Australian Mining Bulletin, December 2024
Welcome to the December edition of the HFW Australian Mining Bulletin.
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16 December 2024
In this edition, we cover recent case law developments of interest to the Australian mining industry, including:
- Warden finds sufficient connection to mining tenements in deed for costs incurred during project development
- NSW Court finds environmental impacts of transmission lines a mandatory consideration for mining development
- Tenement transferees rejoice: High Court rejects challenge to s 116(2) protection
- Timing is everything: Warden’s Court considers competing Prospecting License Applications
- Warden rejects objections to wind turbine infrastructure applications
- NT judgment gives green light for further gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin
- Federal Court finds earlier right to mine valid
- Failure to mark out proves fatal to application for Special Prospecting Licence
NSW Court finds environmental impacts of transmission lines a mandatory consideration for mining development
In Bingman Catchment Landcare Group Incorporated v Bowdens Silver Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 205 (the Proceedings) the New South Wales Court of Appeal …
Tenement transferees rejoice: High Court rejects challenge to S 116(2) protection
In Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd v Quarry Park Pty Ltd [2024] WASCA 38, the WA Court of Appeal found that the purchaser of a mining lease …
Timing is everything: Warden’s court considers competing prospecting license applications
In Devin William McLevie v Robert Peter Teune and Phoebe Zara Unkovich for one part and Vernon Welsey Strange for the other [2024] WAMW 38 …
Warden rejects objections to wind turbine infrastructure applications
In Alinta Energy Clean Energy Development Pty Ltd v Pilbara Energy (Generation) Pty Ltd [2024] WAMW 30 Warden McPhee declined to grant a …
Warden finds sufficient connection to mining tenements in deed for costs incurred during project development
In Kestel Superannuation Pty Ltd v Kimminco Pty Ltd [2024] WAWC 2, the Warden’s Court addressed several disputes regarding the payment terms of …
Northern Territory judgment gives green light for further gas exploration in the Beetaloo basin
In Central Australian Frack Free Alliance Inc v Minister for Environment & Anor [2024] NTSC 75 (Judgment), the Supreme Court of the Northern …
Federal court finds earlier right to mine valid
In Forrest on behalf of the Nangaanya-ku Native Title Claim Group (Part B) v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2024] FCA 729 (the Proceedings) …
Failure to mark out proves fatal to application for special prospecting licence
In John Thomas Broughton, Charles Henry Broughton and Peter Kovaluns v Bullseye Mining Limited [2024] WAMW 36 (Proceedings), the Warden’s Court …
Editors
