Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan has called on Labor to stop sending mixed messages about Australia’s coal sector and get behind an industry which is buttressing the nation’s economy. Minister Canavan’s call follows statements made yesterday by Labor’s Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Mark Butler calling into question the global prospects for Australia’s coal industry. Read more

The Australian Government is collaborating with Australian businesses to unlock the value of satellites to help farmers get the most from their land and plan for the future. Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan today announced three Australian businesses have been successful in their applications for $50,000 of seed funding to develop pilot projects that will leverage Geoscience Australia’s Digital Earth Australia technology. Read more

Minister for Resources and Northern Australia has welcomed confirmation today that mining and resources have been a key contributor to Australia’s economic growth, according to the June Quarter National Accounts data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The figures show that resources accounted for more than half of total growth in the June quarter in production terms. GDP grew by 0.5 percentage points in the quarter, of which mining contributed 0.3 percentage points. Read more

Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan has welcomed a new report which examines the market outlook for six critical minerals that hold significant potential for Australia: niobium, rare earth elements, cobalt, antimony, magnesium and tungsten. Read more

Promoting Australia’s resources industry and encouraging international investment opportunities in the sector will be priorities during visits to India and Singapore by Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan next week. Minister Canavan will be in India from 26-29 August, where he will meet with resource industry leaders and ministerial counterparts to promote the strengths and potential of Australia’s resources and energy sectors. Read more

Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan has welcomed a new report which outlines India’s potential as our greatest new thermal coal export market, potentially creating at least 4,000 new direct jobs in regional Australia. The Coal in India 2019 report, prepared by the Office of the Chief Economist, states that India’s rapidly growing demand for energy presents a golden opportunity for Australia to increase its thermal coal exports to the country. Read more

A $50 million industry could stem from a test crop of oilseed in Far North Queensland launched today as one of three projects designed to diversify the crops industry across Australia’s north.    Read more

A new project will test if Northern Australia has the potential to step into the global spice trade worth $12 billion annually.   Read more

The Morrison Government is backing the next generation of Australian technology pioneers by locking in $2 million to help deliver the future of energy resources innovation. Read more

The world’s largest greenhouse gas mitigation project undertaken by the LNG industry has started on Barrow Island, Western Australia. Read more