Junior miners with advanced projects are cautiously optimistic, as investor interest slowly returns to the sector after another extremely tough year, according to the 2014 Grant Thornton JUMEX Report...
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An environmental activist has chained himself to a rail line used by coal trains outside the Port of Newcastle as part of multiple protests being staged today around New South Wales against...
In a battle reminiscent of David and Goliath, junior miner Brockman Mining, has won a case in the Western Australian Supreme Court against Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) over access rights to...
The Australian Workers Union has today launched a new body – the Reserve Our Gas Coalition – to ensure not all of Australia’s gas is shipped to high-paying overseas markets. In a statement released...
“WORKER REMINDED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION IN THE FUTURE…” It’s such a classic problem within safety right? People just can’t seem to be able to pay enough attention. This must be the case based on the...
Reports that the NSW Government plans to extend its freeze on natural gas exploration has made the country’s peak oil and gas industry body very grumpy indeed. In a statement released this...
The Conservation Council of WA has been asked to publicly apologise after claims made in a full page advertisement, against the gas industry, were ruled to be “deceptive and misleading”. The...
Australians have generally endorsed the role mining plays in the prosperity of the nation but that support is fragile and subject to perceptions around the even distribution of wealth and...
New skills challenges are emerging across the resource industry as new mega projects make the transition from construction to production in increasing numbers. Janine Temple from national resource...
700 jobs will be axed across BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliances’ (BMA) Central Queensland mine sites. According to the ABC, “BMA said the workforce reduction was required to remain viable...
