Meeting 108 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 27 – 28 August 2024.

Meeting 107 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 24 July 2024.

The Vulcan South Coal Mine Project is a proposed new area of open-cut coal mining, targeting coking and some thermal coal, located in the Bowen Basin region of Queensland.

Meeting 106 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 19 – 20 June 2024.

Meeting 105 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 15 May 2024.

The IESC has published three reports and a fact sheet following the completion of its metagenomic research project.

Meeting 104 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 9-11 April 2024.

The Baralaba South Project is a greenfield open-cut metallurgical coal mine located in the lower Bowen Basin in Queensland.

The New Lenton Coal Project is a proposed new metallurgic coal mine located in the Bowen Basin in Queensland.

Meeting 103 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 6 March 2024.