The Queensland Government is looking to build on export opportunities for the state, into the United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom, and throughout Europe through the launch of QueensLand of Opportunity.
QueensLand of Opportunity is marked as the state’s first global business brand that will promote where Queensland’s strengths for global investment, trade, study, and work lie.
Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment, and Training Ros Bates is responsible for promoting the state’s strengths in the export department, intending to secure partnerships across more than 35 engagements in Dubai, London, Madrid, and Frankfurt.
“Queensland is open for business,” Bates says.
“By meeting decision-makers face-to-face in the UAE, the UK and Europe, we’re making sure Queensland exporters have the access, the investment and the partnerships they need to grow.
”This trade mission will take advantage of the recent signing of the Australia-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which presents new opportunities for Queensland businesses to sell their goods to customers in the UAE.”
As reported by Mining.com.au late last year, Australia and the UAE signed a bilateral free trade agreement in November 2024, saving on tariff costs and further building on the countries’ two-way trade valued at $9.9 billion in 2023.
Queensland is the country’s largest coal-producing state, reeling in $45.8 billion to the Australian economy across a year-long period, ending May 2025, according to the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing, and Regional and Rural Development.
Over this period, the state pushed out over 224 million tonnes of coal from 59 different mines.
According to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) September 2025 Resources and Energy Quarterly, Australia is the global leader for metallurgical coal exports.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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