The Saraji East Project is a proposed underground coal development located about 30km north of Dysart in Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The project is being advanced by BMA, a joint venture between BHP and Mitsubishi Development, and includes extraction of up to 11Mt per year of run-of-mine coal. Saraji East has been designed as a […]

The Saraji Mine, about 15km north of Dysart, is one of the largest open-cut metallurgical coal operations in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The mine is operated by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), a joint venture between BHP and Mitsubishi Corporation, which manages several major coal mines across the Bowen Basin. Saraji commenced operations in 1974 and has […]

The Federal Government has approved a project to extend open-cut operations at the Saraji mine’s Grevillea pit for decades to come. Located about…

The State Government may have assessed BMA’s Saraji East mining lease project as ‘suitable to proceed’, but it will effectively remain parked up as…

Charges have been laid over the death of Luke O’Brien at BMA’s Saraji mine near Dysart in January last year. The Office of the Work Health and Sa…

The Mining and Energy Union has voiced disappointment over a $78,000 fine ‘hardly equivalent to spare change’ for mining giant BHP Mitsubishi Allian…

Mining and civil contractor NRW Holdings has announced about $240 million in contract wins, including work at BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s Saraji mine…

BMA is advancing a proposal that would see open-cut mining operations at Saraji mine’s Grevillea pit extended for decades to come. Located about…

A Miners’ Promise memorial fund has been set up after the death this week of Luke O’Brien, with BHP Mitsubishi Alliance adding to donations from emp…

Friends and family have mourned the loss of ‘an amazing young man’ in an outpouring of condolences and tributes on social media after Luke O’Brien w…

A man was pinned between two vehicles and suffered crush injuries in a fatal incident at the Saraji coal mine, Resources Safety and Health Queenslan…

A male miner is in a stable condition after an accident involving a bulldozer on Saraji Mine in the central Bowen Basin at around 1:45 Tuesday morni…

Wolff Mining is claiming a record at Saraji Mine in the Bowen Basin. They boasted 43,794 drilled metres in November beating the previous record o…

The State Government has filed charges against BMA over the death of a man at the Saraji coal mine near Moranbah in late 2018. Allan Houston, 49…

The mining union has called for a safety ‘reset’ across BHP’s Bowen Basin coal mines after the death of Allan Houston this week. CFMEU Mining and…

Authorities are investigating the death of a worker at BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance’s Saraji open-cut coal mine last night. A spokesman for t…