The New Hope Group has welcomed the Queensland Government’s decision to grant an Environmental Authority for the continuation of the New Acland Coal Mine. The $896 million stage 3 expansion of the...
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AUSTRALIA’s resource industry employer group, AMMA, has warned of the damaging effects strike action at the Gorgon natural gas project could have on Australia’s international reputation as being...
In the current mining downturn, hiring instead of buying machinery and equipment is helping mine operators keep tight budgets in check, according to HRIA’s James Oxenham. Continuing tough economic...
The mental health of fly-in, fly-out miners is increasingly gaining more attention in the resources industry. Gryphon Pyschology provided statistical information to the latest Queensland...
The Ipswich City Council has dug its heels in this week, deciding there is no long-term future for coal mining or coal seam gas extraction in Ipswich because “they are largely incompatible with...
A new State Government study of serious mining injuries is expected to highlight potential key indicators to preventing fatalities in the resources industry. Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion...
Hundreds of mine workers and their families will rally in Lithgow on Saturday morning in support of the Springvale mine extension. CFMEU Mining and Energy Division NSW South Western District Vice...
The Australian, together with Shell, is once again calling on the next generation of budding inventors and emerging talent to enter the Australian Innovation Challenge for 2015. Championing local...
Blackwater has been delivered yet another slap in the face after BHP BMA today announced their intention to replace nearly half of its permanent workforce with contractors at its Central...
The development of the Galilee Basin advanced a step today with the release of a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Abbot Point coal port project. Speaking in Bowen where he met with...
The proposed Red Hill Mining project in Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin has been given environmental approval by the Federal Government, after receiving State Government approval last month...
NEW SOUTH WALES In July, Shenhua Australia welcomed Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s approval of the $1 billion Watermark Project, subject to stringent controls under the Environment...