A national energy infrastructure operator will build a new natural gas pipeline in southwest Queensland that will be for domestic use only. In a bid to ease the ongoing domestic gas shortage, Jemena...
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Queensland’s coal-seam gas rich Surat Basin yields a new opportunity for a pilot exploration project that could create hundreds of jobs. The State Government recently agreed to release about 58...
Tighter rules to protect Queensland miners from coal workers pneumoconiosis will officially kick in from January 1. Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dr...
The Queensland metalliferous mining, quarrying and coal mining industries experienced a fatality-free year in 2015-16, according to the Commissioner for Mine Safety and Health’s annual performance...
Resource companies wanting to take groundwater for mining activities will be subject to tougher assessment of environmental impacts under proposed new laws. Environment Minister Dr Steven Miles, who...
A fourth case of black lung has been confirmed in less than a week, bringing the total number of coal miners diagnosed to 11. The Department of Natural Resources and Mines announced the latest victim...
A worker received serious leg injuries after undergoing maintenance on a blast-hole drill rig. The maintenance fitter had removed the mast from the drill rig, and had disconnected the hydraulics from...
A special group of coal mining medicos will be created to tackle the growing health concerns of Queensland miners surrounding the re-emergence of black lung disease. Minister for State Development...
A key Queensland mining health and safety body has welcomed its first female members: two highly-qualified mining engineers. Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and...
All coal mine workers have been withdrawn as a precaution from underground workings at Glencore’s Newlands coal mine near Glenden in the northern Bowen Basin. “Queensland Government mines...
