Australian FIFO families have mostly adjusted to the unique set of challenges of the lifestyle, however young boys in the family are adversely affected, according to an analysis by the Australian...
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A coronial inquest into the death of a mine worker at BHP’s Perseverance Mine near Leinster in WA has been told that tighter risk assessment controls could have prevented the man’s death...
BHP Billiton today announced its financial results for the December 2013 half year, with Underlying EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) increasing by 15 per cent to US$12.4 billion and...
A new bill designed to limit the power of unions to call a ‘stop work’ over health and safety issues on work sites has been officially introduced to the Queensland Parliament. The Bill...
A mine worker has been killed in an accident at the Harlequin gold mine near Norseman on the West Australian Goldfields. According to WA’s Department of Mines and Petroleum the 59 year old man...
The Guinness Book of Records is verifying whether the brand new BelAZ-75710 two-axle all-wheel-drive dump truck has the greatest weight-carrying capacity of any truck in the world. The mammoth truck...
$30 million dollars is being haemorrhaged from the Queensland state coffers every year by government departments responsible for regulating the coal seam gas (CSG) industry, a new report has found...
Rio Tinto has announced that the company has seen a 10 per cent increase in underlying earnings to $10.2 billion and 15 per cent increase in full year dividend. The company also recorded net...
Poisonous gas from a fire in the Hazelwood coal mine at Morwell in eastern Victoria has forced firefighters to abandon the blaze and seek medical treatment. The ABC reports that seven firefighters...
South Australia’s peak mining and energy industry body will provide subsidised training to workers in the State’s resources sector, thanks to a $335,600 grant from the South Australian Government...
