The industry has significantly recovered lost ground in 2018 thanks to innovations across the sector in robotic technology, a new survey has found. More than 40 per cent of mining companies surveyed...
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Pressure is mounting for a multinational mining company to face an inquiry into allegations it has not paid millions of dollars in royalties to the Western Australian Government. The Nationals WA are...
A State Government-funded agency has taken a page from 1980s pop music band Milli Vanilli, blaming the rain for causing a serious car crash. A worker recently suffered serious injuries after crashing...
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...
A West Australian metal exploration company plans to be relisted on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), highlighting growing confidence in mining shares. Perth-based Jupiter Mines, which is...
The first confirmed case of black lung disease in a Queensland open cut mine has been revealed. The diagnosis has sparked widespread concern in the mining industry, with the potentially fatal lung...
The global economic environment has generated a number of significant challenges for the Australian mining industry. Slowing economic growth particularly in China has softened demand; while...
Sam Wylie, Melbourne Business School During the commodity price boom from 2004-2011 BHP Billiton’s board raised the firm’s dividend to an unsustainable level. Now, in the commodity bust, the board...
BHP Billiton today announced a new “simplified” operating model to accelerate productivity and create a more agile company “ready to respond to the challenges and opportunities...
The Brazilian Government intends to sue Samarco, Vale and BHP for $7.2b for clean-up costs and damages after dams collapsed at their iron ore operation in Minas Gerais killing 13 people. According to...
