Changes to the Fair Work system will take place this week that will allow third parties impacted by strike action to apply to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to suspend or terminate that action Steve...
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Mines Rescue Brigadesmen from across the Newcastle region descended upon Cooranbong Colliery last week to compete in the annual Coal Services Mines Rescue competition. Seventy mines competed in the...
Gina Rinehart has topped BRW’s annual Australian Rich List, again, despite her earnings dropping by $2.01 billion to $20.01 billion. BRW says, “Rinehart’s wealth may fall in the...
Thousands of jobs could go at BHP’s iron ore operations in Western Australia after an external consultancy handed in a review of proposed cost-cutting measures. According to the ABC, “up to 3,000...
South Australia’s peak mining body has slammed The Australia Institute over a report they claim is factually incorrect. The South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME) claims to be...
Up to 500 new jobs could be created in the future as underground shaft hoisting operations get set to commence at Glencore’s Ernest Henry Mine near Cloncurry. The mine extension will see operations...
A particularly colourful war of words has erupted between Australia’s peak mining bodies and The Australia Institute (TAI) over a report released today that accuses the resources industry of...
The man killed at the CSA Mine near Cobar in NSW on 11 June was retrieving a scaling bar from the water when his leg was sucked into an unguarded and unmarked drainage borehole, trapping the man...
The $110 million Mungari gold mill project near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia was officially opened on Saturday by Mines Minister, Bill Marimon. The Minister congratulated mine owners, La Mancha...
The troubled Dudgeon Point Coal Terminal project will not be going ahead after the North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) announced on Friday that it has made a request to the Queensland...