The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $4 million support towards a feasibility study into the construction of a 330 MW pumped storage hydroelectric power plant at the disused...
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Employers need to understand that working in extreme heat is a critical safety hazard that can cause serious illness and workers should not be put at risk, the CFMEU has warned. South Australian...
Workers being exposed to hazardous energies continues to cause a significant number of fatal and serious injuries in Western Australia’s minerals sector. This is why a new guideline on...
State Mining Engineer Andrew Chaplyn has delivered a message highlighting the importance of safety in the mining industry during the festive season and in the year ahead. Mr Chaplyn said the festive...
Stanmore Coal Limited have announced the re-opening of the Isaac Plains coking coal mine in Central Queensland, which will create about 150 news jobs. The company has awarded a three year...
Operations at the Wongawilli Colliery will recommence, creating up to 110 jobs for Illawarra locals. The news comes after approval was granted by the New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission...
The minerals industry in 2013-14 faced a tax ratio of 47 per cent (including company tax and royalties), according to the annual Minerals Industry Tax Survey released today by the Minerals Council of...
Resource industry employer group AMMA has called on the Federal Government to deregister the CFMEU and the MUA after the unions this week threatened crippling and unlawful strikes at a national level...
Two workers were hospitalised, and another injured, after being exposed to a high pressure fluid release in October, a NSW Mine Safety report has revealed. Maintenance activities on an excavator were...
Adani’s Carmichael coal mine is one step closer to fruition today after the Land Court of Queensland recommended it be given state approval. Today’s decision, which in conjunction with...
