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...
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A former mine project manager from Mackay has told a court his dangerous drug addiction started after being forced by his employer to sack 51 mine workers, including the Best Man and Groomsman from...
Hundreds of workers at Griffin’s Collie Coal Mine, south of Perth, did not show up for work today after Griffin’s parent company failed to make a long overdue multi-million dollar payment...
A report by The Australia Institute claiming that the Australian resources sector was ripping money from state and territory government coffers has been exposed as “nothing more than...
A new cost-effective technology to treat mining wastewater and reduce sludge by up to 90 per cent has been used for the first time at a commercial mine in Queensland. The technology, developed by the...
Construction has begun on an Australian-first solar power plant at Rio Tinto Alcan’s Weipa bauxite mine in North Queensland. The project involves the construction of a 1.7MW solar farm at a cost of...
Yesterday’s repeal of the Mining Resources Rent Tax (Mining Tax) by the federal Senate has been whole-heartedly welcomed by Australia’s biggest resources industry groups, with the tax...
Entries are now open for the 2014 NSW Mining Industry and Suppliers Awards, with organisers looking for the sector’s big success stories as well as some hidden gems too. Run by the NSW Minerals...
Port Hedland’s Utah Point bulk handling port and the Kwinana bulk terminal port are up for sale as part of the Western Australian government’s drive to reduce debt and regain its AAA...
The Pilbara Iron Company has been charged in relation to the death of a mine worker at Brockaman 2 mine in 2011 by the Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP). Mr Brent Glew died...
