The Ipswich City Council has dug its heels in this week, deciding there is no long-term future for coal mining or coal seam gas extraction in Ipswich because “they are largely incompatible with...
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A new State Government study of serious mining injuries is expected to highlight potential key indicators to preventing fatalities in the resources industry. Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion...
The Australian, together with Shell, is once again calling on the next generation of budding inventors and emerging talent to enter the Australian Innovation Challenge for 2015. Championing local...
The proposed Red Hill Mining project in Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin has been given environmental approval by the Federal Government, after receiving State Government approval last month...
The Australian Government has made a submission supporting the Royal Commission’s investigation into South Australia’s further participation in the nuclear fuel cycle. Minister for Industry and...
After becoming a father to two daughters, Central Queensland miner Nick Dyer says coming home safely has a whole new meaning. “Life has changed significantly for me since the arrival of our two...
Mineworkers at BHP spin-off South32’s Dendrobium mine in the Illawarra will strike from 6am tomorrow for seven days after the collapse of negotiations today over a new Enterprise Agreement. CFMEU...
Indian mining giant Adani and the British bank, Standard Chartered, have gone their separate ways after the Federal Court overturned the environmental approval for Adani’s controversial $16b...
The Australian Government and NSW Government will invest a total of $3 million in a strategic research alliance with CSIRO and industry to expand research on the social and environmental impacts of...
Thiess has been awarded a $160 million contract with BHP Billiton Nickel West to undertake operations at the Rocky’s Reward nickel mine at Leinster, approximately 400 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie...