The Queensland Coroner has scheduled a pre-inquest conference at Mackay into the death of Anglo Coal electrician Paul McGuire who tragically passed away at Grasstree mine following exposure to...
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The recent moves by miners to automate mining equipment through technology has created significant debate among mineworkers regarding the loss of jobs and the impacts on regional communities...
The Queensland Government have established a mining rehabilitation advisory committee to advise the government on the used of funds used to clean up abandoned mine sites. Ten of Queensland’s leading...
The CFMEU Mining and Energy Queensland President Stephen Smyth says that 340 jobs will go at the BMA Goonyella Riverside mine as the automation of mining trucks rolls out. Alarmingly, he has also...
The CFMEU Queensland Division Chief, Stephen Smyth, says he wants more action on safety in the midst of a rising debate regarding a parliamentary inquiry. CFMEU Mining and Energy Queensland District...
The Chief Executive Officer of a Middlemount mine has released the details of the miner who passed away in yesterday’s Middlemount mine tragedy. Gerrie Jordaan, CEO Middlemount Coal said today...
Last week a large group of Queensland mineworkers protested outside BHP’s Brisbane offices to seek more support and assistance for a dust diseases victims group (sufferers of Coal Workers...
Worker advocates are pleading with the mining industry to take responsibility for Black Lung disease. It comes after the 19th confirmed case of the deadly disease. The Construction Forestry Mining...
The CFMEU Mining and Energy Division is today calling for tough new laws to punish employers found guilty of fatal negligence (kill a worker), following reports Anglo Coal has pleaded guilty to the...
German Creek miners are concerned Anglo American will employ armed security guards to intimidate workers striking at the Middlemount mine, according to the CMFEU. The union wrote to Anglo American’s...
