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Get A Boot In The Door

Angela Bradby, managing director of Link Resources, shares some fundamental strategies for getting where you want to be in the resource sector.   In the past gaining employment in the resources...

Queensland workers vindicated in Bechtel court action

Workers employed by US construction giant Bechtel have had their leave cancellations on the day of a rally against the China Australia Free Trade Agreement reversed as the result of court action...

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BHP celebrates 130 years

BHP Billiton is today celebrating the 130 year anniversary of the incorporation of BHP and its significant contribution to the Australian economy and society for more than a century. BHP was formed...

A nuclear future for South Australia

The Australian Government has made a submission supporting the Royal Commission’s investigation into South Australia’s further participation in the nuclear fuel cycle.  Minister for Industry and...

Mining dad drives home road safety with innovation

After becoming a father to two daughters, Central Queensland miner Nick Dyer says coming home safely has a whole new meaning. “Life has changed significantly for me since the arrival of our two...

BHP Billiton has appointed non-executive directors for South32, subject to stakeholder opinion

Workers to strike at South32 mine

Mineworkers at BHP spin-off South32’s Dendrobium mine in the Illawarra will strike from 6am tomorrow for seven days after the collapse of negotiations today over a new Enterprise Agreement. CFMEU...

Adani and Standard Chartered cut ties

Indian mining giant Adani and the British bank, Standard Chartered, have gone their separate ways after the Federal Court overturned the environmental approval for Adani’s controversial $16b...

Linc Energy under fire for environmental contamination

Amidst one of the largest environmental investigations of the Queensland Environment Department, Linc Energy continues to create headlines after the ABC released details of serious health effects...

Minister for Industry Ian Macfarlane

Energy Productivity Target to improve 40% by 2030

The Australian Government has set a target for national energy productivity to improve by 40 per cent by 2030 to help reduce Australians’ energy bills and tackle climate change.  “Improving national...