Wollongong Coal has today sacked and sent home all 36 remaining permanent mineworkers at the Russell Vale coal mine. The CFMEU said the company has refused to guarantee workers would be re-employed...
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A new State Government study of serious mining injuries is expected to highlight potential key indicators to preventing fatalities in the resources industry. Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion...
The development of the Galilee Basin advanced a step today with the release of a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Abbot Point coal port project. Speaking in Bowen where he met with...
BHP Billiton is today celebrating the 130 year anniversary of the incorporation of BHP and its significant contribution to the Australian economy and society for more than a century. BHP was formed...
After becoming a father to two daughters, Central Queensland miner Nick Dyer says coming home safely has a whole new meaning. “Life has changed significantly for me since the arrival of our two...
Mineworkers at BHP spin-off South32’s Dendrobium mine in the Illawarra will strike from 6am tomorrow for seven days after the collapse of negotiations today over a new Enterprise Agreement. CFMEU...
Indian mining giant Adani and the British bank, Standard Chartered, have gone their separate ways after the Federal Court overturned the environmental approval for Adani’s controversial $16b...
Thiess has been awarded a $160 million contract with BHP Billiton Nickel West to undertake operations at the Rocky’s Reward nickel mine at Leinster, approximately 400 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie...
BHP Billiton has confirmed that 380 staff would be axed from it’s Olympic Dam mine in South Australia as the company continue to “simplify”. The latest round of job cuts is the...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has put his support behind Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine, which was overturned by the Federal Court last week. The Indian mining giant’s central...
