Rio Tinto and the University of Sydney have today announced a five year continuance of their multimillion dollar research partnership aimed at increasing mining autonomy. The Rio Tinto Centre for...
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A survey of FIFO and DIDO workers conducted by the CFMEU has found many workers fear they will be targeted or sacked if they raise concerns with their employer. The Essential Research survey of 1493...
The Northern Territory Minerals Council Summit on Thursday will be met with a large contingent of protesters calling for the immediate closure and clean up of the Territory’s riskiest mining and gas...
A mine worker who was caught smoking underground, sleeping underground, and was repeatedly late for shift has (unsurprisingly) lost his unfair dismissal claim with the Fair Work Commission. Despite...
Gobsmacking photos have been released of a massive sinkhole, 30-40 meters in diameter, that has given locals living near a potash mine near the Ural Mountains in Russia a nasty surprise...
Mining investment in Australia will slump 40 per cent over next four years according to a new report by industry analysts. “In terms of the mining investment bust, we have hardly begun – this has a...
Glencore’s Bulga Underground Mine won Mining Operation of the Year last night at the third annual NSW Mining Suppliers Awards. Richard Gelson, Production Manager at Centennial Coal’s...
Major mining projects in NSW will be up and running in half the time under a new assessment framework announced by the NSW Premier last night. Speaking at the NSW Minerals Council’s Industry and...
Yesterday’s signing of an historic Australia-China free trade agreement has been applauded by mining chiefs, who say it will boost a flagging resources sector and provide momentum for the...
Clive Palmer has accused Campbell Newman of lavishing tax payer’s money on Indian coal mining company, Adani, to build a rail line in the Galilee Basin while ignoring Queensland companies with...
