The Shenhua Watermark Coal Project, south of Gunnedah, is one step closer to reality with the NSW Department of Planning and Environment recommending its approval to the Planning Assessment...
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The Queensland Labor Party has agreed to support the Newman Government’s proposal to dump dredge material from the proposed expansion of the Port of Abbot Point on land rather than disposing of...
Bulga Underground Operations has been found responsible for an incident at the Beltana coal mine in 2010 that saw a worker sustain severe crush injuries. According to the Newcastle Herald the worker...
Employees at Crinum mine, near Emerald in Central Queensland, were today advised by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) that the company would begin ramping down longwall development work as of...
Head of the Queensland Resources Council, Michael Roche says blaming fly-in fly-out (FIFO) operations for a coal industry downturn bore the hallmarks of a witch-hunt. The comments were made by Roche...
BHP Billiton has hinted at more job cuts while claiming a “reduction in operating costs” in Queensland has served the company well. In a statement released late yesterday, BHP Chief...
The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) corporate executive visited the legacy Black Diamond coal mine and its pit lake during a trip to Collie on Monday. Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill...
An environmental activist has chained himself to a rail line used by coal trains outside the Port of Newcastle as part of multiple protests being staged today around New South Wales against...
“WORKER REMINDED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION IN THE FUTURE…” It’s such a classic problem within safety right? People just can’t seem to be able to pay enough attention. This must be the case based on the...
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...
