Clean air is one of the most basic and fundamental expectations for quality of life. As Roger Cudmore and Cameron S McNaughton discuss, regardless of where we live, we all want to be confident that the air we breathe isn’t going to harm our health, or the health of the living things in our environment.
Earth Resources Regulation has updated the bond rates used to fund rehabilitation projects in Victorian mines and quarries for the first time since 2010.
Cairns Regional Council has approved the repurposing of a former sand quarry owned by Lemura Sand Company, allowing the facility to host more than 50,000 tonnes of recycled materials.
Teams of inspectors will be arriving unannounced at large quarries across New South Wales this month following an electric shock incident last September.
The Australian Government has forecast the future role of the critical minerals sector in its third road map for the national manufacturing priority list.
More than a dozen mining companies have initiated the Electric Mine Consortium to reduce scope one and two carbon emissions in extractive operations.
The latest results from the Australian Performance of Construction Index (PCI) survey indicate that housing activity has reached an all-time high, as overall COVID-19 recovery continues across Australia.
A proposal to quarry 17 million tonnes of basalt in Wallan, 50km north of Melbourne, has been turned down by the Mitchell Shire Council.
The Tasmanian Government will introduce a waste levy on landfill in the Apple Isle later this year.
The NSW Resources Regulator has updated its requirements for Tier 2 quarry manager certificates.