A North Queensland infrastructure hub commemorated four decades of operation. Abbot Point Operations (APO) is 40 years old and its 400-strong team members took time out to celebrate their “safe...
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The $1.4 billion Dugald River zinc project has gained special status to help cut red tape and create hundreds of jobs in north Queensland. State Development Minister and Minister for Natural...
Hundreds of jobs have been saved at Mount Isa Mines thanks to new environmental conditions that allows the Mount Isa Mines Copper Smelter and Townsville Copper Refinery to operate until the end of...
A disused gold mine in northen Queensland is set to be converted into Australia’s third largest hydroelectric power plant. In an Australian first, the old Kidston gold mine, 270km north-west of...
A mine worker from north Queensland has died in hospital nearly two weeks after being involved in an underground mine incident at Glencore’s Ernest Henry Mine. According to the North West...
North Queensland could soon see it’s first working uranium mine in decades with the state government announcing it’s ready to accept applications for uranium mine projects. Mines Minister...
Senior representatives from GVK Hancock, North Queensland Bulk Ports and Adani will be in Bowen next month to speak at the Bowen Business Information Forum (BBIF). Whitsundays Marketing and...
The Queensland Government’s lifting of the uranium ban in October came as a welcome surprise to a resources sector lagging in the doldrums. Premier Campbell Newman said sustained public debate and...
A recent government report claiming Queensland’s three coal ports are only operating at roughly 50% capacity has prompted World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) Australia to call for a halt on all new port...
