A foreign-backed $5.6 billion metal mine planned for northwest Australia is expected to create thousands of jobs. New Zealand-owned Balla Balla Infrastructure Group has reached a tentative agreement...
Category - Government/Policy
An Asia-backed buyer is taking over the Australian part of multinational resource company for a whopping $2.45 billion, raising speculation the mining industry will soon see better days. China...
Commodity prices might be low, but that is not stopping mining companies from preparing for the next radioactive resource boom and creating some 1500 jobs. After a thorough, lengthy and rigorous...
Boom times could be just around the corner, following new research showing mining production is on the increase. According to industry information service Resources Monitor, there could be a gradual...
Authorities have yielded to widespread concerns about the horrifying effects of black lung, and passed new rules to protect Queensland coal miners from the deadly disease. Queensland Parliament will...
One of the world’s largest mining services providers is widely expected to plead guilty for failing to meet safety rules and causing death. QMEB understands that Thiess Australia is preparing to...
Researchers claim tougher clean energy rules will create more than 90,000 new jobs within 14 years. A new research brief modelled by the National Institute of Economic and Industry Research shows...
Family lifestyles are set to benefit from new data suggesting the number of non-resident workers have nearly halved. Fewer people are working on a fly-in fly-out (FIFO), drive-in drive-out (DIDO) or...
QMEB can reveal which Central Queensland city is widely tipped to become the preferred choice for a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) hub at a $21.7 billion mining project. Rockhampton is promised to...
A major funding boost has been secured for a $126 million renewable energy project in Central Queensland. A private debt syndicate will provide up to 87.3 per cent of the credit required to build...
Industry has praised a recently approved $21.7 billion mining project for playing a big role in ending the fight against “poverty”. The Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA)...
Queensland workers will be the biggest winners at an Asia-backed $21.7 billion mining project in the State’s Central Coast region. Adani Australia has committed to source labour locally from...
