By Cecilia Jamasmie: www.mining.com The recent deaths of nine Western Australian fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers who took their own lives has put the issue of living conditions and depression in the...
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New guidelines setting the benchmark for the use of environmental offsets in the assessment and approval of resources projects were released by the Western Australian State Government today. The...
Up to 2400 jobs could be created following the Queensland government’s approval of a 300-kilometre rail line linking the proposed Carmichael coal mine west of Moranbah to the port of Abbot...
Papua New Guinea’s autonomous region of Bougainville passed Friday a new mining bill that strips significant rights from Rio Tinto’s subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited , according to mining.com...
Approximately 85 per cent of public submissions received by the NSW government are in support of Coal and Allied’s Mount Thorley Warkworth mine extension application, according to the NSW Minerals...
Globally, the coal mining industry is as important as ever and a vital player in improving the lives of billions – that was the message from Australia Peabody Energy President Charles Meintjes at...
Striking workers at the QCLNG plant on Curtis Island near Gladstone, who are not protected by industrial action laws, have been ordered back to work by the Fair Work Commission. The Commission made...
One month after launching the Mining Rehabilitation Fund (MRF), WA’s Mines Minister Bill Marmion last week congratulated the WA mining industry on its support of the scheme, saying it was an...
The NSW Government is calling for expressions of interest for the sale of the Cobbora Coal Mine near Dunedoo in the state’s Central West. Treasurer Andrew Constance has announced the next stage of...
Rio Tinto has announced a 21 per cent increase in first half underlying earnings to $5.1 billion. Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh said “Our outstanding half year performance reflects the quality...
The NSW Government’s strategic statement on coal, released yesterday, provides welcome clarity as to the government’s policy direction on coal mining, according to the NSW Minerals Council. “Today’s...
Natural gas has surpassed education services to become our third largest export after iron ore and coal, according to the latest data released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The...
