Getting the most out of biodiversity investments
May 26 - June 1, 2011
YOU plant a tree and protect a frog, but are mining companies actually effectively protecting ecosystems in their biodiversity efforts?
Extreme weather events and the mining industry
April 21 - 27, 2011
FLOODING is part of the natural cycle of climate variability, so the current discussion about whether the recent floods in Queensland, Australia, or the record breaking drought that preceded them, were caused by climate change, unnecessarily diverts attention away from the urgent need to adapt to climate extremes.
Skills demand makes for challenging environment
May 26 - June 1, 2010
PHIL Baker, GHD’s global environment business leader for mining, says these are extraordinary times for the environment consulting sector, a fact underlined by the billion-dollar firm last year when its amazing total graduate intake during a severe market downturn included more than 30 environmental scientists.
Cost-effective energy options for mining
May 19 - 25, 2010
WATER is essential to the mining industry and the extraction and pumping of water from wells to the mines uses significant energy.
