Central Queensland bureaucrats proposed pausing coal production when medical professionals are in short supply. Isaac Regional Council (IRC) recently raised the prospect of halting all mining...
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Richard Szabo is an award-winning editor with more than 15 years' experience in news writing at mainstream and niche media organisations. He has a specialty in mining and business reporting.
A study found the pandemic only exposed existing problems among suppliers, and was not the root cause. International Data Corporation’s latest report shows traditional, linear supply chains are...
A truck carrying hazardous chemicals burst into flames and shrapnel on an Outback road. Authorities are investigating how a road train carrying a mine blasting substance ignited and exploded along...
A coking coal company purchased a fleet of barges to guarantee transport capacity. Cokal recently acquired a fleet of conventional shallow draft barges and tug boats to move coal from the Bumi Barito...
An official investigation into coal operational safety accepted complaints that resources executives have little regard for workplace safety. The Queensland parliamentary inquiry into coal mining...
Australian goods and service providers will benefit from a national push to buy local. The Federal Government recently proposed major procurement reforms that include establishing a Future Made in...
Officials were urged to investigate why flammable fossil fuels allegedly escaped containment in the Western Downs region. Resources Safety and Health Queensland recently received reports of multiple...
Queensland’s resources sector contributed to the economy well beyond the billions of dollars in royalties and taxes generated for both state and federal governments. A Queensland Resources...
Authorities have released a reenactment of a resources employee being pinned under heavy equipment. A recent video illustrates the terrifying moment a male worker became trapped under a loader cab...
First Nations-owned businesses supplied 36 per cent more in the past financial year, the latest data shows. Nearly 150 First Nations enterprises out of a total 535 Indigenous suppliers did business...