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...
