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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...

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...

Hunter Valley power station explosion injures two

Workers at a Hunter Valley power station have been offered counselling after an explosion that injured two workers last week. A 24-year-old man was taken to hospital after receiving burns to his face...

Minerals Council releases new publication

  The Minerals Council of Australia has released a new publication, The Whole Story, detailing the contribution that Australia’s mining industry makes to communities across Australia...

Coal

Warkworth mine gains PAC approval

Rio Tinto’s plans to expand its Mount Thorley Warkworth mine, located near Singleton in the Hunter Valley, is one step closer after gained approval from the Planning Assessment...

Job Cuts at Rio Tinto

Hunter Valley workers join Global Day of Action

Hunter Valley mine workers are joining forces with workers from around the world today as part of the Global Day of Action against Rio Tinto’s culture of insecure and precarious work. The CFMEU...