BHP has signed a firm renewable power purchasing agreement to meet half of its electricity needs across its Queensland Coal mines from low emissions sources, including solar and wind. The agreement...
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Up to 30 new jobs will be created in the Bowen Basin as a result of a new partnership between BHP and Novum Energy to recycle mining truck tyres for the first time in Australia. Used earth moving...
Applications for the 2021 BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) apprenticeship program are now open. In February, BMA welcomed the 2020 cohort of 56 local apprentices into the program in a range of trades...
A serious collision between two haul trucks on ANZAC Day at the BMA Saraji mine is currently under investigation by the Queensland Mining Safety Regulator. A Caterpillar 793 reportedly being operated...
BHP has announced it will allocate $7.6 million from its recently created Vital Resources Fund to support the establishment of COVID19 testing centres in Moranbah and Proserpine, in a move that will...
Charges laid against BMA and its former Saraji Mine Production Overburden Manager over the death of miner Allan Houston have alleged that the leading miner failed to meet a range of obligations...
Mining giant BMA has lodged a submission in the Queensland State Parliament highlighting that it is unconvinced about the benefits of the Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment...
Charges have been laid against BMA over the death of mine worker and dozer operator Allan Houston at the BMA Saraji mine on New Year’s Eve 2018. The Queensland Department of Natural Resources...
BMA Automation Becomes Reality...BMA has announced today that they will automate 300 jobs at its’ Queensland Goonyella Riverside mine through the autonomous conversion of 86 Komatsu trucks in...
James Palmer, BHP’s Captain of the ship in the Bowen Basin gave a speech to industry players last week in Mackay. That speech alluded to an acknowledgement of the state of safety in mines...