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When it comes to compressed air installations, Atlas Copco wants to make sure its customers are always connected and informed. As Charles Darwin once said, “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It’s the one that is most adaptable to change”. A compressed air system is one … Continue reading Connect, scan and optimise → Australian Mining.

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When it comes to crushing blasted hard rock in ore and natural stone mining, the efficiency of thyssenkrupp gyratory crushers in primary crushing is second to none. At the heart of any mining operation is the mineral processing machinery, and in the vast range of regions where Australian miners operate this equipment needs to be … Continue reading Ultimate performance when it comes to the crunch → Australian Mining.

A Central Queensland mineral producer prefers to hire those who are fed up with working remotely. Sojitz Corporation wants to directly employ jobseekers who are “tired” of fly-in fly-out, or drive-in drive-out, rosters. The Japan-headquartered proponent advertised several full-time, multi skilled operator vacancies at its Gregory Crinum mine – about 60km northeast of Emerald. Rosters

With fuel prices nudging $2.20 a litre in Brisbane, a tank of petrol can put a sizeable dent on your bank balance, so why is fuel so expensive in Queensland and when will prices drop?

A think tank says a project to make hydrogen from coal is unlikely to meet its carbon reduction claims. But the criticism has been dismissed by project bosses who say the researchers have their numbers wrong.

A resources producer is prepared to directly employ jobseekers in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Stanmore Resources is on the hunt for multiple full-time operators at its South Walker Creek Coal Mine in Strathfield, 143km southwest of Mackay. These dragline and dozer push vacancies are based at the company’s production overburden department. The team operates dozers,

A region key to Australia's energy supply is begging for clarity on its future but the two major parties don't want to talk about it.

Agriculture has been a steady hand as the big money flows in and out of central Queensland mines, so what do those on the land want from this election?

A resources services company is keen to hear from Queenslanders who want to live a fuller existence in the Central Highlands region. BUMA Australia is trying to fill multiple multi-skilled operator job vacancies at a coal mine in the Blackwater area, about 200km west of Rockhampton. The business, formerly known as Downer EDI, revealed the

The organisation Back Beetaloo has been reprimanded by the AEC and accused of "astroturfing" by a digital media expert.

A mining application near a pristine Western Australian national park is withdrawn following community opposition, with environmentalists now calling on the state government to block any future exploration applications in the area.

A remote employee claims he was elevated to a managerial role and unfairly dismissed for relocating. Karl Boobyer wants almost $600,000 in compensation after Santos allegedly promoted him to construction supervisor and later terminated his employment for moving to New Zealand. The former fly-in fly-out (FIFO) worker claims the employer initially had no requirement for

Air pollution kills 3,000 people every year, according to the Australian Conservation Foundation which has revealed the most polluted regions in the country.

Australia's only silicon manufacturer may be forced to import coal as it struggles to secure a consistent supply of local timber to make its product.

A mining services company is offering Queenslanders high wages, bonuses and other entitlements if they wish to work beneath the surface. ABM Contractors is prepared to pay full-time electricians $73.50 an hour, fitters $73.50 and operators $62 at Queensland Coal and Mitsui Group’s Kestrel Coal Mine in Crinum, 312km west of Rockhampton. Click here to

As lithium prices surge, US chemicals company Albemarle is considering a major expansion of its refinery south of Perth, with plans for a 1,000-bed capacity workers' village at Binningup.

Residents of Grantville say they have not been heard by the government after it approved the expansion of a local sand mine that will remove 13 hectares of native vegetation.

The state government is awaiting the results of an engineer's report to determine what repairs are required to reopen Maryborough's Bristol Hill Pioneer Memorial Tower.

Local leaders have long lobbied to seal the Tanami Road arguing impoverished communities would greatly benefit from more mining and cattle industry jobs. Now the money is on the table to get the project underway.

A multinational resources company will fully train, qualify, pay and transport jobseekers who want to work in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is hiring multiple operator-maintainer trainees at the Daunia Coal Mine in Coppabella, 175km southwest of Mackay. BMA is offering two year traineeships that are promised to give candidates a Certificate

Confidential correspondence obtained by the ABC shows a key environmental bureaucrat warning that fully implementing a commitment to offset all emissions from fracking the gas-rich Beetaloo Basin could face significant challenges.

An egg-sized white diamond billed as the largest of its kind to go up for auction sells for $31.5 million in Geneva.

Fine mineral granules could be the first fossil fuel abandoned in favour of more environmentally friendly alternatives, a not-for-profit warned. The Institute for Energy Economics and Finance recently predicted pulverised coal for injection (PCI) will be the first combustable rock to be phased out. Energy finance analyst Simon Nicholas claims BHP, Rio Tinto, thyssenkrupp and

Brisbane is famous for a sub-tropical climate and being one of Australia's most liveable cities, but there is much more going on underneath its streets than most residents might realise.

Plans by the federal government to develop a "clean" hydrogen industry in Australia have been branded greenwashing by critics who say taxpayer money is being used to subsidise fossil fuel activities. 

A remote island off Ukraine occupied by Russia on the first day of its invasion becomes the focal point of the battle for control of the western Black Sea coast.

Australia has some of the largest critical mineral reserves in the world, but it's missing out on potentially huge profits. That's where a domestic electric vehicle industry could come in.