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Clive Palmer has softened his stance on threats to kick CITIC Pacific off the $7 billion Sino Iron project, saying he hopes a minor Supreme Court victory yesterday will bring the Chinese company to the table to resolve bigger disputes...
Work on a controversial mine in Tasmania's Tarkine region remains in limbo following a Federal Court hearing.
Greg Lilleyman is quitting his role in charge of Rio Tinto's Pilbara iron ore unit, the mining giant's single most important division, as part of a major executive shake-up overseen by new divisional head Andrew Harding.
More oil spills will occur in western Queensland if the State Government dilutes Labor's environmental protection laws, according to the Wilderness Society.

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Is the widely tipped shift by Woodside and its joint venture partners to offshore floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) technology to extract the Browse gas a better option than the now abandoned Kimberley LNG hub?
 

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