Industry News

A global construction boom has sent the price of building-related commodities soaring, with timber and iron ore hitting record prices this week.

Sanjeev Gupta's company is being investigated by the UK's Serious Fraud Office over suspected fraudulent trading and money laundering, including financial arrangements with failed company Greensill Capital.

BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale have collaborated with Austmine to introduce the Charge On Innovation Challenge, an electrification competition for mine truck fleets. Australian Mining.

Orica has put subsidiary Minova up for sale following hampered market conditions and the halving of overall earnings. Australian Mining.

GWR Group has renegotiated the mining rights agreement with iron ore producer Fe as work ramps up at the JWD deposit within the Wiluna West iron ore project in Western Australia. Australian Mining.

Australian Pacific Coal (AQC) has received an offer from major shareholder Trepang Services to buy properties and water rights at the Dartbrook coal mine in New South Wales for $33.7 million. Australian Mining.

Sandvik has acquired South African-based manufacturer Kwatani, extending its rock processing solutions division, which formed in early 2021. Australian Mining.

Industry and analysts warn Western Australia could face a shortage of skilled workers to keep up with demand in the mining sector as the price of iron ore soars to eye-watering highs. 

A gas-fired power plant proposed for the NSW Hunter Valley could be be waiting for up to six months for a gas connection, and critics say that's indicative of the government's shambolic energy policy. 

Federal and state governments have been urged to step in and use public funds to insure companies building Adani's Carmichael mine and rail link, after one of Adani's biggest contractors revealed it couldn't find a provider that would cover the project.

Donald Rabbitt was killed when he became trapped under heavy machinery in 2020. Now the mine operator has been charged in relation to his death.

A bit of luck with iron ore prices and the competent handling of unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic has put the government in the unlikely position of having some money to spend in the federal budget, writes Ian Verrender.

A mining boom may be a good problem to have, but finding staff to meet the demand is pushing some business owners to breaking point.

The Brazilian pilot was up against jaguars, 10-hour downpours, dwindling food and 470 million hectares of the world's densest rainforest.  

Farmers welcome the possibility of Australia's longest tunnel being built under the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, but a transport academic has serious reservations.

The WA mining industry has been building camps for workers for half a century. Now it wants to use that expertise to help the country contain the risk of COVID-19.

While most coal-fired generators are demolished after their use-by date, the defunct Wallerawang power station in central-western NSW is being repurposed to help with Australia's renewable energy future.

South-east Queensland drivers filling up their tanks this weekend will be paying the highest prices of all the capital cities in Australia for unleaded petrol, with the fuel cycle showing although prices are slow to rise, they are even slower to come down again.

The 314 people of Baralaba have been battling a US conglomerate's plan to build a coal mine on prime agricultural land for 10 years. Now, after taking their fight to the UN, it looks like they have finally won.

GFG Alliance reveals plans to sell-off two of its renewable projects in South Australia, a day after the company announced a refinancing deal for some of its Australian operations, including the Whyalla Steelworks. 

The small town of Merriwa hosted the Upper Hunter by-election's first candidates' forum to raise local issues.

A project that could eliminate costly freight bottlenecks for booming Goldfields mining operations could get the green light as early as next year. 

Some workers are still unable to face the prospect of returning to the sector a year after the huge gas explosion at the Queensland mine.

Aboriginal elders in the Northern Territory ask federal politicians investigating the destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves in WA for help protecting their own sacred sites.

The Whyalla steelworks, along with a coalmine in New South Wales, had been under threat because of the global collapse of Greensill Capital, founded by Australian businessman Lex Greensill.

A coal mining company launches action in the NSW Land and Environment Court in a bid have the rejection of its Dendrobium mine expansion plan overturned.

The environmental group says AGL is making little effort to shift to renewables and needs to get out of coal by 2030 if it wants to be taken seriously as an agent for change.

The state member for Clarence says council calls for a moratorium on mining in the valley are "rash and ill-considered".

NAB will lend money to the Port of Newcastle, but it will need to reduce emissions and screen suppliers for modern slavery issues.

Analysts say more coal-fired power plant closures are likely after the Victorian Government announced its plan to halve emissions by the end of the decade.