Mining News

Hardware store operator fined for failing to protect workers from a serious risk of fall. On 16 August 2022, a hardware store company and its sole director were sentenced in…

NEW Industrial Manslaughter Laws for Queensland Mines & Resources Sector – commenced 1 July 2020. Due to  a serious increase of mine fatalities at Queensland Mines, including the deaths of…

What are the major operations on the horizon for the industry? In the wake of the mining downturn, the Australian mining industry has recovered to re-affirm its place as a…

Western Australia’s mining industry has continued to thrive off record commodity sales and prices, reporting a boost in employment numbers that reached unseen levels. The figures for the 2018-2019 period…

Australia’s mining industry will require around 21,000 new onsite operational employees by 2024 in order to meet the demand for mining projects according to the 2019-2024 Mining Workforce report released…

Just weeks after granting Adani the environmental approvals it needed to start work on its Galilee Basin mine, the Palaszczuk Labor government is opening up more of the state for…

The Carmichael coal mine is an approved thermal coal mine in the north of the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland, Australia approximately 160km North West of Clermont. Mining is planned…

Queensland Government has given the green light to the Carmichael Mine which will set a precedent for six other mines also planned for the region and allow Adani to break…

Adani’s Carmichael Mine, located in the Galillee Basin, located 160km North West of Clermont, has passed its final environmental approval and can now begin work on its Carmichael mine in…

The manager of a quarry where a worker was crushed to death on-site in central Queensland has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for safety breaches Sean Scovell, 21,…

Cameby Downs Mine has been given the state government approval to increase its production from 2.8 million tonnes a year to 3.5 million. The Yancoal mine is an open-cut thermal coal…

The Queensland Government has approved Pembroke Resources’ $1 billion Olive Downs metallurgical coal project 40 kilometres south-east of Moranbah in the Bowen Basin. Construction of the project is expected to…

Jason Garrels was just 20 when he was electrocuted after carrying a switchboard that had come into contact with live wires during heavy rain at a construction site for townhouses…

The mining industry and mining jobs are looking very positive for 2018 even without the Adani project. ‘BIS Oxford Economics associate director of construction, maintenance and mining Adrian Hart said the…

Metro Mining’s Bauxite Hills Mine is approximately 95 kilometres north of Weipa on Western Cape York. The Bauxite Hills Mine positions Metro as one of the largest independent operations within…

MINING giant Rio Tinto has awarded more than $900 million in contracts to Queensland businesses as work at its new Cape York Peninsula bauxite mine 40km South of Weipa. The…

INDIAN mining giant Adani has announced it will commence work on its Carmichael coal mine in Queensland in October. Company chairman Gautam Adani released statement confirming the start of works…

Here is the most current Queensland Mines and Advanced Mineral Projects List as of July 2017 which lists Name of Mine / Project, Location, Overview and Contact Details. Queensland Minerals…

Here is the most current Queensland Coal Mines and Advanced Project List as of July 2017 which lists Name of Mine / Project, Location, Overview and Contact Details. Queensland Coal…

Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines The Honourable Dr Anthony Lynham Friday, December 16, 2016 A suite of health and safety reforms will become law…