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Yancoal Strikes US$2.4 Billion Deal for Australia's Largest Underground Coal Mine

Yancoal Australia has agreed to buy an 80 percent stake in Queensland’s Kestrel coal mine for up to US$2.4 billion, securing one of the country's most…

Australia

Huge 1.6 gigawatt-hour battery gets federal green light for Queensland hub

A strategically vital and very large battery proposed for construction in Queensland’s Gladstone region has been waved through the federal environmental a…

Energy Storage System

Quinbrook bags EPBC Act approval for 780MW Supernode North BESS in Australia

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has received environmental clearance for its Supernode North battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Queensland, Austr…

Increased Investment in Natural Gas Exploration in Queensland, Australia Expected to Boost Supply and Ease Energy Price Pressures

The Queensland Government recently announced the designation of preferred tenderers for three natural gas exploration blocks in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin, aimin…

Solar project

European Energy Wins Planning Approval for 1.1GW Upper Calliope Solar Farm

European Energy has obtained planning approval for the Upper Calliope solar farm, a 1.1 GW project situated near Gladstone in Queensland, Australia.Electricity …

Australia

Australia’s First Timber Fire Station Wins International Prize

The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services North Coast Region Headquarters and Maryborough Fire and Rescue Station in Australia has received the Public Infrastr…

Pumped Storage

Commonwealth Greenlights Exploratory Works for Borumba Pumped Storage Project

Queensland Hydro has obtained regulatory approval from the Commonwealth to conduct exploratory works for the proposed Borumba pumped storage hydro project. This…

Photovoltaic （PV）

ACCIONA EnergíA’s Aldoga Solar Farm Begins Commercial Operations in Queensland

ACCIONA Energía has commenced commercial operations at its 480 MWp Aldoga solar farm in Queensland, Australia. The facility will deliver all generated re…

Australia

South Africa’s Harmony Gold to Invest up to $1.75 Billion in Australian Copper Project

Harmony Gold (HARJ.J) announced on Monday that its board has approved an investment of between $1.55 billion and $1.75 billion to develop the Eva Copper project…

Metal

Rio Tinto to Cut Yarwun Alumina Output by 40% From October 2026 to Extend Plant Life

Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said on Tuesday that it will reduce production at the Yarwun alumina refinery in Queensland by 40% starting next October. The c…

Metal

Coonambula Antimony Gold Drilling Results Reveal High Grades in Queensland

Dart Mining, in partnership with Great Divide Mining (GDM), has reported the first high-grade antimony-gold drilling results from the Coonambula antimony-gold p…

Metal

Savannah Shifts Exploration Drilling to Electric Light Deposit, Queensland

Savannah Goldfields has advanced its exploration drilling campaign at the Georgetown Gold Project in Far North Queensland, Australia, transitioning from the Big…

Metal

Laramide Secures Development Licence for Queensland Uranium Project

Laramide Resources, through its Australian subsidiary Tackle Resources, has received approval from the Queensland Government for a mineral development licence (…

Metal

Bowen Coking Coal Cuts Burton Mine Production Amid Market Challenges

In July 2025, Bowen Coking Coal transitioned to owner-operator mining at its Burton mine complex in central Queensland, Australia, prompted by low coal prices a…

Australia

Australia Puts $2.3bn Towards Brisbane’s Olympic Infrastructure

The Australian federal government and Queensland state government have jointly committed US$2.3 billion to support the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane. This fund…