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View of the Timor Sea from Darwin, Northern Territory.

EDO to pay Santos $9m for halting $5.8b project

EDO to pay Santos $9m for halting $5.8b project The Federal Court has ordered the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) to pay Santos (ASX: STO) more than $9m after it attempted to block the $5.8b Barossa gas project in the Timor Sea in the Northern Territory. The EDO acted as the lawyers for three Tiwi Islanders in the proceedings to stop Santos from installing a 262km underwater gas export pipeline that runs from the Barossa gas field to the existing Bayu-Undan pipeline, citing interference with cultural songlines of the rainbow serpent and the “Crocodile Man”. Two weeks earlier, Regis Resources (ASX: RRL) commenced legal proceedings to overturn the...

The team coming together at Acland.

New Hope kicking goals on and off the field

New Hope kicking goals on and off the field New Hope Group’s (ASX: NHC) New Acland Mine in Queensland has clocked up several achievements, both in the field and in the community. The company announced its 250th full-time employee starting work at the project and comes less than two years after the Queensland Government critically assessed and approved Stage 3. New Acland Coal general manager, Dave O’Dwyer says it a milestone to celebrate. “The 250th worker is another landmark day for the entire team at New Acland Coal, but importantly, there are plenty more to come,” he said. He says the increased ramp up of job opportunities on site has...

Tailings dam disaster strikes Samarco

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Tailings dam disaster strikes Samarco

By Samantha James THE collapse of a tailings dam at the Vale-BHP Billiton owned Samarco operation in Brazil has resulted in flooding across more than 600km in one of the worst environmental disasters in the country’s mining history. On November 5 2015, one of the three dams at the Samarco iron ore mine in Minas Gerais failed, affecting the downstream Santarem dam and causing a “significant release” of mine tailings to flood the nearby community of Bento Rodrigues and others downstream, according to BHP. Four days later BHP advised that although it did not know the causes of the tailings release, it was assisting rescue efforts at the nearby communities where at least one fatality and 13 people had been...

Nine projects across Australia will use the funding to cut yearly emissions by 830kt.

Federal Government to invest $330m to reduce emissions

Federal Government to invest $330m to reduce emissions The Federal Government will co-invest $330m to reduce industrial emissions and support the ongoing domestic production of key inputs into clean energy projects. Under the Powering the Regions Fund, nine projects will receive a portion of the funding with the projects to cut yearly emissions by 830kt – the same as taking over a quarter of a million cars off Australian roads. The funding includes $197m to maintain Australia’s domestic manufacturing capability in cement and aluminium. Grants include, $94m to Queensland Alumina to reduce energy use, $52.9m to Cement Australia to reduce coal consumption...