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New legal delays for Adani’s Carmichael mine

Traditional owners have taken legal action on Adani’s newly approved mining leases for it’s Carmichael coal mine. Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) representatives filed an interlocutory...

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Peabody Energy files for bankruptcy

The current slump in coal prices has seen US mining giant Peabody Energy file for bankruptcy protection. The world’s biggest coal miner made the announcement yesterday, but has assured its...

Black Lung review: Diagnosis missed by doctors

One of the six Queensland miners with a confirmed case of Black Lung was initially misdiagnosed by a doctor, a panel investigating to re-emergence of the deadly lung disease has found. The...

Doctors appointed to tackle black lung

A special group of coal mining medicos will be created to tackle the growing health concerns of Queensland miners surrounding the re-emergence of black lung disease. Minister for State Development...

WA mining students shot in New Orleans

Two Curtin WA School of Mines students have been shot in a drug deal gone wrong at New Orleans. The two men, aged 21 and 23, sustained gunshot wounds after not having money to pay for drugs in a bar...

Court rules against CFMEU in drug testing battle

The Supreme Court of Queensland has dismissed the CFMEU’s application to declare the implementation of a new drug testing regime at BHP BMA’s Goonyella Riverside mine as not lawfully...