A crane accident at the Roy Hill South West Creek Wharf at Port Hedland has left two workers with serious leg injuries. The incident happened just before midday yesterday when the two men were moving...
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Fortescue Metals Group has awarded Downer EDI an expanded mine services contract at the Christmas Creek iron ore mine at the expense of rival contractor Macmahon Holdings. Fortescue has taken the...
Mines in Western Australia are being warned to check their high voltage switches amid growing concern that some sites are using the same switch at the centre of the Perth shopping centre explosion...
Entries are now open for Austmine’s Industry Leaders Awards, with organisers encouraging individuals and businesses from across the mining sector to apply. The Awards are designed to recognise...
New South Wales has seen a 25 per cent decrease in the number of applications for exploration licences since September 2012, according to the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC)...
An Honorary Doctorate of Science by Curtin University has been awarded to BHP Billiton Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie, to recognise his contribution to geochemistry and for strategic...
Woodside Petroleum has achieved a net profit after tax (NPAT) of US$2.414 billion for the full 2014 year and a record operating revenue of US$7.435 billion, the company posted in a statement this...
An MP, whose electorate covers a large part of Western Australia’s Goldfields, has written a letter to the State’s Premier urging him not to consider an increase to existing gold royalty...
The world’s largest private-sector coal company, Peabody Energy, was awarded an Energy and Environment Foundation Global Excellence Award for advancing clean coal technology solutions at the...
Over the weekend around ten environmental activists locked themselves to tree clearing plant and equipment at the protest-plagued Maules Creek coal mine in New South Wales. The activists were...