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Beaconsfield mine break in

Mine repeatedly robbed despite high security

Opportunists broke into a mining operation after surveillance equipment was fitted. Authorities recently investigated a robbery that caused extensive damage to NQ Minerals’ Beaconsfield mine. A...

BHP Hay Point

Mining giant awards $1B to local suppliers

A multinational mineral producer recently spent big on small, local and indigenous businesses. BHP’s local buying program recently awarded a total of 67,000 work packages, collectively worth...

Harmony workers

Industry mourns mine operator fatality

Colleagues and loved ones are reeling from an underground worker’s death. An operator became the fourth workplace fatality this financial year at Harmony Gold Mining Company’s Tshepong...

NSW Department of Planning and Environment

Anti-mining whistleblower fired for being uncooperative

Authorities terminated an informant who accused some resources approvals of being unlawful. Rebecca Connor was dismissed from her mining titles operations manager job, after complaining about the New...

CPB Contractors

Authority nationalises ‘largest’ Qld project

A major development will proceed in North Queensland through state ownership. The State Government recently confirmed it would nationalise CuString’s CopperString 2.0 High Voltage Transmission...

Augusta mine evacuation

Workers evacuate mine due to fire

Resources employees were forced to leave their posts when their workplace caught ablaze. Dozens of workers recently evacuated Mandalay Resources’ Augusta mine, 60km east of Bendigo. The Country...