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Industry Queensland is a support publication for the mining and construction sectors in Northern Australia. The aim of IQ is to facilitate business between industry partners. Our editorial covers news, trends and developments in the industry. Industry Queensland has specialist sections dedicated to hard-rock mining, coal, geoscience, and civil industries as well as our Miner's Life bulletins.

Red Fox Resources has acquired five additional exploration permits (EPMs) in the Selwyn district, south of Cloncurry.
24/06/2024

Red Fox Resources has acquired five additional exploration permits (EPMs) in the Selwyn district, south of Cloncurry.

Red Fox Resources has acquired five additional exploration permits (EPMs) in the Selwyn district, south of Cloncurry. Four EPMs were acquired from Fetch Metals, which in turn gained a partial interest in ‘Top Camp’ (in the Cloncurry district) held by the private company of Red Fox chairman Doug ...

24/06/2024

Green Critical Minerals is gearing up for a drill program at its Boulia copper-gold-molybdenum project in a exploration realm boasting big-name neighbours.

24/06/2024

A gravity survey is underway at the Canobie project in North-West Queensland, where Fortescue has entered a farm-in and joint venture with Strategic Energy Resources.

KAP leader Robbie Katter has slammed the State’s focus on a study on the Townsville Eastern Access Rail Corridor (TEARC)...
22/06/2024

KAP leader Robbie Katter has slammed the State’s focus on a study on the Townsville Eastern Access Rail Corridor (TEARC) amid pleas for action on the Mount Isa rail line.

KAP leader Robbie Katter has slammed the State’s focus on a study on the Townsville Eastern Access Rail Corridor (TEARC) amid pleas for action on the Mount Isa rail line. He was commenting after a roundtable forum involving Transport and Main Roads Minister Bart Mellish and Resources and Critical ...

Great Divide Mining has signed an MOU to explore toll treatment of ore from its Yellow Jack gold project in North Queens...
20/06/2024

Great Divide Mining has signed an MOU to explore toll treatment of ore from its Yellow Jack gold project in North Queensland at the nearby Big Rush mine.

Great Divide Mining has signed an MOU to explore toll treatment of ore from its Yellow Jack gold project in North Queensland at the nearby Big Rush mine. Chief executive officer Justin Haines described the deal as a win:win solution for Great Divide and privately-owned company Great Eastern Gold, wh...

ActivEX has been granted an exploration permit paving the way for it to target rare earths and base metals at a site in ...
20/06/2024

ActivEX has been granted an exploration permit paving the way for it to target rare earths and base metals at a site in Central Queensland.

ActivEX has been granted an exploration permit paving the way for it to target rare earths and base metals at a site in Central Queensland. The granted permit is one of two applications lodged for EPMs for the company’s Aramac project. It intends to explore for rare earth elements (REE) within the...

20/06/2024

Tri-Star Group has been appointed the preferred tenderer for a 2024sq km area about 65 km south-southeast of Moura in Queensland’s latest petroleum land release. PLR2023-1-3 (ATP 2076 – application) is about 50km from three existing gas transmission pipelines. “The award to Tri-Star, a non-lis...

Laramide Resources has launched its 2024 drilling campaign at the Westmoreland uranium project amid what it sees as a gl...
20/06/2024

Laramide Resources has launched its 2024 drilling campaign at the Westmoreland uranium project amid what it sees as a global shift in favour of nuclear power.

Laramide Resources has launched its 2024 drilling campaign at the Westmoreland uranium project amid what it sees as a global shift in favour of nuclear power. The company’s 2024 work plans include up to 12,000m with over 100 drill holes, designed to test multiple targets across the Westmoreland pr...

Glencore operations contributed $10.5 billion to the Queensland economy last year and provided work for 8680 employees a...
20/06/2024

Glencore operations contributed $10.5 billion to the Queensland economy last year and provided work for 8680 employees and contractors.

Katter’s Australian Party leader Robbie Katter has renewed calls for Queensland to lift its uranium mining ban while pro...
19/06/2024

Katter’s Australian Party leader Robbie Katter has renewed calls for Queensland to lift its uranium mining ban while proposing Mount Isa as a nuclear power plant site in the wake of the Federal Opposition’s energy plan.

KAP leader Robbie Katter has renewed calls for Queensland to lift its uranium mining ban while proposing Mount Isa as a nuclear plant site.

The main lesson that the head of one of Queensland’s emerging gas companies has learned from his decades-long career is ...
19/06/2024

The main lesson that the head of one of Queensland’s emerging gas companies has learned from his decades-long career is that it’s about people.

The main lesson that the incoming head of one of Queensland’s emerging gas companies is, it’s about people.

