Falling resources prices prompted employers to pause production at multiple locations. Voluntary administrators indefinitely suspended operations at Panoramic Resources’ Savannah Nickel Project...
Category - MANAGING MINING RISKS
Two outsourced employees were unlawfully removed from their posts after reporting unsafe conditions in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Kim Star and Daryl Meikle should never have been...
A mining multinational failed to defend new housing arrangements that allegedly impacted on Queensland workers. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently ruled BHP cannot remove employee rights in...
Workplace unrest continued for several days with dire consequences at a subterranean operation. Authorities are examining why hundreds of employees stayed underground for more than 96 hours. The Gold...
Mine employees will not need to waive their entitlements, because there were too many complaints. About 300 workers will retain perks at Whitehaven’s Blackwater (226km west of Rockhampton) and...
A revived operation expects to significantly increase outsourced worker remuneration in Queensland’s Darling Downs region. New Hope Corporation (NHC) recently predicted labour hire pay would...
Resources employees will be remunerated the same even if they work externally. Authorities recently approved new rules that prohibit mineral producers from giving different wages and entitlements to...
Resources employees faced a difficult decision in Queensland’s Central Highlands and Isaac regions. Workers were recently given seven days to accept new individual contracts with less...
Circuit Breaker Lockouts function effectively by isolating the switch to prevent accidental start-up of equipment when being worked on during construction, installation, or maintenance. This in turn...
A mining multinational will need to improve employee conditions before industrial action ends, industry representatives said. A total of 95 per cent of train operators recently voted to stop services...
Employees have approved lucrative incentives and multiple pay rises at a mine in Queensland’s Isaac region. Eighty six per cent of workers recently voted in favour of a new enterprise...
An equal opportunity employer will close one operation while searching for new owners. CBH Resources recently confirmed it would sell its Rasp mine. Japan-headquartered parent company Toho Zinc...