Entries are now open for the NSW Mining Industry and Suppliers Awards with nominations being sought in five categories. CEO of NSW Minerals Council, Stephen Galilee, said he was looking for entries...
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FIFO workers from mining and gas projects in south-west Queensland have been targeted for drug searches by police with sniffer dogs at Miles Airport. According to Surat Basin.com, nine flights were...
Rio Tinto plans to start building a new iron ore mine next to their existing Yandicoogina mine in the Pilbara some time in 2016, should they receive the necessary government approvals. Despite...
Hundreds more mine workers in Central Queensland will lose their jobs with the news overnight that Isaac Plains coal mine, near Moranbah, will be shut down by the end of the year. The news is yet...
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...
In a battle reminiscent of David and Goliath, junior miner Brockman Mining, has won a case in the Western Australian Supreme Court against Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) over access rights to...
Australians have generally endorsed the role mining plays in the prosperity of the nation but that support is fragile and subject to perceptions around the even distribution of wealth and...
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...
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 mine contractor has been found dead in his room at the Red October accommodation camp near Laverton on Western Australia’s Goldfields. A statement released late yesterday by mine owner...
