A resources operation may have to significantly increase wages in Queensland’s Banana Shire. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently received one of the first Same Job Same Pay applications to...
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A proposed Bowen Basin mine is one step closer to construction. Federal assessment is underway for Vitrinite’s Vulcan South Coal Mine, about 230km southwest of Mackay. Federal Environment and...
The Sunshine State’s commodity boom is expected to lose momentum and values are tipped to decrease. Queensland coal spot prices will decline by the end the 2024 financial year (FY24) and return...
Two major mines could be under new management within just months. The next coal operations to be exited are widely speculated to be EMR Capital’s Kestrel mine (51km northeast of Emerald) and...
A mineral producer received the green light to improve its employment environment. A more attractive enterprise agreement was approved at Whitehaven’s recently purchased Blackwater and Daunia...
A mineral multinational agreed to sell one of its mining operations. South 32 recently approved a binding agreement to sell Illawarra Metallurgical Coal for US$1.65 billion (A$2.53B) to part of M...
A North Queensland infrastructure hub commemorated four decades of operation. Abbot Point Operations (APO) is 40 years old and its 400-strong team members took time out to celebrate their “safe...
Hundreds of mine workers might not need to reskill and be redeployed, an advocacy said. The Mining and Energy Union (MEU) recently contacted authorities to discuss different ways 200 employees can...
A lost mineral transporter has been discovered more than a century after it took the lives of dozens of employees. Authorities recently examined what was left of the SS Nemesis coal vessel. The 73...
A fossil fuel producer could exit one of its new sites in Queensland’s Central Highlands region. Whitehaven Coal is rumoured to be deciding whether to sell its recently acquired Blackwater coal...