Queensland’s Callide and Tarong power station sites are earmarked for nuclear plants under the energy overhaul proposed ...
19/06/2024

Queensland’s Callide and Tarong power station sites are earmarked for nuclear plants under the energy overhaul proposed by the Federal Opposition.

Queensland’s Callide and Tarong power station sites are earmarked for nuclear plants under the energy overhaul proposed by the Federal Opposition. The coal-fired plants, near Biloela and in the South Burnett region, are among seven locations nationwide where an LNP government would look to build z...

Powerlink has announced a clutch of key contract awards worth more than $300 million as it presses ahead with the $5 bil...
19/06/2024

Powerlink has announced a clutch of key contract awards worth more than $300 million as it presses ahead with the $5 billion CopperString project.

Powerlink has announced a clutch of key contract awards worth more than $300 million as it presses ahead with the $5 billion CopperString project. ATCO Structures has secured the contract for Hughenden and Richmond workforce accommodation facilities worth $90 million. Meanwhile ZTT has been contract...

Aeris Resources has chalked up success in ongoing exploration drilling targeting potential new gold-bearing structures b...
19/06/2024

Aeris Resources has chalked up success in ongoing exploration drilling targeting potential new gold-bearing structures beyond the mine footprint at Cracow.

Aeris Resources has chalked up success in ongoing exploration drilling targeting potential new gold-bearing structures beyond the mine footprint at Cracow. Drilling at the Apollo and Coronation West targets his financial year has intersected epithermal veining along each structure with gold minerali...

Comet Ridge has gained ground in the Mahalo Gas Hub area, 85km south-east of Emerald, with news the Queensland Governmen...
19/06/2024

Comet Ridge has gained ground in the Mahalo Gas Hub area, 85km south-east of Emerald, with news the Queensland Government has named it as preferred tenderer for an additional block there.

Comet Ridge has gained ground in the Mahalo Gas Hub area, 85km south-east of Emerald, with news the Queensland Government has named it as preferred tenderer for an additional block there. The new gas block is located immediately north of Mahalo East (ATP 2061) and west of Mahalo Far East (ATP 2063)....

Thiess has secured a four-year contract extension worth $580 million to deliver mining services for BHP Mitsubishi Allia...
19/06/2024

Thiess has secured a four-year contract extension worth $580 million to deliver mining services for BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s Caval Ridge operations.

Thiess has secured a four-year contract extension worth $580 million to deliver mining services for BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s Caval Ridge operations. This continues a long-running Thiess involvement at the open-cut Bowen Basin coal mine which commenced in December 2017. “Thiess continues to supp...

Gladstone manufacturer Alpha HPA has expanded its customer base, securing new orders from multinational companies includ...
19/06/2024

Gladstone manufacturer Alpha HPA has expanded its customer base, securing new orders from multinational companies including 3M, Merck, Entegris, Tokuyama and Saint Gobain.

Gladstone manufacturer Alpha HPA has expanded its customer base, securing new orders from multinational companies including 3M, Merck, Entegris, Tokuyama and Saint Gobain. It comes after the company last month announced its final investment decision to develop its full-scale HPA First project in Gla...

Far North Queensland tungsten producer EQ Resources has been granted an exploration permit in the next step towards brin...
19/06/2024

Far North Queensland tungsten producer EQ Resources has been granted an exploration permit in the next step towards bringing the mothballed Wolfram Camp site back into commercial operations.

Far North Queensland tungsten producer EQ Resources has been granted an exploration permit in the next step towards bringing the mothballed Wolfram Camp site back into commercial operations. The approval allows EQ Resources to begin drilling, geological mapping, and soil and rock sampling aimed at u...

Alpha HPA has filed a provisional patent for its UltraCoat process – a measure to prevent lithium-ion battery fires.
19/06/2024

Alpha HPA has filed a provisional patent for its UltraCoat process – a measure to prevent lithium-ion battery fires.

Alpha HPA has filed a provisional patent for its UltraCoat process – a measure to prevent lithium-ion battery fires. The process uses Alpha HPA’s proprietary ultra-high purity al-nitrate precursor to apply controlled-thickness, high-purity aluminium-oxide and hydroxide coatings to a range of sur...

Denison Gas is focused on growth opportunities after being appointed preferred tenderer for three new exploration areas ...
19/06/2024

Denison Gas is focused on growth opportunities after being appointed preferred tenderer for three new exploration areas under the Queensland Government’s most recent petroleum land release.

Denison Gas is focused on growth opportunities after being appointed preferred tenderer for three new exploration areas under the Queensland Government’s most recent petroleum land release. The areas are immediately adjacent to Denison’s existing tenements in the Bowen Basin, with the company sa...

