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Promising outlook for oil and gas puts pressure on HSE

The future outlook for the oil and gas sector is promising even though Australia’s biggest gas projects are now moving from construction to production phase – and the increase in supply is pushing...

Job cuts at Prominent Hill mine in SA

Up to 70 contractor jobs at OZ Minerals’ Prominent Hill mine have been cut, as the copper and gold mine transitions from open cut to underground. While the exact number of job losses remains...

Record Queensland coal exports for 2015

Queensland coal producers have delivered a record level of coal exports in 2015, with 220 million tonnes shipped out. Queensland Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche said the record...

Wheatstone food quality slammed on social media

Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG Project has come under fire on social media, with workers posting images of food served up with a side of insects. On the Facebook page, FIFO Construction Workers 3/1...

Coal

Hail Creek contractors face pay cuts

Contractors are facing a pay cut at Rio Tinto’s Hail Creek mine in yet another cost-cutting measure by the mining company. Workers employed by WorkPac received a letter early this week, which...

Grange Resources announce redundancies

Workers at a Tasmania iron ore operation may be hit with another blow in the industry, with Grange Resources Limited announcing possible redundancies for 2016. The company, said in a market update on...

Five New Railway Tracks To Ease Coal Train Congestion in Hunter Valley

Trains resume operations after NSW flooding

After wild weather caused severe flooding in the Hunter Valley, coal, freight and passenger trains had to halt operations. A statement on Wednesday from the Australian Rail Track Corporation...

Thiess wins $115m Dawson coal contract

CIMIC Group’s global mining contractor Thiess has been awarded a contract with revenue of approximately $115 million to continue operating the Southern pits of the Dawson Coal Mine in Central...

Anglo American to sell Hunter Valley coal mine

Anglo American has announced the sale of a Hunter Valley mine to Australian Pacific Coal Limited. The Christmas Eve announcement stated Anglo had entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with the...