Wesfarmers Resources has announced it is cutting 70 contractors from its Curragh mine, near Blackwater, by the end of the week. Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union spokesman Steve Smyth...
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Peabody Energy president and CEO Glenn Kellow announced plans to reduce about 250 corporate and regional positions in coming months to “create a leaner organization and lower costs”. When...
US coal mining giant Peabody Energy will cut almost half of their staff as they reduce production at a Queensland mine. Peabody Energy has announced that it will be reducing metallurgical coal...
QUEENSLAND’S resources sector is beginning to regain its global competitiveness, according to the latest State of the Sector report released by the Queensland Resources Council. QRC members...
Operators of North Goonyella coal mine, between Moranbah and Glenden, have been fined$10,000 for using a dangerous chemical underground. According to The Mackay Mercury, the mine’s owners...
If a picture paints a thousand words, then which word paints an accurate picture? A recent survey of the general public found that when people think of mining, most think of Big Trucks (32%)...