BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance

Thiess has extended its mining services contract at Peak Downs mine in Queensland, part of the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA).

The BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has formed a $5m partnership with schools throughout Queensland’s Bowen Basin to help boost technology-related education.

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance has furthered its relationship with NRW Holdings subsidiary Golding Contractors with yet another contract award for its Blackwater mine in Queensland.

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has developed a system for truck maintenance at the Daunia coal mine in Queensland that reduces the average downtime for a regular service from two hours to just 40 minutes.

BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has welcomed a large intake of local apprentices to sites across the Bowen Basin, Queensland.

CIMIC has moved into 2019 with a strengthened order book of work in the coal mining industry.

The BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has agreed to sell the Gregory Crinum coking coal mine in Queensland to Japan’s Sojitz Corp for $100 million.

BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has confirmed the death of a contractor working at the Goonyella Riverside mine in Queensland following injuries sustained during maintenance activities.

Young women will make up half the mining apprentices taking part in a work readiness program that kicks off in Queensland today.

More jobs are returning to Australia’s coal industry. Queensland’s coal sector in the Bowen Basin is the beneficiary on this occasion, with the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) offering hundreds of jobs in the region for the Peak Downs and Saraji mines.

Former QLD MP Ian Macfarlane has been appointed the new chief executive of the Queensland Resources Council (QRC), taking over from Michael Roche.

The CFMEU may take legal action to prevent up to 20 forced redundancies at BHP’s Hay Point Coal Terminal.

The CFMEU has accused BMA of attempting to bypass redundancy processes for the more than 200 workers it cut last month.

BMA has defended its choice to use FIFO employees for two new coal mines in Queensland stating its six other operations in the Bowen Basin employ residential workforces.

The debate around the use of 100 per cent FIFO workforces has heated up as BMA forges ahead with plans to expand two coal mines and build a new one in central Queensland.

Isaac Regional Council says it wants to know how many of the 230 job cuts from BMA’s Saraji coal mine will come from the local community.

BMA plans to cut 230 jobs from its Saraji coal mine in Queensland as it looks to improve productivity at the operation.

The official opening of BMA’s new Queensland coal mine will see 450 workers directly employed at the project.

BHP has opened Queensland newest coal mine, Daunia, the miner’s ninth coking coal mine in the state.

BHP Billiton has called off the sale of its Gregory Crinum coal complex after it couldn’t secure a buyer for the closed mine.