Silicosis has been flagged as a problem in the Australian mining industry since the beginning of the 20th century. Yet the dust disease is still prevalent today. Over 600,000 Australian workers are exposed to silica dust each year and an estimated 230 develop lung cancer as a result. “In mines and quarry sites, there are … Continue reading Breathing easier with silica controls in the workplace →

BHP will supply Tesla with nickel from its Nickel West asset in Western Australia in a collaboration which will aim to make the battery supply chain more sustainable.

Venture Minerals is less than two weeks away from commissioning the wet screening plant at the Riley iron ore mine in Tasmania.

Glencore is opening new career opportunities across regional communities, with the major mining company set to launch its 2021 apprenticeship program.

New Hope Group has reported solid earnings from its coal operations, driven mainly by increased production at the Bengalla mine in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.

Downer has signed a contract with cloud-based tracking platform developer, Track’em for an upstream coal seam gas development project.

The Australian mining industry has provided more tax than all other industry averages, according to a KPMG survey.

Australian mining exploration companies, AusQuest and South32 have extended their existing strategic alliance agreement (SAA) until the end of 2021. 

Argosy Minerals expects to export its first batch of lithium carbonate from the Rincon project in Argentina to Mitsubishi Corporation this month.

Rio Tinto plans to build its first solar plant at the Koodaideri iron ore project in the Pilbara to improve the company’s emission reduction targets.

Almost half of global mining companies rank licence to operate as the biggest issue for business in the Top 10 Business Risks and Opportunities 2020 report. But what is Australia most concerned with?

88 Energy has provided an update on the upcoming drilling of the Charlie-1 appraisal well at Project Icewine on the proven Alaska North Slope basin.

Oil prices have spiked after 10 unmanned aerial vehicles attacked the world’s biggest crude-processing facility and its second-biggest oil field, both in Saudi Arabia.

The Papua New Guinea Government has given project partners Total, Exxon Mobil and Australia’s Oil Search the green light to proceed with the $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

Carnarvon Petroleum has gained clarity for its Buffalo oil field project after it signed a production sharing contract (PSC), and Australia and Timor-Leste ratified its Maritime Boundary Treaty (MBT).

Strike Energy and Warrego Energy’s West Erregulla-2 joint venture project in Western Australia has intercepted and begun drilling through the high cliff sandstone at 4928 metres.

Senex Energy has completed the production test of the Gemba-1 exploration well in the Cooper Basin, enabling the well to be brought online by the end of this year.

Woodside Energy has awarded OEG Offshore a contract to supply a variety of cargo carrying units for all Woodside’s offshore production activities in Australia.

The Western Australian Government has released a new greenhouse gas emissions policy for major projects assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).