ArticleE-Alert: Geothermal ActivityAustralia's efforts to become the first country to commercially develop electricity production from heat mining continue to gather pace.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesMadgwicks
ArticleMineral Resource and Ore Reserve Reporting Review: Production ForecastsASIC considers that exploration targets and Inferred Mineral Resources are not a basis for reporting production targets.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesAllion Legal
ArticleNSW Guidelines for the economic assessment of mining and coal seam gas proposals are finalisedCompliance with the Guidelines and any Technical Notes will be necessary as part of the assessment of any new projects.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesClayton Utz
ArticleProposed Public Interest Test To Apply To All Mining Tenures In QueenslandThe Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (Bill) (introduced into the Queensland Parliament on 7 October 2008) proposes to amend the Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld) (MRA) to introduce a public interest test for the approval processes for the grant, renewal and variation of, and determination of conditions for, mining tenements in Queensland.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesClayton Utz
ArticleQueensland forges ahead with coal and gas exploration acreage release in Bowen and Surat BasinsTenderers are required to comply with land access & native title & other requirements before commencing exploration activities.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesCooper Grace Ward
ArticleQueensland Packs Policy Punch In Its Own Critical Minerals StrategyOn 28 June 2023, at the World Mining Congress in Brisbane, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk took the stage to announce the strategy, which is designed to "unlock the next resources boom...AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
ArticleWestern Australia mineral royalty rate under reviewThe Review is the first formal review of the WA royalty rate for years, and aims to achieve an improved revenue return.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHopgoodGanim
ArticleThe end of peer comparison disclosures? Regulators continue their march on junior mining company public disclosureUntil more clarity is provided, ASX-listed resource companies must tread carefully in providing comparative information.AustraliaFinance and BankingCorrs Chambers Westgarth
ArticleAgripower Australia v J&D Rigging: "construction work" and BCIPAQld and NSW construction companies may not be able to seek adjudication with respect to their work on mining leases.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionColin Biggers & Paisley
ArticleBCIPA claims in the mining and infrastructure - contract enforcement by building and construction contractorsContractors and subcontractors are now increasingly using and enforcing BCIPA claims.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionHolding Redlich
ArticleConstruction work on Queensland mining leases not subject to the BCIPAThis Queensland decision could have wider implications, given the presence of similar legislation in other jurisdictions.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionClayton Utz
ArticleRegional Planning Interests Bill (Qld) passed with amendmentsBefore commencement, those with current and proposed resource operations should review the new development legislation.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionClayton Utz
ArticleTax implications of compensation payments on grant of mining leases - traps for primary producersLand owners should consider the tax consequences of any mining compensation payments at the beginning of negotiations.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionCooper Grace Ward
ArticleBeware incentives to sign Conduct and Compensation AgreementsAlmost all of Thynne & Macartney's agribusiness clients have been confronted by resource industry projects on their properties.AustraliaStrategyThynne & Macartney
ArticleNew tax incentives for investors in junior exploration companiesA new initiative should assist junior exploration companies by providing what may be a flow through tax credit scheme.AustraliaTaxHopgoodGanim
ArticleResource Super Profits Tax: Government and Miners Dig In: Proposed Federal Tax on Minining ProfitsReview of proposed Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) on Australia’s mining sector. AustraliaTaxNorton Rose Fulbright Australia
ArticleQueensland uranium mining to re-commenceQueensland announced that a three-member implementation committee would oversee the recommencement of uranium mining.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesClayton Utz
ArticleTerms of reference for review of NT water extraction licences releasedThe review will examine the application, assessment and approval processes for identified NT water extraction licences.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesClayton Utz
ArticleThat Sinking Feeling: Compensation For Mine Subsidence In NSWIn the late 1990s Wambo Coal Pty Ltd built a conveyor on land which was within a mine subsidence district as proclaimed under the Mine Subsidence Compensation Act 1961 (NSW).AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesClayton Utz