THE FIRST Austrade Mining Mission to Vietnam is being held during May 2009, offering companies an opportunity to gain insight into the country’s coal and hard rock mining sectors.
11/05/2009
A LIVEABILITY survey hopes to attract and retain mining staff in Mackay by promoting aspects of the region’s liveability.
14/08/2008
POLICE say that there has been a spate of robberies at coal mining camps in Queensland.
10/06/2009
THE NSW Minerals Council (NSWMC) has hit back at speculations linking coal mining to elevated lead levels in water.
22/09/2008
THE NSW Minerals Council (NSWMC) has hit back at speculations linking coal mining to elevated lead levels in water.
22/09/2008
GLOUCESTER Coal has awarded a seven-year, $350 million mining contract to Leighton Mining.
01/07/2009
Waratah Coal is pushing for government assistance for mining towns to be extended to cover areas affected by exploration.
26/09/2008
THE NSW Mineral Resources Minister is expected to reject pleas that mining exploration licence renewals will be damaging to the Gloucester shire when he meets with a delegation in January 2009.
19/01/2009
BOUNTY Mining has lost its mining contract at Anglo Coal’s Aquila Colliery in Queensland.
22/01/2009
A QUEENSLAND group has formed to protect the state’s prime agricultural land from mine exploitation.
12/02/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR) says women partnered to a man working in the mining industry, but not necessarily a miner, is more likely to experience abuse.
16/03/2009
THE COAL to Coast Festival will be held at Sarina Showgrounds, Queensland between 19 and 20 September 2009.
16/09/2009
ENVIRONMENTALISTS in NSW’s Hunter Valley have voiced concern over the region’s farming sector as coal mining powers full-steam ahead.
09/10/2008
A REMOTE coal mining town in Queensland will hold a service to commemorate miners who have lost their lives on its coalfields.
13/10/2008
THE NAMOI Catchment Water Study Working Group has appointed consultants for a study into the impact of mining on groundwater reserves in the Namoi Catchment, New South Wales.
18/02/2009
LEIGHTON Asia has secured a $350m, six year mining contract with Energy Resources for the Ukhaakhudag coal mine project in Mongolia.
25/02/2009
THE NEW South Wales Planning Minister Kristina Keneally’s decision to allow Peabody Energy to conduct long wall coal mining underneath Woronora Dam has caused controversy.
30/07/2009
THE coal mining industry will continue to be a major economic contributor to the Bowen Basin for “years to come”, according to researchers.
18/11/2008
JOY Sticker Club International President Shane Lewry says sticker collecting is a hugely popular hobby in the coal mining industry and has been for many years.
26/08/2009
A FARMER making a stand against coal mining on his land on the Liverpool Plains in NSW has taken his battle to Parliament House.
29/10/2008