THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) has welcomed the opening of a Surat Basin field office for Mines and Energy in Roma.
27/05/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) has been told to be more ‘realistic’ in its mining expectations by the state’s infrastructure minister.
03/09/2008
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) claims that there needs to be a review of security at the state’s ports.
11/08/2009
THE Queensland Resources Council (QRC) believes its coal mining industry will not be adversely affected from a slowdown in the Chinese economy.
17/10/2008
QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) representatives have spoken at the Queensland Transport Infrastructure Summit on state coal asset sales.
03/08/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) has welcomed the Premier’s re-commitment to construction of the Goonyella-Abbot Point (GAP) coal rail project in north Queensland ahead of export demand.
27/10/2009
THE Queensland Resources Council (QRC) says predictions that the Australian coal export industry will collapse under a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) are “misplaced”.
03/11/2008
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) says an upturn in the Australian resources sector could be closer than expected.
06/03/2009
QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) Chief Executive Michael Roche says coal-seam gas (CSG) and CSG to LNG is the next big thing for the resources sector.
19/08/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) says the Queensland Government’s new ClimateSmart 2050 policy recognises the role coal will play in a low-emissions future.
20/08/2009
THE UNION representing coal miners, the CFMEU has accused authorities of being out of touch with mine workers down playing the effects of job losses.
04/02/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) says that the endorsement of Australia’s Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute by world leaders at the G8 meeting in Italy has set the stage for an outstanding conference to open the second Queensland Resources Exposition in Rockhampton on 20 July 2009.
14/07/2009
QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) wants the Federal Government to lock on to the job-creating potential of resource sector infrastructure projects and minerals exploration.
12/05/2009
QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) Chief Executive Michael Roche says as currently designed, the emissions trading scheme (ETS) will close coal mines, cost jobs in coal mining and support industries and all this without doing anything to reduce global emissions.
06/10/2009
The Queensland Resources Council has predicted a "decade of opportunity" for the state, saying that the annual value of its resources sector could increase by 60% to more than $78 billion by 2020.
19/02/2010
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) has awarded Sandra Collins the Resources Award for Women (RAW) for her efforts to change legislation that prevented women from working in underground mines.
12/03/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council has lent its support to a ‘careful and managed’ asset sales program to maintain the momentum of the state government’s capital works program.
26/05/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) has launched an 8-minute video providing an overview of a ‘low-emission future’ at the Queensland Resources Expo (QREX) in Rockhampton.
22/07/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council’s (QRC) latest CEO Sentiment Survey shows the state’s minerals and energy sector leaders are taking some comfort from signs of recovery in the global economy.
19/10/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) has announced that the Minister for Women Karen Struthers will officially launch the new website of Women in Mining and Resources Queensland (WIMARQ) on 28 July 2009.
16/07/2009