Central Queensland will receive a new $30 million mining school, if Scott Morrison is re-elected as prime minister at the May 18 election. The Liberal National Party promises the new CQUniversity...
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A former director is taking a precious metal resource company, which he helped found, to court over entitlements he believes are owing. Allan Kelly is suing Riversgold for $121,000 he claims should...
A national mining and construction firm has secured gold mining work for the first time in a decade. BGC Contracting recently won a $30 million contract for Northern Star Resources’ Ramone Gold...
New rules that ban coal mining in Central Queensland would bring great uncertainty to the state’s economy, a mining executive has warned. Adani Mining chief executive Lucas Dow said at a March...
A local electricity supplier has added eight new staff to its Sunshine Coast operations. Locality Planning Energy (LPE) annnounced the new appointments as the company presses ahead with products and...
Capricorn Metals is raising $3 million on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The deal involves offering existing and eligible shareholders the opportunity to participate in a Share Purchase...
A mining industry association and worker’s union has teamed-up to fight a political move to ban coal mining in Central Queensland. The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and Queensland Mining...
Even though mining is the safest it has ever been in history, it’s still a dangerous industry to be in.
Some of the deadliest mining incidents in history have been as the result of gas ignition.
One mine disaster in Australia could have been much worse and there were lessons learned that are applied today to prevent a re-occurrence. In 2006 a small earthquake created a disaster for miners at...