If new projects aren’t given the go ahead Queensland’s FIFO and DIDO workforce will drop about 4000 positions by 2015, new state government population data suggests.
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Blacked-out buses to transport Glencore’s new workers: CFMEU
The CMFEU have called on Glencore to retain the current workforce at Collinsville mine amid speculation the miner is planning on bussing in workers from other towns.
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Billboards target big miners’ 100% FIFO workforce
Two major billboards demanding an end to the use of 100% FIFO workforces in the Bowen Basin have been erected on highways around Mackay.
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Bowen locals rally for Abbott Point expansion green light
More than 600 Bowen locals rallied in support of the Abbot Point coal expansion last night, urging the Federal Government to back the project.
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Anglo calls for voluntary redundancies at Grasstree coal mine
Anglo American is calling for voluntary redundancies across its Grasstree operations in central Queensland.
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Toowoomba feeling brunt of mining slump
The effects of the mining investment slowdown are trickling through southeast Queensland, with many Toowoomba businesses slashing jobs.
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Mining slump cools rental prices
Rental prices in the Surat and Bowen basins have marginally decreased in some towns but are still higher than market price.
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Queensland’s mining service sector cops the downturn’s full force
A downturn in the mining sector is flowing through to the industry’s service sector with projects being shelved or scrapped, and austerity measures in full swing.
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Tremor probably a mine blast, seismologists say
Tremors were recorded west of Mackay in north Queensland around 4:30pm yesterday near the Hail Creek Mine in the Bowen Basin.
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450 jobs slashed from GlencoreXstrata workforce
GlencoreXstrata has announced that a cut back in production will see 450 people from Newlands and Oaky Creek mines lose their jobs by the end of 2013.
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Dudgeon Point Coal Terminal delayed as coal market slides
Poor conditions in the coal industry continue to hamper mining developments as North Queensland Bulk Ports delay their Dudgeon Point Coal Terminal project.
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Liberty granted promising coal tenement in Bowen Basin
After four years Perth based explorer Liberty has been granted a coal exploration licence in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.
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Anglo American commits Aquila mine to care and maintenance mode
Queensland’s coal sector troubles has today once again reared its ugly head with Anglo American announcing its Aquila coal mine will go into care and maintenance mode from July 30.
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BMA’s Daunia mine delivers first coal load
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance’s Daunia mine has begun pulling coal from Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin.
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Taroborah Coal Project wants to hire local workers
A company proposing a coal project 22 kilometres west of Emerald said they want to employ locals and not FIFO workers if the mine gets the go ahead.
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BHP’s 100% FIFO policy a disgrace: CFMEU
BHP’s decision to use a 100 per cent FIFO workforce instead of hiring from inside the local Central Queensland community, has enraged locals, the unions as well as the wider mining community at large.
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Bandanna to go ahead with Bowen Basin
Mining company Bandanna Energy said it will proceed with a coal project in central Queensland’s Bowen Basin despite a slowdown in the resources sector.
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Analysts expect weaker performance from BHP and Rio
Analysts expect Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton to post weaker production results for the March quarter after a spate of cyclones disrupted operations in WA and QLD.
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Union concerned over safety of BMA cars
The CFMEU has expressed concern about the safety of cars used on BMA mine sites in Queensland.
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Pollies unsure of $12bn port plans
Both sides of politics have expressed doubt over the viability of building a new $12 billion coal port south of Mackay, which is also opposed by environmentalists.
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