Themes/Feature Articles

Exploration NSW

•  Geology goes digital
•  Broken Hill Geoscience Database
•  MinView provides access to drill core data
•  Peel South Geoscience datasets assist exploration
•  Follow-up study of the Lightning Ridge helicopter geophysical survey
•  Proposed Seismic Survey to encourage petroleum exploration
•  NSW Mineral Exploration & Investment Conference - May 2003

Minerals

• Goulburn 1:250 000 mapping project update
•  Woodlawn Mine: new geological interpretation and exploration potential
•  NSW Mineral Exploration & Investment Conference
•  Strategic Review of Lightning Ridge opal mining issues
•  2002 -03 New South Wales Minerals Industry Annual
•  ELS Granted to September 2002
•  Summaries of terminated ELs
•  Els in force September 2002 (map)
•  Els Cancelled/Expired September 2002
•  Important New South Wales Mineral Projects

Coal and Petroleum

•  Coal and Petroleum Industry Updates
•  Bowen and Surat Basin CD released
•  Coal Authorisation/Exploration Licenses Sept. 2002 (map p.33)
•  Coal Mining Proposals September 2002 (map p.35)
•  Petroleum Titles September 2002
•  Petroleum Exploration Licenses September 2002 (map)

Safety

•  Preventing injuries while changing tyres
•  MINEsafe: Union establishes safety website
•  Electrical Engineering Safety Seminar
•  Safety industry through 'Competencey, Commitment and Control'

Environment

•  Lightning Ridge environmental initiative begins
•  DMR Environmental Officer visits Mongolia

General

•  Quarrying vital to NSW economy
•  Minfo Readership Survey
•  Publications released through November 2002