A diversified company has confirmed rumours about it preparing to sell mine assets are true. Wesfarmers has invited expressions of interest from potential buyers of all or part of its coal assets...
Tag - Hunter Valley
Glencore has announced plans to restart the Integra underground coal mine in the Upper Hunter Valley for two years, creating up to 275 new jobs. The company acquired the underground mine, formerly...
Methane emissions are one of the major concerns surrounding coal seam gas. But we should also be paying attention to other sources of methane, in particular those from coal mining. By dealing with...
Mining giant Anglo American has announced it will sell off it’s Queensland coal mines, including three Moranbah operations. The company said the Moranbah North and Grosvenor Mines were up for...
After wild weather caused severe flooding in the Hunter Valley, coal, freight and passenger trains had to halt operations. A statement on Wednesday from the Australian Rail Track Corporation...
Landholders around Maules Creek and Harparary areas will today lodge objections to a proposal by Idemitsu to construct a new borefield to supply water to its Boggabri coal mine, after the miner found...
The Minerals Council of Australia has released a new publication, The Whole Story, detailing the contribution that Australia’s mining industry makes to communities across Australia. “While...
Hunter Valley mine workers are joining forces with workers from around the world today as part of the Global Day of Action against Rio Tinto’s culture of insecure and precarious work. The CFMEU...
A worker has died at the Brightstar mine in Western Australia yesterday morning in a workplace accident involving the operation of machinery. According to the West Australian, Mines Safety director...
Joe Hockey’s ‘tough love’ budget was delivered last night heralding a new era of government, not for the faint of heart, but surprisingly gentle on the mining sector. As expected, the controversial...
