Rio Tinto, Woodside Petroleum and Alcoa Mining have all been named in a list of Australia’s top 10 biggest climate polluters, released by the Australian Conservation Foundation yesterday. The...
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The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) has released a statement arguing that the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) would be better off to push for the immediate...
Rio Tinto claims it shelled out $7.1 billion* in taxes worldwide in 2014 with around three quarters of this tipping into the Australian government’s coffers. In a statement released this...
New research from KPMG into the impacts of the workplace relations system on resource sector productivity and investment has shown that the industry’s recommended reforms could add up to $30.9...
Queensland’s newly elected Labor party has indicated they will ban uranium mining in the state, causing consternation in the resources sector. The ban comes just three years after the decades...
A review of charges at one of Western Australia’s bulk export ports is underway after complaints from industry over ‘price gouging’. Under sustained pressure from industry groups...
People concerned about the impact of a resources or energy project in Western Australia can now take their concerns to a new dispute resolution centre just opened in Perth. Western Australia’s...
It’s just been confirmed that a worker has been killed at Blackwater Mine in the Bowen Basin of Central Queensland after a vehicle accident this morning. According to the CQ News, Blackwater...
An alleged strike conducted on Darwin’s Inpex gas project in 2013 could see workers hit with fines of up to $10,000 for participating in unlawful industrial action. The Construction Forestry...
Mine companies in Western Australia have been given a welcome reprieve from skyrocketing rate rises issued by shire councils, with the state government announcing they will fast-track changes to the...
BHP won’t be investing in any new iron ore mining projects “for decades”, according to the company’s President Iron Ore, Jimmy Wilson. Mr Wilson made the comment at...
The latest business confidence survey suggests that the downturn in mining investment in Australia will have a domino effect in other sectors over the next five years, according to analysts from Roy...