One fossil fuel’s value jumped significantly due to escalating tension in Europe. Newcastle coal futures recently soared to US$440 (A$648) a tonne, representing more than a 100 per cent...
Category - Energy
Efforts to totally stop burning ancient organic remains within the next few decades are impractical and inconvenient, a study found. Replacing all fossil fuel-powered machines and equipment by the...
A multinational resources company promoted a female energy leader as its new national head of business. BHP recently elevated Geraldine Slattery as its next Australia president responsible for the...
A resources executive will abandon at least one fossil fuel even though it significantly boosted his employer’s bottom line. Gary Nagle refuses to stop phasing out coal despite the commodity...
A multinational mining company and renewable energy power supplier are transitioning away from fossil fuels. Northern Star recently procured Nomadic Energy to construct a 6.3 megawatt (MW) solar farm...
A mining services company will keep producing coal for many years to come in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Thiess Australia recently secured an extended mining services contract at BHP...
Producing and transporting fossil fuels could soon be classified as vitally important work. New South Wales Governor Margaret Beazley recently granted State Energy Minister Matt Kean emergency powers...
A mining services company is offering high wages, bonuses and other entitlements to jobseekers in Queensland’s Central Highlands region. ABM Contractors is prepared to pay up to $73.50 an hour...
A multinational resources company requested proposals for a new development in central and southern Queensland. Rio Tinto recently called tenders for a large-scale project that powers its Gladstone...
Employers have been told to urgently ramp-up mining activity because the nation does not have enough coal. Newly appointed Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King wants every coal mine in Australia...
Two construction companies are hiring multiple remote workers for a new $777 million development in North Queensland’s Etheridge Shire. A joint venture between McConnell Dowell and John Holland...
An intergovernmental meeting could shut down fossil-fuel production within eight years. Climate change ministers attending the next Group of Seven (G7) meeting might commit to phasing out coal as...
