As Australia is finally on track to join the net-zero community and to contribute to our planet's sustainable future, some domestic industries are ready to changer their modus operandi to uphold their social licence to operate and business viability. The Australian Mining and Resources Industry has, as their counterparts did in many countries before them, a significant task ahead of them. This editions shines a light on some of the sector's challenges, and it outlines some fantastic opportunities that arise from new technology - something that the German coal mining industry, for example, could not fall back on back in the day of our Kohle Strukturreform. In trade-related matters, recent geostrategic developments may impact progress in the ongoing Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations.
