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Keep up to date with what is happening in the world surrounding the minerals and energy sector.
Posted on08 Dec 2011
Queensland could have another $140 billion in mining projects over the next decade, generating 40,000 more jobs. But the resources industry has conceded that the mining boom is putting a strain on some sections of the community after The Courier-Mail highlighted the issues facing cities such as Gladstone, where rents are skyrocketing. The industry’s appetite … Continued
Posted on08 Dec 2011
The state of science: If there is a crisis in student enrolment numbers in school science, where does that come from? Denis Goodrum asks whether a new perspective could revolutionise both teaching and learning. In 1992, 94% of all Australian Year 12 students studied science. According to a soon-to-be-finalised report I’ve been working on, this … Continued
Posted on08 Dec 2011
Heavy rains and a dramatic rise in the number of household solar energy panels have helped to boost Australia’s renewable energy production in the past financial year, despite larger projects temporarily stalling amid political uncertainty over the carbon tax. A report released today by the Clean Energy Council, the peak body for the clean energy … Continued
Posted on09 Nov 2011
Stage 2 experiments at the Otway Project are nearly complete. The most critical part of the experiments was to force CO2 to be permanently stored in the rock pores deep underground (residual gas saturation), by injecting formation water and dissolved CO2. The injection mimics deep geological CO2 storage in the rock formation 1400 metres underground. … Continued
Posted on10 Oct 2011
The Queensland Government, in partnership with regional councils and major resources industry employers, is hosting a series of one day jobs expos in Cairns, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, the Whitsundays and Wide Bay-Burnett. The expos will commence in October and November 2011. For more info, and to register to attend, head to http://www.skills.qld.gov.au/workforqueenslandjobsexpos.aspx#Register
Posted on10 Oct 2011
A new insight into global photosynthesis, the chemical process governing how ocean and land plants absorb and release carbon dioxide, has been revealed in research that will assist scientists to more accurately assess future climate change. In a paper published today in Nature, a team of US, Dutch and Australian scientists have estimated that the … Continued
Posted on26 Sep 2011
Mining will be the nation’s fastest growing employment industry in the next five years but three times as many jobs are being created outside the mines as inside. The total mining workforce is tipped to more than double in the next 20 years, from an estimated 693,000 who are now directly and indirectly employed to … Continued
Posted on26 Sep 2011
Joint media release with the Minister for Resources and Energy, the Hon Martin Ferguson. The successful completion of a $10 million critical research milestone in the Otway Project will accelerate the development of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry here and around the world. Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr and Resources and Energy Minister … Continued
