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Before and after: pictures reveal extent of flood damage across NSW as residents start returning
The Guardian   26 March 2021   Australia   New South Wales  
Photograph: Maxar Tech/AFP/Getty Images
<p>The number of New South Wales residents forced from their homes by flooding is &ldquo;trickling down&rdquo; with fewer than 9,000 still unable to return, as rivers across the state recede and the sun comes out.<br />The SES has started assessing damage ...
Accident at Western Australia’s iron ore mine kills one mine worker
Mining Technology   29 January 2020   Australia   Pilbara  
<p>A mine worker has been killed at an accident that occurred at the Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.<br />The worker was injured while he was completing work at the Roy Hill mine on behalf of NRW Holdings subsidiary DIAB ...
Geologists Confirm a Staggering 2.2 Billion-Year-Old Impact Crater in Australia
Science Alert   22 January 2020   Australia  
Location of the crater. (The Conversation)
<p>Throughout its life, our planet has been pummelled by countless asteroids and comets - even more so than the crater-ridden Moon. Today, thanks to Earth's continually changing surface, there are remarkably few scars left to tell the tale.<br />Australia's ...
Australia’s rehabilitation of abandoned mines offers lessons for the world
Cosmos Magazine   16 November 2018   Australia  
Photo courtesy of Green MPs, from Flickr, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
<p>Across the globe, countries are figuring out how to bring plants and animals back to abandoned mines. With as many as 60,000 such sites, Australia could offer important lessons. Bianca Nogrady reports.</p>
Filed under: Mining News
New Acland Coal mine expansion given second chance by Queensland Government
abc.net.au   13 February 2018   Australia   Queensland  
New Acland Coal hopes to expand their mine in Queensland's Darling Downs. (ABC News: Louisa Rebgetz)
<p>Queensland's Environment Department has thrown embattled miner New Acland Coal a lifeline, despite its historic loss in the Land Court last year.</p> <p>The court recommended against the coal mine's expansion into agricultural land on Queensland's Darling ...
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Cyclone Debbie: 'Monster' storm batters Australia
BBC NEWS   28 March 2017   Queensland   Australia  
The eye of the storm at 05:30 GMT_EPA
<p>A powerful cyclone has pummelled the north-east Australian coast, causing major damage, torrential rain and power cuts to tens of thousands of homes.<br /><br />Cyclone Debbie made landfall between Bowen and Airlie Beach in Queensland as a category four ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
China economist warns major miners may collapse in 2016
ABC News   17 December 2015   World  
Photo: BC Iron has shut down its mining operations until prices improve. (Sue Lannin: ABC News) Map: Australia
<p>A prominent China economist has predicted more mining companies could go bankrupt globally in the new year, including major second tier firms, as China's economy slows down and commodity prices keep falling.</p><p>He has forecast that iron ore prices will ...
Filed under: Mining News