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Researchers from the Centre for Transformative Work at Curtin University surveyed more than 2,500 workers and conducted in-depth interviews with 60 individuals to gain insights into their experiences. The report concluded that 5-41 per cent of women mining workers reported experiencing behaviours of sexist and sexual hostility sometimes, often or very often within the past …
Sexual harassment in WA’s mining sector still exists Read More »
As mines continue shutting down in Australia, mining experts say there is a need to transition to an acceptable land use after mining ceases. Evaluating and planning post-mining economies requires the collaborative effort of all stakeholders involved to ensure positive outcomes for local residents. That’s according to the Cooperative Research Centre for Transformations in Mining …
From Closure to New Purpose: Post-Mining in Regional Australia Read More »
Mining experts say the world needs vast quantities of lithium, cobalt, copper, sand and other minerals for a sustainable net-zero world. At the same time, mining companies need to decarbonise their operations. But how can we ensure the demands for these minerals do not translate to environmental damage and negative impact on local communities? These are …
World’s leading mining experts gather at this year’s World Mining Congress Read More »
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved 116 new coal seam gas wells for the Surat basin in western Queensland yesterday afternoon. The new gas projects are part of an ongoing gas extraction scheme from Santos. This greenlight comes while Plibersek and the Labor government are in the process of reforming the safeguard mechanism legislation, focused …
A new campaign was launched in Brisbane to demand the Dirty Dozen group to reduce their carbon emissions and to ask the Federal government to step into this issue. The Dirty Dozen is a group of 12 companies considered the biggest fossil fuel polluters in Australia, producing just over 40 per cent of the nation’s …
New campaign launched to clean ‘the Dirty Dozen’ Read More »
A new study has found that 54% of mineral production associated with transitional or green energy production infringes on indigenous land. The report details the impacts on Indigenous Australian peoples and lands, and also details how Indigenous and peasant peoples are effected internationally. What measures should be in place to ensure that Indigenous people aren’t …
Production of Minerals for Green Energy Could Put Indigenous Australians At Risk Read More »
Water regulations in the Northern Territory that determine how much of the natural aquifer supply agriculture, mining, production and gas fracking can use could be set to change. The change would come, allowing a sand mining facility to increase their production. Sand mining, and washing, is an essential aspect of gas fracking. Environmentalists and environmental …
Line in the Sand Shifts as NT Changes Water Regulations Read More »