The Federal Government has approved Windlab’s 400MW Gawara Baya wind farm, formerly known as the Upper Burdekin wind far...
19/06/2024

The Federal Government has approved Windlab’s 400MW Gawara Baya wind farm, formerly known as the Upper Burdekin wind farm.

The Federal Government has approved Windlab’s 400MW Gawara Baya wind farm, formerly known as the Upper Burdekin wind farm. Located 65km south-west of Ingham, the project will see the installation of 69 wind trubines. The project is expected to increase wind generation in the National Electricity M...

13/06/2024

Senex Energy has won federal environmental approval to build its 57km Atlas to Reedy Creek Pipeline in the Surat Basin. The buried pipeline is designed to carry natural gas produced from tenements south-west of Wandoan including Senex’s Project Atlas operations (pictured at top of page) and propos...

Shell’s QGC business in Queensland is set to deliver an additional 40 petajoules into the domestic market for gas power ...
13/06/2024

Shell’s QGC business in Queensland is set to deliver an additional 40 petajoules into the domestic market for gas power generation between now and 2027 through an enforceable supply commitment.

Shell’s QGC business in Queensland is set to deliver an additional 40 petajoules into the domestic market for gas power generation between now and 2027 through an enforceable supply commitment. This adds to commitments made by Esso, Woodside, Senex and APLNG to take the total volume of enforceable...

A key Queensland construction body has applauded LNP plans to scrap the Pioneer Burdekin Pumped Hydro scheme.
13/06/2024

A key Queensland construction body has applauded LNP plans to scrap the Pioneer Burdekin Pumped Hydro scheme.

A key Queensland construction body has applauded LNP plans to scrap the Pioneer Burdekin Pumped Hydro scheme. Civil Contractors Federation Queensland said the $20 billion initiative, whose cost would undoubtedly grow, took funds away from critically-needed transport infrastructure. LNP leader David....

Far Northern Resources has delineated five new chargeability anomalies in a geophysical survey at its Empire mining leas...
13/06/2024

Far Northern Resources has delineated five new chargeability anomalies in a geophysical survey at its Empire mining lease, 34km west of Chillagoe.

Far Northern Resources has delineated five new chargeability anomalies in a geophysical survey at its Empire mining lease, 34km west of Chillagoe. The company is finalising a drilling plan for mid-July 2024. The key focus of the pole dipole induced polarisation (PDIP) survey was to better define the...

Iltani Resources has started drilling a diamond hole about 750m deep at its Orient silver-lead-zinc-indium project in Fa...
13/06/2024

Iltani Resources has started drilling a diamond hole about 750m deep at its Orient silver-lead-zinc-indium project in Far North Queensland.

Iltani Resources has started drilling a diamond hole about 750m deep at its Orient silver-lead-zinc-indium project in Far North Queensland. The Orient deep diamond hole marks an exciting step for Iltani, according to managing director Donald Garner. “The diamond drill hole will be the deepest hole...

Glencore has taken a swipe at planned payroll tax changes, saying it is at a loss to explain why the Queensland Governme...
13/06/2024

Glencore has taken a swipe at planned payroll tax changes, saying it is at a loss to explain why the Queensland Government wants to penalise local Mount Isa workers.

Glencore has taken a swipe at planned payroll tax changes, saying it is at a loss to explain why the Queensland Government wants to penalise local Mount Isa workers. Budget papers this week revealed the government’s intention to adjust the eligibility criteria for its regional payroll tax discount...

The planned construction of up to 43 wind turbines at Genex Power’s Kidston Clean Energy Hub is advancing through the Fe...
13/06/2024

The planned construction of up to 43 wind turbines at Genex Power’s Kidston Clean Energy Hub is advancing through the Federal environmental approvals process.

The planned construction of up to 43 wind turbines at Genex Power’s Kidston Clean Energy Hub is advancing through the Federal environmental approvals process. The project’s referral under the EPBC Act is now open for public comment until June 26. The wind farm represents Stage 3 of the energy hu...

The Queensland Parliament has passed Resources Safety Acts amendments, bringing in a suite of reforms spurred by recent ...
13/06/2024

The Queensland Parliament has passed Resources Safety Acts amendments, bringing in a suite of reforms spurred by recent mine accident probes.

Anglo American has helped local students gain cutting-edge electrotechnology skills, creating career pathways into the m...
13/06/2024

Anglo American has helped local students gain cutting-edge electrotechnology skills, creating career pathways into the mining industry, with a Central Queensland pilot program.

Anglo American has helped local students gain cutting-edge electrotechnology skills with a Central Queensland pilot program.

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