A major mining company will not automate heavy vehicles at one of its operations. Whitehaven Coal recently stopped trialling its autonomous haulage systems (AHS) at the Maules Creek mine. Management...
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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 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...
A mining project one step closer to construction in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. The State Department of Environment, Science and Innovation recently granted an environmental authority...
Part of a fossil fuel operation did not lose a single day to workplace injuries or deaths for more than a decade. The past decade has been incident-free at Whitehaven Coal’s Gunnedah Coal...
A revived operation expects to significantly increase outsourced worker remuneration in Queensland’s Darling Downs region. New Hope Corporation (NHC) recently predicted labour hire pay would...
A mining giant could exit two fossil fuel operations for a higher than expected sum in Queensland’s Central Highlands and Isaac regions. Whitehaven Coal was recently speculated to offer $4.8...
Conversations and collaborations about the resources sector’s future must include Indigenous Australian communities, a panel found. About 80 per cent of future minerals are based on Indigenous...
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As the role of automation in the mining industry grows, researchers from The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) have secured funding from the mining industry to undertake...
