BHP Billiton recorded a nine per cent increase in overall production and also achieved output records at 12 operations in the last 2013-14 financial year. On release of the company’s...
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A share of Glencore’s NCA coal project, which includes the Newlands and Collinsville mines in Central Queensland, are up for sale as Japanese investors, Itochu and Sumitomo, look to reduce...
Election of new Indonesian president encouraging for foreign investment in energy and mining sectors
Joko Widodo’s victory over opponent Prawbowo Subianto in the Indonesian presidential election yesterday could mean increased activity in Indonesia’s oil and gas sector with the new...
The head of Queensland’s Resources Council has accused green groups of deliberately misleading the public about the number of coal ships projected to pass through the Great Barrier Reef by 2020...
The Department of Mines and Petroleum has charged Crushing Services International Pty Ltd (CSI) in relation to the death of a Pilbara mine worker in August last year. Electrician Kurt Williams died...
Mine companies that employ a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workforce instead of local workers should be denied certain tax concessions according to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union...
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Atlas Iron’s Mt Webber iron ore mine in the Pilbara of Western Australia was officially opened this morning by WA Mines and Petroleum Minister, Bill Marmion. “This is the fifth iron ore mine...
Queensland mine owners are reducing the number of FIFO workers on the payroll and are instead focusing on job candidates prepared to relocate to rural and remote locations, according the latest Hays...
Western Australia’s Department of Mines and Petroleum has charged Inline Engineering Services Pty Ltd and The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd in relation to an incident that occurred in July...
The Mt Lindsay Tin/Tungsten Project is set to go ahead with Venture Minerals announcing yesterday that the Tasmanian Minister for Resources, Paul Harriss, had granted the mining lease for the...
