment sales activity.
22/04/2009 |
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THE ACTING Mines and Petroleum Minister Simon O’Brien says that the release of geothermal acreage for exploratory drilling in Western Australia’s Carnarvon Basin has generated much interest.
21/04/2009 |
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APOLLO Minerals says that it expects to find 800 million tonnes of iron ore at its Mount Oscar Project in the Pilbara in Western Australia.
21/04/2009 |
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THE LIBERAL National Party's Ray Hopper wants exploratory drilling on the Jimbour Plain, Queensland to end.
21/04/2009 |
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DPSA Drilling Equipment has signed a distributor agreement with longstanding Dalby company Walsh and Ford.
21/04/2009 |
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THE AUSTREALIAN Coal Association Research Program has released a report on blast overpressure levels experienced from operations on open cut mines.
20/04/2009 |
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CAMECO says its uranium exploration operation near Alice Springs, Northern Territory will not affect the region’s flora and fauna.
20/04/2009 |
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ARGENT Minerals has announced that it will commence a drilling campaign before June 2009 at its highly prospective Kempfield silver and gold tenements in NSW.
20/04/2009 |
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THE AUSTRALIAN Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) has released a report on the development of CFD models and gas flow patterns in longwall goafs.
17/04/2009 |
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EMMERSON Resources has announced that it has entered into a binding agreement with Ivanhoe Australia which will fast track the discovery of potentially world-class deposits within its 100%-owned tenements at Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory.
17/04/2009 |
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CLANCY Exploration has received assays for the first 62 metres of core at the Kingswood prospect of its Myall drilling project in the Lachlan Ford Belt, NSW.
17/04/2009 |
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CORTONA Resources has announced that it has discovered a significant intercept of gold from its 3,500m RC drilling program at its 100%-owned Dargues Reef Gold Project, New South Wales.
16/04/2009 |
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CSIRO Petroleum Resources has released a brochure detailing its research and development to improve drilling performance for the oil and gas industry.
16/04/2009 |
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AN APACHE oil rig headed for the Western Australian coast for the company’s latest oil exploration project caught fire in a shipyard in Singapore on 11 April 2009.
16/04/2009 |
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TORRENS Energy has revealed that the temperatures resulting from its heat flow drilling at its wholly owned Port Augusta Project, South Australia are hotter than expected.
15/04/2009 |
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WOODSIDE’S has reported that a fire broke out on one of its offshore drilling rigs on 13 April 2009.
15/04/2009 |
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FORACO has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 51% of the share capital of Perth-based Mosslake Drilling Services.
15/04/2009 |
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THE FEDERAL Government’s deadline for companies wishing to receive a grant under the $435 million Renewable Energy Demonstration Program is 15 April 2009.
14/04/2009 |
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MOSAIC Oil has signed a drilling contract with MB Century Resources for their Rig#7 to drill up to 6 wells in the Surat-Bowen Basin, Queensland.
14/04/2009 |
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FROST & Sullivan has released a research report on the impact the economic downturn will have on chemical firms that cater to the mining industry.
09/04/2009 |
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GLOBAL Petroleum has announced that its joint venture partner Neptune Petroleum, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tower Resources, has signed a contract with the ASCOM to provide a mobile MBU-125 land rig to drill Iti-1, the first well in Uganda Licence EA5.
09/04/2009 |
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CORETRACK has announced that the mud pulse telemetry system (Surface Telemetry System) and custom made (and Coretrack patented) ball drop sub have been air freighted from APS Technology, in Connecticut, USA, to Coretrack in Perth.
08/04/2009 |
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OILEX and joint venture partners Global Energy (Videocon), GSPC and Bharat PetroResources have contracted a drill rig which is expected to begin work in the Timor Sea in the third quarter of 2009.
08/04/2009 |
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AMIRA has announced its plans to boost mining innovation with the development of a new specialised Cooperative Research Centre.
08/04/2009 |
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NORTH Queensland Metals (NQM) has announced that it has entered into an option agreement to purchase the Dotswood Gold Project, Townsville.
07/04/2009 |
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CAMECO is preparing to perform a groundbreaking drilling program at its Kintyre project in Pilbara, Western Australia.
07/04/2009 |
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A.J. Lucas is using horizontal directional drilling (HDD) to drill the 83-kilometre pipeline which will connect a new gas processing plant at Port Campbell to Origin Energy's 550-megawatt Mortlake gas-fired plant.
06/04/2009 |
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The ASSOCIATION of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) has congratulated the Western Australian Government for implementing an $80 million strategy to encourage mineral exploration in the state.
06/04/2009 |
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BAUXITE Resources says it has invested time examining the latest continuous mining technology as a part of its staged exploration program and project advancement strategy.
03/04/2009 |
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GEELONG Trades Hall Council Secretary Tim Gooden says an unnamed company is negotiating for deep sea drilling platforms to be refitted at North Shore.
03/04/2009 |
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PEEL Exploration has announced further positive exploration results from its 100%-owned Attunga project located in the New England region of NSW.
03/04/2009 |
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A MINER has been killed in an explosion at 4 North Phoenix Mine on 1 April 2009.
03/04/2009 |
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L&M Petroleum has announced that it is set to commence drilling operations in the onshore Western Southland Basin on the South Island of New Zealand.
03/04/2009 |
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THE CSIRO has released a brochure detailing its rock mechanics testing expertise which could benefit companies engaged in drilling activities.
02/04/2009 |
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CK Enterprises has re-opened its tin mine has re-opened Mount Garnet tin mine despite continually crashing prices.
The company is processing old workings from the mine, which closed when the price collapsed 25 years ago.
02/04/2009 |
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GEODYNAMICS says it will need to improve drilling performance and well costs for a commercial demonstration of its ability to extract heat from hydraulically stimulated hot fractured rock to create power.
02/04/2009 |
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BEACH Petroleum has announced that a six well exploration drilling program is expected to commence in May 2009 on the western flank of the Cooper Basin.
01/04/2009 |
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TORO Energy has announced the commencement of a uranium reconnaissance drilling program near Radium Hill, about 80km south-west of Broken Hill, South Australia.
01/04/2009 |
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ESSO Australia, an ExxonMobil Australia subsidiary, will next month celebrate 40 years of oil and gas production from Bass Strait, a milestone that recognises the significant contribution of Bass Strait to this nation.
01/04/2009 |
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THE POLICE gold stealing detection unit has found 75kg of explosives believed to have been taken from a mine site.
01/04/2009 |