Industry News

As world leaders gather in Scotland to talk about dramatically cutting greenhouse gas emissions, residents in this central Queensland town reliant on coal are trying to work out how much their lives are about to change. 

M Resources has achieved its first open cut blasting milestone at the Millennium coal mine in Queensland and released an epic video to prove it. Australian Mining.

Rio Tinto has set a target to have 80 per cent autonomous haul trucks in 2022, as it seeks to reduce costs while satisfying demand for materials. Australian Mining.

GroundProbe is celebrating 20 years of operation, representing a company that’s grown from a homegrown start-up to a global innovator. Australian Mining.

It was gold price, lithium demand and China’s appetite for copper that dominated much of the discussion at Mines and Money Online Connect at IMARC this week. Australian Mining.

Anglo American continues to ramp up preparations towards a restart at its Grosvenor metallurgical coal mine in Queensland. Australian Mining.

Australia sought to change a major international report on climate change to promote a future for coal-fired power and downplay the influence of fossil fuel lobbyists, the environmental group Greenpeace says.  

As fuel prices across south-east Queensland again hit record averages, the RACQ suggests motorists only buy the "bare minimum until prices begin to fall in coming weeks".

The union representing mine workers in WA says BHP has brought in a policy to allow managers to search workers' rooms by stealth, but the company says it has simply updated a long-standing policy.

Empire Energy says drilling will start before the end of this month, while climate groups have accused the NT government of throwing "petrol on a burning house".

The head of WA's resource industry peak body tells a parliamentary inquiry into sexual harassment in the FIFO industry that attracting women to the sector is a struggle.

Community members on the South Coast believe the inquiry's recommendations could lead to the revision of how mining is allowed in the Illawarra escarpment and around the Minnamurra River.

As the Pilbara’s economic vigour continues to drive the economy, the state government’s vaccine mandates have sparked a pushback from workers that has the potential to slow the industry down.

With Australia failing on energy security and its climate change response while simultaneously facing regional security issues, 250 academics and retired defence leaders are calling for a new approach to make it more resilient in an increasingly hostile world.

A parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters recommends new laws to protect thousands of sacred sites across Australia.

Motorists in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are facing record high petrol prices at the start of this week, thanks to strong global oil demand and stubbornly low production levels.

The NSW Land and Environment Court paves the way for work on the project, after it dismissed an appeal brought by neighbouring farmers.

The world appears to be staring down an energy crisis that would deliver ammunition to those wishing to slow the pace of climate change reforms and could see the dreaded return of stagflation, writes Ian Verrender.

The Port of Brisbane is vying for coal trains not to be redirected through a new Inland Rail route.

Underground mining is expected to start at the New South Wales site, opening 100 job vacancies for the region.

A leading energy provider predicts household energy bills are set for a shock as surging international prices for gas put upward pressure on costs for the fuel in Australia.

Farmers fear a new 90km wastewater pipeline will contaminate pristine farmland in the NSW Central West.

One of Australia's richest men is betting on green hydrogen to make Australia a world leader in renewable energy while creating jobs in the process.

Mindarie's mineral sands mine was closed down in 2015, but a rise in global markets and a weak Australian dollar has the operator investigating a restart.

Western Australia's Yamatji group feel locked out from decision making for the proposed Aboriginal Cultural Heritage bill, where prior informed consent to land use before a mining application begins is not required.

Figures tabled in parliament this week reveal the state has missed out on more than $150 million in mining royalties over the past three years because of a deal designed to save port and mining jobs. 

The Environmental Defenders Office pledges to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with the community to fight the proposal for the underground and open-cut mine north-east of Mudgee.

It is not fire or flood that worries this Clarence River resident, but mining. A petition is calling for the NSW Government to ban mining on the NSW north coast catchments.

Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest says "people like him" need to change and lead the country away from coal, but that "fearmongering" Nationals politicians are scaring Australians to save their own jobs.

Hunter business and industry leaders say the NSW government's new hydrogen strategy could be the spark that is needed to drive transition from coal to green energy.