A multinational exploration company faces a hefty fine for the sudden death of an electrician working at its coal mine in Central Queensland. Anglo Coal will have to pay $137,500 after it was found...
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A state-owned energy corporation has been given the nod to retrench hundreds of workers across New South Wales. Essential Energy recently received approval to slash at least 600 regional jobs across...
Redundancy pay could be capped at nine years for coal miners if a Fair Work Commission move is successful. Every four years the Black Coal Mining Industry Award, which outlines the minimum terms and...
The death toll from an explosion which ripped through the Severnaya mine in Arctic Russia has reached 36. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, has been described as the worst mining disaster in...
A mine worker has been injured in a truck rollover at the Jellinbah coal mine near Bluff in Central Queensland. The man is believed to have sustained facial fractures in the incident which took place...
A worker at Middlemount’s Grasstree mine was reportedly crushed to death overnight when an underground wall collapsed on top of the 45-year-old man. According to the ABC, police say the miner...
A former Peak Downs mine worker is taking his unfair dismissal case to federal court after having the case rejected by the Fair Work Commission earlier this year. Darrin James Grant, a Peak Downs...
A mine worker who committed suicide in a FIFO camp last year was afraid to seek help from mine site counsellors for fear he would lose his job, a FIFO mental health inquiry has heard. Peter Miller...
A worker at Santos’ LNG plant on Curtis Island near Gladstone sustained a number of injuries yesterday in a fall. The Gladstone Observer reports that the 27-year old sustained swollen ankles, a...
A coronial inquest into the death of a man at a Santos drilling site in Queensland has been told that the industry has gone back to the “dark old days”. Justin Smith, former drill rig...
