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Minister for Mines and Energy Geoff Wilson announced a major revamp of the state’s mining legislation last week, which will canvass issues such as minerals exploration, extraction and processing.
“The Mineral Resources Act 1989 is the primary legislation that covers the mining industry in Queensland,” he said.
“We want to make sure our laws stay relevant to this dynamic industry.”
Wilson said the discussion paper covered the current and possible future environment for the exploration and mining industry, the objectives of the legislation and mining tenures.
“The staging of the expo is timely in that we can promote stakeholder involvement in the review,” Wilson said.
Department of Mines and Energy staff will be at QREX this Thursday.
ILN will be at QREX this week, reporting on what the longwall sector has on offer at the expo.
