Surging coal, iron ore and LNG exports have made a major contribution to Australia’s trade surplus for October, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan said today. Read more

Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan has congratulated Rio Tinto on achieving its first shipment of bauxite from its Amrun project on Cape York six weeks early. Read more

Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matthew Canavan has welcomed Adani’s announcement it will self-finance its Carmichael mine and rail project, with the start of preparatory construction works imminent. Read more

Joint media release with the Minister for Foreign Affairs Read more

Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan today welcomed a decision by the WA Government to allow fracking in parts of the state. Read more

Our resurgent resources sector will help bond Australia and India in their growing economic partnership, as outlined in the Government’s response to the India Economic Strategy. Read more

A new study into northern Australia’s beef industry could spark an estimated $3 billion-plus investment in the industry over the next decade. Read more

The official opening of one of the nation’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facilities signals the beginning of decades of economic benefits for northern Australia. Read more

Indigenous communities in the Top End are set to benefit for the next 40 years from a funding package formalised today by the Australian and Northern Territory governments, the Larrakia people and Japanese oil and gas company INPEX. Read more

Joint media release with the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, The Hon Michael Gunner Read more