The Conservation Council of WA has been asked to publicly apologise after claims made in a full page advertisement, against the gas industry, were ruled to be “deceptive and misleading”. The...
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Australians have generally endorsed the role mining plays in the prosperity of the nation but that support is fragile and subject to perceptions around the even distribution of wealth and...
New skills challenges are emerging across the resource industry as new mega projects make the transition from construction to production in increasing numbers. Janine Temple from national resource...
700 jobs will be axed across BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliances’ (BMA) Central Queensland mine sites. According to the ABC, “BMA said the workforce reduction was required to remain viable...
Whitehaven Coal’s Vickery Coal Mine in the Gunnedah Basin received approval to proceed from the New South Wales Government late yesterday. The project is located about 25 kilometres north of Gunnedah...
The future of the Springsure Creek coal mine in Central Queensland looks very shaky with the announcement late yesterday that the project proponent, Bandanna Energy, has gone into voluntary...
Western Australia’s mineral and petroleum industry set a new record of $121.6 billion in 2013-14, an increase of nearly 20 per cent compared to the previous financial year. The latest resources...
Australian bauxite explorer, Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) has been granted its first mining lease at its Bald Hill Project in Northern Tasmania. Bald Hill is located 60 kms southwest of...
A Supervisor has been charged with drug offences by Roma police in connection with the death of a resources worker on the Australia Pacific LNG project in south west Queensland last week. According...
A mine contractor has been found dead in his room at the Red October accommodation camp near Laverton on Western Australia’s Goldfields. A statement released late yesterday by mine owner...
A group of protesters illegally entered the Whitehaven mine site at Maules Creek in NSW earlier this month and cut 187 down-lines attached to explosives, according to the NSW Minerals Council. The...
A former mine project manager from Mackay has told a court his dangerous drug addiction started after being forced by his employer to sack 51 mine workers, including the Best Man and Groomsman from...
