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Gina Rinehart takes home Lifetime Achievement Award

Australian mining heiress Gina Rinehart has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia. The Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill chairperson was...

WATCH: FIFO duo lip-sync for Valentine’s Day again

The dynamic Pilbara FIFO lip-syncing duo is back with another Valentine’s Day performance. Jason Allen and Jamie Byers released a video last year of the pair lip-syncing to Whitney...

FIFO worker self-harms on Perth flight

A Chevron FIFO worker harmed himself during a flight to Perth on Friday. The man, who works at Chevron’s Gorgon Project on Barrow Island, is now “stable”, according to a site notice sent by...

Contractor fatality at Northern Star gold mine

A contractor working at Northern Star Resources’ Paulsens Gold Mine has died after becoming “seriously unwell” this morning. Northern Star has temporarily ceased operational...

DMP investigates equipment fires at Premier Coal site

Premier Coal’s Collie mine is under investigation due to five separate fires involving trucks and machinery in the past three weeks. Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources Safety Division...

South Australia cleans up at Women in Resources awards

South Australia’s trailblazing women of mining and energy raked in a staggering four of the five awards presented at the 2015 Women in Resources National Awards held in Perth last night. Following on...

Fees on hold ahead of new WA mining reforms

The introduction of any cost-recovery fees for processing mining, exploration and prospecting applications will be deferred to complement the passage of major reform legislation, set to benefit the...

FIFO suicide prompts calls for roster change

A FIFO worker has taken his own life, prompting calls from workers at the Roy Hill project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, to change rosters. The death was announced on a Facebook page...

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