Up to 2400 jobs could be created following the government”s approval of a 300-kilometre rail line linking the proposed Carmichael coal mine west of Moranbah to the port of Abbot Point. Deputy...
Tag - RESOURCES
The head of Queensland’s Resources Council (QRC), Michael Roche, is urging mine employees to make their safety concerns known to supervisors and ‘take it to the top’ if necessary. The plea comes in...
Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive Michael Roche told a Parliamentary Committee hearing yesterday that there was clear evidence linking the Queensland Environmental Defenders’ Office to a...
Natural gas has surpassed education services to become our third largest export after iron ore and coal, according to the latest data released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The...
Sixteen resource companies will share in $1.5 million in collaborative drilling grants issued by the Queensland government as part of a program to boost exploration in the state. Mines Minister...
The volume of Australia’s resources (mineral and fuels) exports grew over 10 per cent in 2013 – almost double the annual rate of the last decade – according to statistics released...
Queensland is just a few years away from using up its existing coal export capacity according to the Queensland Resources Council. Addressing a Central Highlands Development Committee breakfast in...
The future of iron ore and coking coal, used in the manufacture of steel, could be looking up with the World Steel Association forecasting that global steel production will increase by up to 3.4 per...
SMW Group has won Queensland’s inaugural Mining Contractor of the Year Awards at a glittering celebration in Mackay last night. Organiser of the Awards, the Bowen Basin Mining Club, hailed...
A share of Glencore’s NCA coal project, which includes the Newlands and Collinsville mines in Central Queensland, are up for sale as Japanese investors, Itochu and Sumitomo, look to reduce...
