One of Far North Queensland’s biggest resources operations will keep producing for years to come. The State Government recently renewed four mining licences for EMR Capital’s and Golden...
Author - Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo is an award-winning editor with more than 15 years' experience in news writing at mainstream and niche media organisations. He has a specialty in mining and business reporting.
A mining giant will embrace every opinion about its operations. BHP recently invited every employee to give their candid views on the business. “There is no such thing as a bad idea unless you...
A proposed Bowen Basin mine is one step closer to construction. Federal assessment is underway for Vitrinite’s Vulcan South Coal Mine, about 230km southwest of Mackay. Federal Environment and...
A beloved television personality free-fell to his death because he was ill equipped in Queensland’s Winton Shire. Authorities recently finished examining circumstances surrounding Ron...
A heavy vehicle driver drowned and passed away. A resources company retrained all crew members after a haul truck operator suffocated to death. Emergency services were called to Cape Sandy mine at...
The Sunshine State’s commodity boom is expected to lose momentum and values are tipped to decrease. Queensland coal spot prices will decline by the end the 2024 financial year (FY24) and return...
Mine sites are increasingly adopting environmentally friendly autonomous alternatives to address a labour shortfall. Jevons Robotics and RCT recently introduced their ARTEV6000 vehicle. Both...
A couple who work at the same resources site recently used machinery to reveal whether they would have a boy or girl. Operators Chantelle and Louis recently steered a Liebherr 996 digger to dump...
Two multinational companies agreed to quickly roll out eco friendlier trucks across multiple mine sites. Hitachi Energy and BluVein recently approved a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to...
Two major mines could be under new management within just months. The next coal operations to be exited are widely speculated to be EMR Capital’s Kestrel mine (51km northeast of Emerald) and...