Cuts at Dawson as COVID-19 crunches coal returns
Dawson mine is facing a workforce cut after falling coal prices sparked an Anglo American move to defer some production activities at the Bowen Basin
June 9, 2020
Dawson mine is facing a workforce cut after falling coal prices sparked an Anglo American move to defer some production activities at the Bowen Basin
ActivEX has snapped up a string of nine thermal and metallurgical coal tenements in the Bowen and Surat basins for $75,000. The company announced today
Bowen Coking Coal has announced a 43 million-tonne maiden resource estimate for the Hillalong North coal deposit, east of Glenden in Central Queensland. It says
Vitrinite is pushing ahead with plans for a 1.95Mtpa coking coal mine at its Vulcan tenements, 35km south of Moranbah. The open-cut project has an
Miners and the supply chain were expecting to increase staff numbers post COVID19. The Queensland government was also called out for praise in its handling
Well-known CQ businesses SMW Group and BAE Engineering have announced a merger and the creation of a new parent company, SMW Group Limited. SMW Group
There’ll be a merger of two key geoscience institutions at the University of Queensland. The Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) and UQ Holding’s technology transfer company JKTech,
If words were coal then the imaginations of students in port communities across the north are set to stoked by the thousands. FOUR primary schools
Macmahon Holdings has won a $700 million contract for an expansion and three-year extension of its work at the Byerwen coking coal mine in the
Adani has awarded a $350 million-plus civil construction contract for the Carmichael coal project’s rail network to Queensland-based BMD. This takes the total value of
Rail freight operator Aurizon has refinanced $1.3 billion in debt, adding an extra $420 million to its previous level, while reiterating its expected earnings for
The Queensland Resources Council has welcomed a State decision providing regulatory certainty for rail and port infrastructure critical to the coal industry. QRC chief executive
New career opportunities across regional communities are available with applications open for Glencore’s 2021 Apprenticeship Program. With almost 450 apprentices already working across its Australian
Rockhampton-based business Stresscrete has won a $9 million-plus contract to manufacture girders and supply concrete box culverts for Adani’s Carmichael rail project. Adani Mining chief
Data released this week shows the scale of recent mining industry growth in Australia. Mining earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for 2018-19
Four senior miners with more than 70 combined years of experience have joined Queensland’s Board of Examiners. Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham today announced the
Applications have opened for the 2021 BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) apprenticeship program. BMA has not revealed how many new apprentices it will be taking on
Peabody’s Millennium mine has marked the end of an era, seeing off its last shipment of coking coal. The 30,000 tonne shipment was railed out