By Cecilia Jamasmie: www.mining.com The recent deaths of nine Western Australian fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers who took their own lives has put the issue of living conditions and depression in the...
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New guidelines setting the benchmark for the use of environmental offsets in the assessment and approval of resources projects were released by the Western Australian State Government today. The...
Papua New Guinea’s autonomous region of Bougainville passed Friday a new mining bill that strips significant rights from Rio Tinto’s subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited , according to mining.com...
Approximately 85 per cent of public submissions received by the NSW government are in support of Coal and Allied’s Mount Thorley Warkworth mine extension application, according to the NSW Minerals...
Globally, the coal mining industry is as important as ever and a vital player in improving the lives of billions – that was the message from Australia Peabody Energy President Charles Meintjes at...
One month after launching the Mining Rehabilitation Fund (MRF), WA’s Mines Minister Bill Marmion last week congratulated the WA mining industry on its support of the scheme, saying it was an...
The NSW Government’s strategic statement on coal, released yesterday, provides welcome clarity as to the government’s policy direction on coal mining, according to the NSW Minerals Council. “Today’s...
New estimates by Deloitte Access Economics show that the minerals industry’s revenue contribution from company tax and royalties in the two years to 30 June, 2014 will be $40.3 billion. This is $18.3...
A Queensland-based mining company director has been accused of breaching United Nations sanctions over his involvement in a rare earths mining project in the rogue state of North Korea. Dr Louis...
Watpac has been awarded a contract with Hanking Gold Mining to provide mining services at its Cornishman Pit, located at the centre of its Southern Cross Operations in Western Australia. With works...
