The return of the deadly Black Lung disease has seen Central Queensland mine workers walk off site as concerns for their health arise. Four Queensland miners, including two employed at Vale’s...
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After becoming a father to two daughters, Central Queensland miner Nick Dyer says coming home safely has a whole new meaning. “Life has changed significantly for me since the arrival of our two...
A vehicle rollover at BMA’s Blackwater Mine in Central Queensland has proven fatal with the company confirming the death of a worker this morning. According to the CQ News, Blackwater and...
Hundreds more mine workers in Central Queensland will lose their jobs with the news overnight that Isaac Plains coal mine, near Moranbah, will be shut down by the end of the year. The news is yet...
700 jobs will be axed across BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliances’ (BMA) Central Queensland mine sites. According to the ABC, “BMA said the workforce reduction was required to remain viable...
A miner from BMA’s Saraji mine, near Dysart in Central Queensland, sustained serious burn injuries yesterday morning as a result of a truck fire. According to the CQ News, the man was...
The Queensland Government has today announced their approval of the environment impact statement (EIS) for Arrow’s Bowen Gas Project (BGP), near Moranbah in Central Queensland. The announcement comes...
Central Queensland miners are being targeted by Police in Mackay for driving under the influence of drugs. Long distance truck drivers and young people round out the top three demographic groups that...
A tear in the side wall of a tyre led to the death of a Foxleigh Mine worker in December 2010, a Coronial Inquest in Queensland has heard this morning. Wayne Robert MacDonald, 53, was killed at the...
Preliminary investigations into the tragic death at Middlemount’s Grasstree Mine last week indicate that the worker entered a closed off area of the mine that was not properly signed as being...
