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ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor says that two companies that received Brumby Labor Government grants to search for minerals, including gold, silver and copper in previously under-explored areas of Victoria have delivered Round 1 drilling results.
30/06/2009 |
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MIDAS Resources has acquired Mulga Minerals which holds iron ore tenements in the Pilbara District.
30/06/2009 |
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BHP is set to gain from its merger deal with Rio Tinto as sharing technology is one of the chief features of the agreement.
30/06/2009 |
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PEPINNINI Minerals has announced that it will undertake a detailed heli-mag survey within the Etheridge Goldfield in North Queensland.
30/06/2009 |
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MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore says that 50% of successful applications for Western Australia’s new 2009-10 Co-funded Industry Drilling Program were gold explorers.
29/06/2009 |
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THE WESTERN Australian Government has accepted Alinta’s proposal to raise the cap for gas tariffs.
29/06/2009 |
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THE AUSTRALIAN Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) has released a report on a research project designed to quantify the impacts of longwall mine subsidence (LWMS) on the production and quality of agricultural vegetated environments.
26/06/2009 |
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ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has launched a tender which is seeking companies that can interpret existing seismic data – acquired by reflecting sound waves off underground structures – to create a framework showing the geology in the basin. The ‘skeleton’ will be fleshed out to become a sophisticated 3D model and used by companies to explore for valuable resources.
26/06/2009 |
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CHAMPION Compressors has appointed automation and process-control specialist, Remtron Automation, as an exclusive servicing distributor for the Albury Wodonga area.
26/06/2009 |
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REX Minerals has announced that it has contracted two drill rigs from Titeline which, combined with the remainder of the existing drilling contract, will provide Rex with the equipment for 12 months.
25/06/2009 |
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MOSAIC Oil has announced that it has mobilised MB Century Rig #7 to the Taylor 22 site at the Surat-Bowen Basin, Queensland.
25/06/2009 |
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A DRILLING rig collapsed on a building site in Maroochydore, Queensland on 22 June 2009.
24/06/2009 |
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TIN is driving new exploration in Tasmania offering hope amidst the gloom and doom of the global financial crisis and subsequent downturn in the resources sector.
24/06/2009 |
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HAOMA Mining has completed the first drill program at the Mt Webber iron ore project, Pilbara at the company’s Daltons Joint Venture.
23/06/2009 |
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MIDNIGHT Opals is using a new Russian technology that it says it more effective that a drill rig.
23/06/2009 |
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ATLAS Copco has released a robust lightweight aluminium tube, the AIRnet piping system which is suitable for use in the drilling and blasting industry.
23/06/2009 |
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GASTAR Exploration and Eastern Star Gas have praised the utilisation of multi-lateral drilling design after using the system at the jointly-owned Bibblewindi coal seam gas production pilots in New South Wales, Australia.
22/06/2009 |
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PETRATHERM has announced that drilling operations have commenced at its three-way joint venture geothermal Paralana project near Flinders Ranges in the week beginning 22 June 2009.
22/06/2009 |
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MEASUREMENT Device Limited (MDL) has announced its most recent mining innovation is the robotic Void Scanner Mark II (VS150).
This 3D underground laser scanner is designed for ‘boom’ deployment into stopes & voids.
22/06/2009 |
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MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has announced the release of further petroleum acreage in the onshore Canning Basin has the potential to improve WA’s position as Australia’s leading producer of hydrocarbons.
19/06/2009 |
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MINES and Energy Minister Stephen Robertson has announced that the Bligh Government will invest in the drilling and exploration sector.
18/06/2009 |
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NORTHERN Uranium has commenced on-ground exploration at its 100% owned Gardiner-Tanami project.
18/06/2009 |
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PANAX Geothermal has launched a capital raising in a bid to become Australia’s first geothermal power producer.
18/06/2009 |
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PROTO Resources & Investments has announced that the company’s share price has shot up over 300% with over 32 million shares traded following its drilling success at its 80% owned Lindeman's Bore prospect, Northern Territory.
16/06/2009 |
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The NORTHERN Territory’s Resources Minister, Kon Vatskalis says that the Northern Territory Government investment in exploration and mining, through the Government’s Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations program, is delivering results.
16/06/2009 |
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METGASCO has announced that it begun drilling on its coal seam gas (CSG) exploration well Riflebird-E15 on 14 June 2009.
16/06/2009 |
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GLADSTONE Area Promotional and Development (GAPDL) will promote the dynamism of the Gladstone region during the 2009 Queensland Resources Expo (QREX) trade exhibition at the Rockhampton Showgrounds from 21 and 23 July 2009.
15/06/2009 |
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THE BUREAU of Statistics says spending on mineral exploration in South Australia was down by nearly 50% in the March quarter.
15/06/2009 |
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INDUSTREA has signed a $2.5 million contract to supply drilling and drainage systems to Chinese mining giant Jincheng.
12/06/2009 |
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PRO-VISUAL Publishing is urging all companies in the oil and gas industry to implement a Fatigue Management Plan in their 2009 edition of the Oil and Gas Industry Guide to Workplace Safety.
12/06/2009 |
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THE NORTHERN Territory Government has awarded $750 000 to 12 drilling programs and $109 650 to 2 geophysics programs in under explored regions of the Territory.
11/06/2009 |
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KAROON Gas says that it will use money from its $150 million capital raising to secure a drilling rig which will help spur exploration of its joint venture project in the Browse Basin with ConocoPhillips.
11/06/2009 |
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JOHN Holland and Arup have announced a new business partnership to focus on emerging infrastructure work in the oil and gas sector.
10/06/2009 |
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HYDCO International will be launching its HYDCO 1200H Exploration Drill Rig at the 2009 Queensland Resources Expo (QREX) trade exhibition at the Rockhampton Showgrounds from 21and 23 July 2009.
10/06/2009 |
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MOSAIC Oil has announced that it is currently rigging its MB Century Rig #7 at Waggamba 5H, Surat-Bowen Basin, Queensland.
10/06/2009 |
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THE WESTERN Australian Government's new co-funded Industry Drilling Program has attracted 168 applications for drilling projects in 2009-10.
09/06/2009 |
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ORICA has announced that it has made a submission to the NSW Department of Planning for the proposed $500 million expansion of its Kooragang Island ammonium nitrate plant.
09/06/2009 |
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FEDERAL Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says six new offshore oil and gas fields will be opened for exploration, half in areas where no permits have previously been issued.
04/06/2009 |
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METGASCO has announced that drilling of the coal seam gas (CSG) exploration well Wyan-E1 in north-east NSW is underway.
04/06/2009 |
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MARTIN Ferguson, the Federal Resources Minister, claims Australia must maintain active levels of oil and gas exploration to reduce its reliance on offshore oil supplies.
04/06/2009 |
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BOUNTY Oil & Gas and MEC Resources have announced that a jackup drilling rig tender process for the Fish Prospect in PEP 11well has commenced.
02/06/2009 |
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STUART Petroleum has significantly upgraded recoverable liquids contained in the Oliver field, located in Timor Sea.
02/06/2009 |
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THERE are fifteen newcomers to the 2009 BRW’s Rich 200 despite the dire state of the economy.
01/06/2009 |
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DARWIN will host the annual Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference and exhibition which will be held between May 31 and 3 June 2009.
01/06/2009 |