The head of Queensland’s Resources Council (QRC), Michael Roche, is urging mine employees to make their safety concerns known to supervisors and ‘take it to the top’ if necessary. The plea comes in...
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A Queensland-based mining company director has been accused of breaching United Nations sanctions over his involvement in a rare earths mining project in the rogue state of North Korea. Dr Louis...
The CFMEU has notified BG Group that the union is planning a strike at the company’s QCLNG plant at Curtis Island near Gladstone this Thursday 7th August. The union – one of the four unions...
North Queensland could soon see it’s first working uranium mine in decades with the state government announcing it’s ready to accept applications for uranium mine projects. Mines Minister...
A new virtual reality surface mine induction course to improve industry safety standards has been rolled out at the Queensland Government’s research testing and safety training centre, Simtars...
The body of missing Mt Isa miner, Brett Kelly, has been found by a team of searchers 20 days after he went missing in the underground copper mine in Queensland’s north west. Search teams found...
The Office of Fair and Safe Work Queensland within the Department of Justice and Attorney-General is currently looking for Queenslanders with practical experience and competence in managing work...
Queensland employers will pay the lowest average workers’ compensation premiums in the country from 1 July, with WorkCover Queensland set to reduce the rate by 17 per cent. WorkCover Queensland...
The man missing at the Mount Isa Mine, Brett Kelly, is believed to have fallen into an ore pass that could now contain about 100, 000 tonnes of copper ore according to Mount Isa Police. Mr Kelly was...
The man who went missing underground at the Mount Isa Mine in Queensland on Wednesday is now believed to have died and the search has been scaled back. Mount Isa Police last night named the missing...