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...
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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...
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...
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...
The Watermark coal project in NSW has been given the go-ahead by the NSW Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) subject to a number of provisions. The project is earmarked for the Liverpool Plains near...
A mine worker sustained leg injuries in an underground incident that occurred last Friday at the Oaky Creek mine near Tieri in Central Queensland. The worker was bought to the surface four hours...
