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Power companies to start joint negotiations

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted interim authorisation for Queensland power companies CS Energy, Callide Energy, InterGen and Callide Power Management  to jointly...

Greens want tax hike for big miners

The Australian Greens are proposing a hike in mining company taxes to help pay for an extra $43 billion in social spending. Millionaires and banks would also be taxed hard with the revenue used to...

Clive Palmer Booted Off Port Project

11 July 2013: Clive Palmer vs K Rudd: Two of Queensland’s most polarising sons are partaking in some legal fisty-cuffs over Palmer’s proposed operation of a lucrative new port in the Pilbara of...

Smaller pay increases for mine employees

10 July 2013: Mine workers expecting to receive a high pay increase in the new financial year could be disappointed according to a nation-wide survey of pay movements released today by global...

Plenty of Copper in the Coffer

9 July 2013 New research shows that existing copper resources can sustain increasing world-wide demand for at least a century, dispelling myths that the resource would run out in 30 years...

Qld miner sues Anglo for $1million

A former Central Queensland mine employee is attempting to sue Anglo Coal for more than $1 million over a dump truck incident at Dawson Mine that left him with severe back injuries. The Morning...

Demand for mining skills still strong

Demand for skilled workers in the resources sector remains strong despite a small dip in Australia’s total ‘mining’ employment numbers, as released by the ABS in its quarterly detailed labour force...

Rare earths miner pulls out of Whyalla deal

Rare earths miner, Arafura Resources, has officially terminated a land purchase agreement in Whyalla, South Australia, in a blow to the state’s mining sector. Arufura had planned to construct a...

New SA terminal to create 400 mining jobs

A new $16.3 million intermodal freight terminal will be established in Penfield, South Australia, creating up to 400 new mining jobs. The facility will function as an important marshalling and...