LEIGHTON Asia has secured a $350m, six year mining contract with Energy Resources for the Ukhaakhudag coal mine project in Mongolia.
25/02/2009
VICTORIA’S Minister for Energy and Resources Peter Batchelor, has announced the appointment of Barrister Andrew Swindells as the new State Mining Warden for the next three years.
10/03/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor is calling for nominations from the earth resource industry for the 2009 Strzelecki Awards.
19/03/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has officially opened the new Clean Coal Victoria (CCV) offices in Traralgon, Latrobe Valley.
17/08/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has welcomed an increase in Federal Government funding for sustainable energy projects, which is likely to boost investment in cleaner energy for Victoria.
14/05/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has spoken at the International Energy Agency’s Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Summer School 2009.
31/08/2009
THE VICTORIAN Government has announced that draft regulations on carbon capture and storage (CCS) are now open for public submissions.
18/09/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has hosted the President of the Republic of Hungary, His Excellency Mr Laszlo Solyom, taking him on a tour of the Department of Primary Industries’ 3D visualisation room.
02/10/2009
ASF Group has entered into a memorandum of co-operation with one of China’s largest electricity generating companies, a Hong Kong subsidiary of Beijing’s China Huaneng Group (CHG).
24/09/2009
VICTORIA’S Energy and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has announced that the CO2CRC carbon storage trial near Nirranda will reach the 50,000 tonne milestone by the end of April 2009.
22/04/2009
THE ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has announced that the Latrobe Valley resident and former coal mine manager Charlie Speirs has been appointed Director of Clean Coal Victoria.
24/04/2009
Energy and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has announced $16 million in funding for new clean coal research and the establishment of a new organisation, Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA).
26/08/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has announced that the Victorian Government has signed two ground-breaking agreements with Japan that strengthen global efforts to reduce future greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power generation.
09/09/2009
Fears of a voter backlash have seen the Victorian Government put the brakes on plans to allow the mining and export of the State’s brown coal to India.
11/12/2009
PENALTIES for those who deliberately trespass or interfere with critical electricity infrastructure will be increased under changes introduced into Parliament on 13 October 2009.
13/10/2009
VICTORIA’S Energy and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has announced a state government funded study has found ways to significantly reduce the cost of adapting carbon capture technology for its coal-fired power stations.
20/02/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor says the Brumby Government’s appointment as a foundation member of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute will benefit the state.
16/04/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has called on Malcolm Turnbull to get out of the way of the Federal Government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).
01/05/2009
Greenpeace activists have shut down a pit of a Southland lignite coalmine used by Fonterra in New Zealand, to help fuel operations at its nearby Edendale dairy factory.
18/11/2009
A VICTORIAN Government-funded forum was held on 17 July 2009 in Gippsland to provide an opportunity for Latrobe Valley workers to discuss climate change.
20/07/2009