Is Queensland’s stellar reputation as an exploration Eden under fire from miscommunication and political point scoring?It has been one of our most popular energy sources in the past few decades, taken up by nations everywhere including Canada, the U.S. and perhaps most notably Australia. Its economic benefits are well-proven, as ...
In July, news came from the U.K. research community that raised excitement in the photovoltaic solar industry. Headlines promising ‘cling film solar cells’ cropped up all over the place, and on closer inspection the work that prompted the flurry of interest proves even more enticing that the evocative headlines it ...
Plans to source 25 per cent of the U.S. military’s energy needs from renewable means by 2025 present an almighty challenge, requiring massive energy projects capable of generating an estimated 2.1 million megawatt-hours of power per annum. This carries a hefty price tag, rumoured to total around $7.1 billion in ...
by Dwayne Matthews
There has been lots of buzz around the BRIC countries and the emerging markets. The speed of growth in these markets have left investors drooling and chomping at the bit. There has been specific focus on China as their growth and scale has been fantastically impressive. In the space of ...
There has been lots of buzz around the BRIC countries and the emerging markets. The speed of growth in these markets have left investors drooling and chomping at the bit. There has been specific focus on China as their growth and scale has been fantastically impressive. In the space of ...
With 61,500 new operational jobs expected in the Australian mining sector by 2015, as well as tens of thousands more in the construction stages, the industry is facing a skills shortage that far exceeds that experienced in the boom period of 2003 to 2008. There are currently 75 advanced projects ...
The future of Indian mining has been cast into the unknown after widespread illegal practices and money swindling on a massive scale were ruthlessly exposed, late July. During an investigation into the activities at a resource-rich southern state, Judge Santosh Hegde concluded that illegal extractions had cost the public a ...
Last month Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced plans to nationalise the South American country’s gold mining industry and said that gold reserves held abroad would be brought home.Chavez said that the reserves would be safer in Venezuela than in countries facing mounting debt worries such as those in Europe and ...
Sometimes it only takes an eye-catching film poster to seduce this particular reviewer and, it has to be said, the artwork for The Last Mountain is a masterpiece. Classic in its simplicity, it is stylish, thought-provoking, nostalgic, impactful and looks remarkably like the kind of poster you might see at ...
In the April issue of IRJ, we introduced you the Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR), the sector council for the Canadian minerals and metals industry, and MiHR Innovate, the latest resource developed by the Council to share knowledge and effective HR practices and initiatives. With over 100,000 skilled workers ...
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