Shares in Australia’s biggest gold miner, Newcrest Mining, fell more than 5 per cent on news the breach of a tailings dam wall at its Cadia gold mine will affect its performance for fiscal 2018...
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The wind-up of Michael Fotios’ Eastern Goldfields has been cancelled after payment of the debt which triggered the order. The Supreme Court yesterday returned Eastern Goldfields to its directors on...
A new nudibranch species discovered off the Western Australian coast has been named after fly-in fly-out workers. The Moridilla fifo is a brightly coloured orange sea slug, likened to mine workers...
Three Australians were among seven mine workers who were kidnapped from a work site in Nigeria yesterday. Macmahon Holdings Limited confirmed the incident, which saw one employee fatally shot...
Ten years ago today, Brant Webb and Todd Russell stepped outside of the Beaconsfield mine and clocked off after two weeks trapped underground. At 9.26pm on April 25, 2006, the miners became entombed...
Almost a month after a geotechnical event trapped a miner underground, Newcrest has announced mining has recommenced at the Gosowong mine. The Toguraci mine, part of the Gosowong operation, is now in...
A Central Queensland mine worker is suing three companies for $2.5 million after receiving brain damage in a car crash. Norwich Park machine operator Harold Kerle was driving home to Monto from a...
The death toll from an explosion which ripped through the Severnaya mine in Arctic Russia has reached 36. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, has been described as the worst mining disaster in...
A man who was beaten in his sleep at a Moranbah mining camp has been given the go-ahead to apply for compensation. The Industrial Court of Queensland dismissed an appeal by Mackay employer Civeo Pty...
Anglo American has announced the sale of a Hunter Valley mine to Australian Pacific Coal Limited. The Christmas Eve announcement stated Anglo had entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with the...