The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union secretary Steve McCartney has criticised WA’s Chamber of Mines and Energy for denying that a link exists between the FIFO lifestyle and an increased...
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A new initiative has been launched aimed at encouraging the natural gas sector to ‘be ready for hydrogen’ by developing practical processes and procedures for the introduction of hydrogen to the grid...
The Exploration Development Incentive, designed to give tax breaks to junior mineral explorers, was legislated in federal Parliament yesterday. The Government says the new legislation is aimed at...
The humble spinifex plant may hold the key to helping explorers discover rich new mineral deposits in Queensland’s north west. A $400,000 study funded by the Qld Government and conducted by HDR Salva...
A new report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) shows that the price of petrol was historically high in 2013–14. “At 150.6 cents per litre (cpl), 2013-14 saw the third...
Over 40 new exploration projects yesterday received an injection of funds through the Western Australian Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) co-funded exploration drilling program...
An industry-wide drug sting began yesterday with major iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group assisting WA Police search employees and contractors travelling to FMG’s remote Christmas Creek mine...
A survey of FIFO and DIDO workers conducted by the CFMEU has found many workers fear they will be targeted or sacked if they raise concerns with their employer. The Essential Research survey of 1493...
A survey of FIFO and DIDO workers conducted by the CFMEU has found many workers fear they will be targeted or sacked if they raise concerns with their employer. The Essential Research survey of 1493...
ASIC has taken legal action against Sino Australia Oil and Gas Limited (SAO) and its former chairman for making misleading and deceptive statements. Launching civil penalty proceedings in the Federal...
The Northern Territory Minerals Council Summit on Thursday will be met with a large contingent of protesters calling for the immediate closure and clean up of the Territory’s riskiest mining and gas...
A mine worker who was caught smoking underground, sleeping underground, and was repeatedly late for shift has (unsurprisingly) lost his unfair dismissal claim with the Fair Work Commission. Despite...
