Rio Tinto’s expansion of Mt Thorley Warkworth coal mine gets go ahead!

POSTED: 26th Oct

The proposed expansion of Rio Tinto’s Mt Thorley Warkworth coal mine has been given the go ahe...

Centennial Coal secures another generation of mining at its Springvale and Mandalong coal mines

POSTED: 20th Oct

Centennial Coal has seen its Springvale and Mandalong coal mines win extension approvals. The Spr...

Carmichael mine gets the greenlight

POSTED: 19th Oct

Environment minister Greg Hunt has once again approved Adani’s Carmichael coal mine. It com...

New coal mine jobs at Wilkie Creek mine

POSTED: 13th Oct

The new owners of a coal mine west of Toowoomba are planning to hire more than 120 locals to work at...

Doray Minerals doubling its gold mine workforce to 400

POSTED: 5th Aug

Doray Minerals has announced some new moves for the company which will help it to push forward throu...

New Tasmanian iron mine approved - 300 jobs created

POSTED: 15th Jun

The Tasmanian Government has approved the development of a new iron ore mine which is set to create ...

Illuka's NSW mineral sands mine will require 209 construction & 550 operational workers

POSTED: 10th Jun

Iluka Resources is proposing to develop a new mineral sands project in south-western New South Wales...

Alkane’s Dubbo based mine project approved - 450 jobs

POSTED: 3rd Jun

Alkane Resources’ Dubbo Zirconia Project has been approved by the NSW Planning Assessment Comm...

Greenlight given for new WA gold mine - 1st July commencement

POSTED: 15th May

Ramelius Resources has been given the go ahead for the commencement of mining at the Kathleen Valley...

South Australia will see a second graphite mine open in 2016

POSTED: 30th Apr

South Australia will see a second graphite mine open in 2016, government permissions pending. Lin...

WA uranium mine gets approved - 450+ workers needed

POSTED: 10th Mar

Cameco’s Kintyre uranium mine has received conditional approval from WA’s environmental ...

Havilah Resources gets green light for South Australian gold mine

POSTED: 11th Feb

Havilah Resources will begin mining at its Portia mine north-west of Broken Hill, in South Australia...

New NSW coal mine gets approval, 600 jobs expected

POSTED: 2nd Feb

Shenhua’s huge Watermark Coal project in north-west New South Wales has been given t...

Miners required for 'Resource Mining' ABM Old Pirate contract

POSTED: 30th Jan

ABM Resources has awarded Resource Mining the contract to mine its Old Pirate Gold project. It al...

Galilee Basin coal mine approved in - 1600 new jobs

POSTED: 3rd Dec

AMCI and Bandanna Energy’s South Galilee coal project has been given the greenlight by the QLD...

Glencore’s Bulga Optimisation Project gets approval - 300 new construction jobs

POSTED: 2nd Dec

The NSW Planning Commission has approved Glencore’s Bulga Optimisation Project (BOP), which wi...

Port Lincoln Graphite mine reopened in SA - 60 workers needed for phase 2

POSTED: 25th Nov

Australia to begin graphite production in SA. Australia’s only operating graphite mine...

Rio Tinto’s $3.5B Pilbara iron ore mine approved - 2,000 workers needed

POSTED: 20th Nov

Western Australia’s environmental authority has approved Rio Tinto’s plan to build a mas...

Adani's Carmichael mine receives $1B boost & will create 10,000 jobs

POSTED: 19th Nov

Adani has signed a deal which will see the State Bank of India extend a $1 billion credit facility t...

1200 more workers potentially required for Barrow Island project

POSTED: 5th Nov

Around 1200 more workers could be brought to work on Barrow Island, thanks to a new accommodation fa...

Still hope for the Gladstone $5B Steel project to create 1,800 jobs

POSTED: 25th Oct

There is still hope that the project to create a major, $5 billion steel project in Gladstone will g...

New bauxite mine in Tasmania to create 45 jobs

POSTED: 23rd Sep

Tasmania will see the development of its first bauxite mine in over 30 years after approving Austral...

200+ new mining jobs will be created at Cockatoo Coal's Baralaba expansion project

POSTED: 28th Aug

More than 200 new mining jobs will be created on the back of Cockatoo Coal's Baralaba expansion ...

Carmichael Coal double hiring estimates - now 5000 construction phase jobs on offer

POSTED: 25th Aug

Carmichael mine developers Adani are now taking expressions of interest from people wanting work in ...

Claims of Australia's biggest oil discovery in 30 years

POSTED: 18th Aug

US oil and gas player Apache has made what is being heralded by some as Australia's largest oil ...

Carmichael rail line to create up to 2400 new mining construction jobs

POSTED: 14th Aug

Construction of a rail line to the new Carmichael Coal Mine would create up to 2400 jobs, ...

6400 new jobs at approved $16.5B Carmichael coal mine

POSTED: 29th Jul

The $16.5 billion Carmichael Coal and Rail Project was given federal approval last week, a greenligh...

90 graphite jobs on Eyre Peninsula

POSTED: 16th Jul

The South Australian graphite industry continues to show promise, with more jobs on offer from ...

More jobs to come at Uley mine in South Australia

POSTED: 15th Jul

Graphite miner Valence Industries has announced they are near to completing the refurbishm...

540 new jobs are set to be created with the Byerwen Coal project receiving Queensland government approval.

POSTED: 4th Jul

Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jeff Seeney said QCoa...

Whitehaven Coal looks to hire 450 workers for Maules Creek mine

POSTED: 1st Jul

Whitehaven Coal is getting ready to hire the 450 workers it will need to run the controversial Maule...

500 new workers required at NSW mineral sands project

POSTED: 17th Jun

A new mineral sands mine has been approved in the NSW shire of Balranald, with hundreds of workers n...

Mining and construction jobs set for a rebound

POSTED: 12th Jun

MINING and construction firms have reported cautiously optimistic hiring plans for the next three mo...

$16.5B Carmichael mine expected to generate 2,500 construction phase jobs & 3,900 permanent jobs

POSTED: 5th Jun

Adani looks to hand out contracts for $16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine Adani will soon hand out...

Federal Government grants $440,000 for mining industry female employment program

POSTED: 3rd Jun

WOMEN forging career paths in the blokey industries of mining, oil and gas, are about to receive som...

New construction at Roy Hill will require 1000 mining workers

POSTED: 30th May

New construction at Roy Hill will require 1000 workers, as Thiess has been awarded a new contract fo...

Some positive Mining news from the Federal budget

POSTED: 14th May

The latest budget has been released over night and there is some positive news for th...

First iron ore mined at Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill project

POSTED: 2nd May

Gina Rinehart’s $7 billion Roy Hill project has mined its first iron ore. The first high-gr...

Thousands of mining jobs to fill by 2030

POSTED: 14th Jan

Research has found South Australia will need to fill an extra 35,000 mining jobs by 2030, more than ...

Mining plans fast-tracked

POSTED: 14th Jan

FIFTY mining projects left "in limbo" by Labor's water trigger legislation could be fa...