Themes/Feature Articles

Minerals

• NSW Premier Carr Opens Ridgeway Gold Mine 
• Prospects for Fused Zirconia Production in NSW
• Australian Silicon Receives Development Approval
• Royalty Changes to Encourage Mineral Sands Development
• New Exploration Data: Warwick Tweed Heads 1:250 000 sheet
• New Owner for Pasminco's Broken Hill Mine
• Geochemical Workshop for NSW Geologists
• Exploration Licenses (ELs)
• ELs in force April 2002 (map)
• Els granted January - April 2002
• Summaries of terminated ELs November 2001 - April 2002
• Important New South Wales Mineral Projects

Exploration NSW

• MinView to Revolutionise Online Data Access
• New Surat Basin Petroleum Data Package
• Evaluating Petroleum Potential in the Offshore Clarence-Moreton Basin

Coal and Petroleum

• Coal Industry Updates
• Brigalow Belt South Bioregion: Drilling at Goonoo
• New Petroleum Brochure
• New Sedimentary Basins Map
• AAPG Conference 2002
• Economic Upturn for the Coal Industry
• Coal Authorisation / Exploration Licenses April 2002 (map p.39)
• Coal Mining Proposals May 2002
• Petroleum Titles April 2002
• Petroleum Exploration Licenses April 2002 (map)

Safety

• 100th Opal Mining Safety Course
• Safety Works for Coal Mining
• Grant to Improve Safety
• 2002 Occupational Health and Safety Conference

General

• DMR farewells John Cramsie
• CSIRO Develops Test for Sustainable Soils
• Notice to Titleholders on Royalty Returns
• NSW Association of Mining Related Councils
• Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Convention (PDAC)
• Publications released through April 2002