Severe weather will suspend a North Australian resources operation for almost a year. Tropical Cyclone Megan’s 200km/h winds and 681mm of rainfall is likely to delay production at Groote...
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Dangerous weather caused destruction to a major resources operation. Tropical Cyclone Megan recently impacted on South32’s Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO) mine. The category-four system...
With the season’s first cyclone (TC Lucas) having formed off the North-West coast, businesses throughout the State have been reminded to ensure that contingency plans have been established and are in...
Cyclone Kimi has weakened in intensity and the cyclone has now been downgraded to a Tropical Low much to the relief of residents and miners in North Queensland. You can watch the latest update from...
Queensland mines are on alert following a Bureau of Meteorology announcement that confirmed at Category one tropical cyclone will hit the coast on Monday. Tropical Cyclone Kimi is likely to affect...
Ex-Tropical cyclone Imogen is expected to create a range of challenging conditions for miners in the next few days with high rainfall activity over the mining state of Queensland. The Bureau of...
A tropical low is intensifying in the Northern Territory and it is expected to form into a cyclone by tomorrow morning. The low is moving in a westerly direction parallel to the coast and the effects...
The BOM have reported that Tropical Cyclone Veronica has been downgraded to a Category 2, with sustained winds near the centre of 95 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 130 kilometres per hour. A...
BHPs Port Hedland operations have been shut down as the ‘severe’ rated tropical cyclone Veronica bears down on the West Australian coast. The BOM advised moments ago that Tropical cyclone...
The mining town of Weipa is battening down the hatches this afternoon as a tropical low will be upgraded to a Tropical Cyclone possibly later tonight. Rio Tinto’s Weipa operation is accustomed...
