A $3.5 million exploration partnership between Queensland’s Cockatoo Coal and a Japanese government owned corporation was announced today. Cockatoo Coal has entered into a joint venture with...
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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...
FIFO workers from mining and gas projects in south-west Queensland have been targeted for drug searches by police with sniffer dogs at Miles Airport. According to Surat Basin.com, nine flights were...
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...
A memorial service was held in Moura last Friday to remember those Queenslanders who have lost their lives to mining disasters since mining first began in the state. Fittingly, the service was held...
An environmental activist has chained himself to a rail line used by coal trains outside the Port of Newcastle as part of multiple protests being staged today around New South Wales against...
With yesterday’s news that 700 jobs will be cut at BMA’s operations across Central Queensland, the Mayor of the region most affected is calling on the Queensland Premier to review 100% forced...
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...
A former mine project manager from Mackay has told a court his dangerous drug addiction started after being forced by his employer to sack 51 mine workers, including the Best Man and Groomsman from...