Uranium miners are being urged to get their State and Commonwealth approvals in place over the next 18 months in preparation for a dramatic surge in demand for uranium from China in the next 15 years...
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Mine companies that employ a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workforce instead of local workers should be denied certain tax concessions according to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union...
Tasmanian mine safety regulations are deeply flawed and in need of urgent review according to a report released yesterday by independent auditor, Professor Michael Quinlan. Professor Quinlan, from...
Atlas Iron’s Mt Webber iron ore mine in the Pilbara of Western Australia was officially opened this morning by WA Mines and Petroleum Minister, Bill Marmion. “This is the fifth iron ore mine...
Northern Territory iron ore miner, Sherwin Iron, has delivered a devastating blow to the Top End’s resources sector by announcing the company will go into voluntary administration, just weeks...
Queensland mine owners are reducing the number of FIFO workers on the payroll and are instead focusing on job candidates prepared to relocate to rural and remote locations, according the latest Hays...
Western Australia’s Department of Mines and Petroleum has charged Inline Engineering Services Pty Ltd and The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd in relation to an incident that occurred in July...
A worker is believed to have taken his own life at the South Hedland workers’ camp in Western Australia in the early hours of last Saturday morning. The West Australian reports that the 37 year...
Operations at Tasmania’s Mt Lyell copper mine will cease and 200 jobs will be lost after a rock fall in late June put an end to plans to re-open the mine. Mine owners, Copper Mines of Tasmania...
The body of missing Mt Isa miner, Brett Kelly, has been found by a team of searchers 20 days after he went missing in the underground copper mine in Queensland’s north west. Search teams found...
