Resources remain backbone of export earnings
The value of Queensland’s coal exports dropped by $985 million in the year to February 2020, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data.
The value of Queensland’s coal exports dropped by $985 million in the year to February 2020, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data.
Anglo American is reducing payment terms for all small-to-medium businesses to 14 days as part of a raft of measures to assist communities. The global
Golden Energy and Resources (GEAR) has achieved a 51 per cent shareholding in Stanmore Coal after a takeover bid last week. Its subsidiary Golden Investments
A raft of work packages including civil works and electrics is open for expressions of interest as Anglo American’s Aquila project, near Middlemount, advances. Development
Sojitz Coal Mining and Futura Resources have signed an agreement to proceed with the new Wilton coking coal mine. Production is expected to begin as
QCoal has moved to purchase the business and assets of Bounty Mining, including the Cook Colliery. The company went into voluntary administration in December after
Stanmore Coal is the subject of a takeover bid
About half of the coal sample analysis certificates issued by ALS laboratories in Queensland and NSW since 2007 were manually amended ‘without justification’, an investigation
A new general manager is taking the helm at Adani’s Abbot Point operations near Bowen. Allan Brown (pictured below) has been appointed general manager –
Peabody Energy is shedding 40 staff from its Australian coal operations, citing a range of factors including the COVID-19 crisis. A Peabody spokeswoman described it
BMA is considering options including temporarily relocating workers and amending rosters to minimise travel to Queensland as the State tightens border restrictions. The company said
Queensland will close its borders to interstate fly in-fly out mine workers from midnight Saturday unless they are deemed critical to a project’s operations.
Bowen Coking Coal has lodged a Mining Lease Application for its Isaac River project, next door to BMA’s Daunia mine in the Bowen Basin. The
Coronado Global Resources is placing its United States operations on ‘idle’ as a result of the economic slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But its
Blair Athol mine owner TerraCom has completed its offer to acquire Universal Coal for $175 million. TerraCom, already the largest shareholder in Universal, said the
McConnell Dowell has secured an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract with BMA for a major infrastructure project at Hay Point Coal Terminal, near Mackay. The
A central Queensland local government leader is pushing miners to lock down their FIFO workforce within the shire’s boundaries. Isaac Regional Council Mayor Cr Anne
BHP will establish a $50 million Vital Resources Fund to help support regional communities around its operations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The