Uncertainty is a crippling and debilitating thing, and sadly these days many people are finding themselves in exactly that state in the workplace, Mental Illness Fellowship of Queensland’s Tony...
Tag - Queensland Mining
Severe economic conditions did not dissuade the state’s mining industry from its health and safety commitments, with attendance at last week’s Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety...
The Queensland Government has committed to a Parliamentary inquiry into the re-emergence of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. The deadly lung disease, more commonly known as black lung, was thought...
The dust has settled at the Mackay Showgrounds after another successful Queensland Mining and Engineering Exhibition. While crowds were smaller than they have been in previous years, thousands of...
TEAM Group have been named the Queensland Mining Contractors of the Year at a gala celebration in honour of the Queensland resources sector’s hard-working contractors. Mackay-based TEAM Group...
More than 800 square kilometres of land has been set aside for the resources industry, as part of Queensland’s first exploration forward plan released today. Minister for State Development and...
An environmental group is crowd-funding to stop the “shonky” sale of Rio Tinto’s Blair Athol mine. Earlier this month, TerraCom announced plans to acquire the mine for $1, but the...
Thirty years after the tragic Moura mine disaster, the Queensland Government has announced they will contribute to the building of the Moura Miners’ Memorial. Minister for State Development and...
Tougher coal dust controls, new and better testing, and better trained medicos are the backbone of a new regime to protect the health of the state’s 5500 underground coal miners. A day after...
The youngest miner to be diagnosed with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis could have had coal workers’ pneumoconiosis for nine years. Steve Mellor, 39, spoke about his recent diagnosis on ABC’s 7.30...
