Scientists have discovered that exposing ordinary coal powder to electromagnetic radiation can turn it into a valuable crystalline conductor. The University of Wyoming recently discovered heating up...
Category - Resource Extraction & Processing
An independent resources company has received the nod to proceed with a new $509 million underground coal operation in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley. The NSW Independent Planning Commission...
A mineral processing company won a new tender for a coal operation in New South Wales’ Upper Hunter region. A subsidiary of CIMIC Group recently secured the operations and maintenance services...
A struggling oil and gas operation is deciding whether to axe much of its workforce in southeast Queensland. Ampol has launched a comprehensive review of its Lytton Refinery near the Port of...
A multinational resources company promises to hire thousands of new employees and no experience is necessary. BHP will invest nearly $800 million in recruiting 3500 new apprentices and trainees of...
A coal producer is starting to recruit workers for its $1 billion development in Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin. Pembroke Resources is accepting early registrations from jobseekers for its Olive...
A global mining services company has won an extension for its work at a coal operation in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley. A subsidiary of CIMIC Group recently secured another 18 months of work...
An ambitious plan to make southern Queensland a gas distribution hotspot and increase production across Central Queensland is expected to create thousands of new jobs, an industry body said. The...
A hard rock underground mining company has won the $200 million tender for a metal operation in Western Australia’s Goldfields-Esperance region. A subsidiary of Perenti Group recently secured...
A global mining services company has launched a major recruitment drive for a coal operation in Central Queensland. Thiess is looking for more workers after winning a full-service mining contract...
A pale blue liquid commonly used to dye hair can help extract precious metals as effectively as conventional resource extraction methods, according to new research. A Curtin University study has...
A multinational resources company will begin closing its metal operation for good after claiming it would not be worth keeping its doors open. Rio Tinto plans to wind-down and eventually shut down...