Mining camps in the Pilbara of Western Australia could soon be a thing of the past if the local MP, Brendon Grylls, has his way. The former leader of the state National Party and Member for Pilbara...
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The Coal Services Health & Safety Trust is now inviting applications for grants to fund initiatives designed to improve the health and wellbeing of coal mine workers. Researchers, mine...
Western Australia’s Department of Mines and Petroleum has excluded access to the Pinnacles and desert areas in response to a request by Westranch Holdings Pty Ltd to amend its Mid West...
Significant reform in workplace relations is critical if Australia’s resource industry is to reclaim its place as the top global destination for billions of dollars in major project investment...
In a world-first milestone, the first cargo of liquified natural gas (LNG) from BG Group’s QCLNG facility on Curtis Island near Gladstone was loaded on a tanker last week, ready for export...
A peak mining body is calling for unions to “stop being treated as a protected species” and to be “subject to the same standards and penalties as corporations”, after the...
Workers at the Roy Hill mine construction site in the Pilbara were rocked by news this week that a piece of fruit at the site canteen was found to be laced with cyanide. The disturbing discovery was...
Research by the University of Eastern Finland has found that using broad-leaved trees such as willow trees in the phytoremediation of contaminated soils constitutes a cost-efficient method for...
The Transport Workers Union called a ‘stop work’ meeting yesterday in Singleton to discuss stalled pay and conditions negotiations with mining contractor Orica Explosives. Most of the...
NSW Mines Safety is holding a series of info sessions for anyone thinking of applying for a production manager certificate of competence. The information sessions are open to anyone interested in...
Woodside has snapped up Apache’s share of the Wheatstone LNG and Balnaves oil interests off the coast of Western Australia, along with their Kitimat LNG project in Canada, for the measly sum...
Coming hot on the heels of a similar ‘speed up’ agreement drafted in South Australia last week, public comment is now being sought on an agreement between the federal and NSW governments...