CFMEU

The Central Queensland town of Moranbah is reeling after the announcement Isaac Plains coal mine is going into care and maintenance, with 300 jobs set to be cut.

Mitsui’s Australian chief said mining wages in the country are too high and do not match productivity levels.

A coroner has recommended the mining industry adopt wireless tyre pressure sensing equipment after the death of a miner in 2010.

The CFMEU has accused BHP Billiton of not caring about its workforce or the future of Central Queensland after the miner announced it would cut 700 jobs.

Four mine workers who lost their lives at work in the last year were added to the Jim Comerford Memorial Wall in Cessnock at the weekend.

Yancoal is set to cut 50 jobs from its Abel underground coal mine near Newcastle.

The CFMEU has taken a case to the High Court to be able to use the term ‘scab’ during industrial action.

​Disrupted work on the Curtis Island gas projects has led to attempts by Bechtel to stop strike action through Fair Work Australia.

​A second day of protest is underway at Gladstone, with CFMEU members still striking at Curtis island ferry terminals.

The CFMEU have welcomed QLD premier Campbell Newman’s anti-FIFO statements, but say he must back his words with action.

Twenty workers have lost their jobs at Perilya mine in Broken Hill after a maintenance contract being carried out by Macmahon was handed to a smaller contractor.

​Concerns about the secrecy of ballots at the Mt Arthur coal mine have been answered by the out-sourced ballot overseer, Corpvote.

BHP Billiton has slashed 170 iron ore jobs from its Mt Whaleback mine in the Pilbara as it continues to focus on cost and productivity gains.

Around 50 contractors at Mt Arthur coal mine have been laid-off as a truck maintenance program is taking longer to complete than expected.

The CFMEU claims Vale faces a $63 million bill over its plan to close the Integra coal mine complex in the Hunter Valley, fuelling rumours the mines have been sold.

​Media reports linking unions to ambit claims have been dispelled, with CFMEU revealing Rio Tinto took the claims from non-union, independent negotiators.

A coronial inquest in Queensland has heard a man died at Anglo American’s Foxleigh mine due to a “zipper failure” which caused a tyre to explode.

500 jobs are set to be slashed in the Hunter Valley as two major coal mines are placed into care and maintenance.

Broken Hill’s Perilya mine will end its shotcrete contract with MacMahon in a move set to lead to job losses at the site.

Rio Tinto plans to cut jobs from its Hail Creek coal mine in Queensland as it looks to improve costs and productivity at the operation.