A remote mine employee transmitted the highly infectious Delta strain to his immediate family members. The wife and daughter of a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) worker, who contracted coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Category - Miners Are People Too
A different remote employee contracted the deadly disease, prompting authorities to direct everyone to wear a face mask across southeast Queensland. A female fly-in fly-out (FIFO) worker tested...
A mine’s entire workforce and thousands more have to spend days in isolation after a single remote employee tested positive for the deadly disease. A 48-hour lockdown and mandatory masks have...
A resources producer is struggling to meet its financial obligations and taken the first step towards insolvency. Cor Cordis partners Jeremy Nipps and Barry Wight have been appointed as voluntary...
Authorities will give a mining company more time to produce coal and keep employing hundreds of staff. The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission (IPC) recently approved SIMEC Mining’s...
A Queensland Government-owned corporation has decided to pull the plug on coal. Stanwell Corporation confirmed it would shut down all of its coal assets and transition to renewable energy and storage...
A national mining company has been accused of not paying some penalty rates to coal mine employees who feel unwell or take time off. Rix’s Creek South Coal mine workers recently urged their...
Proposed changes could allow outsourcing companies to keep using long-term casual employees at oil, gas and mining operations. The so-called federal Industrial Relations Reforms – Supporting...
A Mount Isa resources boss has been commended for keeping more than 4700 mine workers safe across the nation. Maryann Wipaki recently won the exceptional woman in resources category of the Queensland...
A foreign backed proponent’s decision to shut down a coal operation ahead of schedule will cause most of its workforce to lose up to four years of income. Hong Kong-owned Energy Australia will...
An outsourcing company will have to remunerate retrenched coal mine employees for additional payments they are still owed. The Federal Court recently ordered the now defunct SubZero Group to pay...
Coal operation employees have received another jump in earnings a year after tense industrial standoffs that ended with staff being locked out. Workers recently received the second part of a...
