Mines operating near Central Queensland towns will be banned from employing a 100% FIFO workforce if Labor wins the next state election. Queensland opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said...
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The High Court has today upheld BHP’s sacking of an Saraji mine employee for waving a sign accusing other employees of being ‘scabs’. Stephen Jauncey, a Partner at Henry Davis York...
GVK Hancock has successfully negotiated term sheets with landholders for around 75% of the rail corridor needed to allow their Galilee Basin coal projects to go ahead. The rail corridor will be key...
Hundreds more mine workers in Central Queensland will lose their jobs with the news overnight that Isaac Plains coal mine, near Moranbah, will be shut down by the end of the year. The news is yet...
700 jobs will be axed across BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliances’ (BMA) Central Queensland mine sites. According to the ABC, “BMA said the workforce reduction was required to remain...
The future of the Springsure Creek coal mine in Central Queensland looks very shaky with the announcement late yesterday that the project proponent, Bandanna Energy, has gone into voluntary...
TWO NEW MINES FOR CENTRAL QLD are looking closer to becoming a reality with GVK Hancock announcing this afternoon that they’ve applied for approval to develop 310 km of rail to link the...
A miner from BMA’s Saraji mine, near Dysart, sustained serious burn injuries yesterday morning as a result of a truck fire. According to the CQ News, the man was immediately airlifted to Mackay...
The State Government has today announced their approval of the environment impact statement (EIS) for Arrow’s Bowen Gas Project (BGP), near Moranbah in Central Queensland. The announcement comes hot...
Glencore will axe 100 jobs by October from their newly acquired Clermont open cut mine in Central Queensland. The disappointing news comes hot on the heels of the announcement that 100 jobs would go...