Downer EDI has secured a $1 billion maintenance contract with bulk freight transporter, Pacific National. Pacific National is the largest coal haulage operator in New South Wales and also operates in...
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Despite years of intense protesting by activists, Whitehaven’s controversial Maules Creek mine was officially opened today by NSW Premier Mike Baird. NSW Minerals Council CEO, Stephen Galilee...
Builders, plumbers and construction contractors will no longer have to fork out big dollars for a copy of the National Construction Code, with the government now making it freely available online...
Nominations are now open for South Australia’s Premier’s Community Excellence Awards in Mining and Energy. Now in its fourth year, the awards have been designed to raise awareness of the significant...
Work on a gas pipeline to supply reliable energy to mines in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia is well underway with the third shipment of 18 metre pipe arriving on site last week. The 292...
The NSW mining sector received some good news late yesterday with the Planning and Assessment Committee (PAC) announcing it had approved Shenhua’s Watermark Coal Project. Earmarked for a pocket...
The federal government has today launched a new energy consumer advocacy body called Energy Consumers Australia. The COAG Energy Council is responsible for the new body which has been formed to...
Doray Minerals has got its second wind after the company secured a fresh injection of funds for its Andy Well Gold Project in Western Australia. As part of the refinancing package, Westpac Banking...
South Australia’s peak mining body is urging the government to pass new exploration incentive legislation quickly to support an ailing junior mining sector. The government’s proposed Tax...
The South Australian resources sector has received a boost with today’s announcement that OZ Minerals will relocate its head office from Melbourne to Adelaide. OZ Minerals currently operates...
After discovering potentially toxic chemicals in flowback water, gas company AGL has halted operations at the Gloucester coal seam gas project north of Newcastle. The company voluntarily shut the...
A Canadian study has found that four out of ten workers wouldn’t tell their manager if they had a mental health problem, but half would desire to help if they knew a coworker had an illness...