Queensland’s potential resources’ superstars of tomorrow are being carefully moulded by the leaders of today through a unique six-month female mentoring program which concluded in Brisbane.
Moranbah-based Mining Supervisor, Nicole Shibasaki was tonight announced as the Exceptional Indigenous Person in Queensland Resources at the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Indigenous Awards gala in Brisbane.
The Queensland Government’s decision to impose the world’s highest royalty taxes on the resources sector will hit regional communities and businesses hard, as companies are forced to rethink their future investment and employment plans.
WIMARQ Co-Chair and QRC Board Director Rob Jackson said the resources sector regularly reviewed its performance and set new diversity goals.
A new report shows Queensland’s resources exports hit a record high between March 2021 and 2022, with producers sending a record $77 billion worth of coal, gas and minerals to overseas customers.
Australia’s resources and energy export earnings are forecast to surge to a record high $425 billion for 2021-22.
An Australian resources company has stepped up to supply a cargo of essential humanitarian aid to war-torn Ukraine, and it’s not what you’d think.
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment to support new investment in critical minerals projects, which is a key growth area for Queensland’s resources sector.
Gold Coast-based engineer and FIFO worker Lydia Gentle was today announced as the 2022 Exceptional Woman in Queensland Resources at an event for 1000 people at the Brisbane Convention and Entertainment Centre in Brisbane.
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) is calling on the Queensland Government to finalise approvals for the New Acland Mine Stage 3 project, to reinforce Australia’s reputation as a reliable supplier of energy commodities.
Queensland’s economic recovery from Covid-19 received a boost today, with the news the state’s minerals exploration sector is on the verge of a significant new era of investment.
An intensive 12-month focus on attracting more Queensland school students to work in the state’s resources sector is starting to reap results, Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said.
The latest exploration data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is out, and it’s great news for Queensland. Exploration expenditure in the Sunshine State for the September 2021 quarter has risen by 7 percent on the previous quarter to reach $196 million.
A Queenslander has taken out the top honours at prestigious BHP 2021 Women in Resources National Awards, presented by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA). Maryann Wipaki, General Manager of Health, Safety, Environment, Community at Glencore Queensland Metals in North Queensland has been awarded the 2021 Dyno Nobel Exceptional Woman in Australian Resources Award.
About 80 Everton Park State High School students will be surprised to learn about the minerals contained in everyday items today when they take part in a Hunting Minerals, Metals and More workshop run by the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy (QMEA), the education arm of the Queensland Resources Council (QRC).
It’s clean, it’s green and can’t be seen, but students at Gladstone State High School will learn today that hydrogen, the new kid on the block of low-emissions energy, is likely to play an important role in powering homes and industry in the years ahead.
With hydrogen touted as an important low-emissions energy source of the future, and the possibilities for Queensland on everyone’s lips, Toowoomba students will have a head start on the potential new industry when they attend a Future HyWay workshop today.
The announcement by Mitsubishi Development (MDP) of a three-year, $750,000 partnership with The University of Queensland (UQ) to establish a new, hi-tech program for mining engineering students has been welcomed by the Queensland Resources Council (QRC).
Bundamba State Secondary College gains insight into the jobs of the future in the technologically advanced resources sector as they program an autonomous vehicle to navigate a simulated mine site.
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has welcomed the addition of a new asset for Queensland’s diverse resources and energy sector, with the announcement of plans for one of the world's largest hydrogen-equipment manufacturing facilities in Gladstone, in partnership between the Queensland Government and Fortescue Future Industries (FFI).