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The Queensland Government has approved New Hope Group’s mining lease for the Colton coal project, bring it closer to development.

Macmahon has been chosen as the preferred mining contractor for QCoal’s Byerwen coal mine near Glenden in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.

Peabody Energy has signed a contract with wastewater solutions provider SciDev to provide an OptiFlox treatment system at its Wilpinjong coal mine in New South Wales.

Queensland’s department of natural resources and mines (DNRM) has approved the move of the Blair Athol coal mine to TerraCom subsidiary Orion Mining

Plans for the Styx Coal project in Queensland have commenced, expected to create up to 500 jobs in the region.

A mine worker has died following a truck accident at Rix’s Creek coal mine near Singleton, New South Wales last week.

The Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) traditional owners plan to conduct more legal action against Adani’s Carmichael coal mine, with claims it disregards their native title rights.

A new Miners Memorial Monument will be built in Ipswich, Queensland to commemorate the sacrifice and contribution of miners in the state.

Adani’s Carmichael coal project in Queensland has received approval for a rail line and workers camp – its final major state and federal government approval.

At least 15 people have died and 18 are missing after a gas explosion at a coal mine in south western China yesterday.

De Beers is selling its 50 per cent stake in Botswana’s only coal mine, amid owner Anglo American’s efforts to divest ‘non-core’ assets.

Australian Pacific Coal (AQC) has appointed previous executive director John Robinson Jnr as the new CEO. Robinson was previously an executive director at the miner. The Board selected Robinson based on his performance in managing multiple interests of the company, and he has brought a strong focus on corporate strategy with delivered outcomes. He will … Continue reading Australian Pacific Coal appoints new CEO →

For progress made in completely turning around its operation and driving not only productivity but also safety, Anglo American’s Moranbah North coal mine has been recognised as the 2015 Australian Mining’s Prospect Awards’ Coal Mine of the Year.

New Hope Group has claimed the company has no influential ties with the Queensland government, despite revelations of massive donations to the LNP.

Fire fighters are working to control a blaze at Hazelwood coal mine as production at the site stopped overnight, affecting the 1600-megawatt Hazelwood Power Station.

Protests at Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine project are ramping up with tree-clearing and construction work halted at the hands of activists.

A gas leak at a coal mine in Spain has killed six men and left five injured in the country’s worst mining accident in nearly 20 years.

Collinsville locals have produced a video demanding answers from GlencoreXstrata’s management after the miner closed down the local coal mine leaving 200 people out of work.

A former coal mine in Belgium has been reborn as a modernist community space, with high schools, movie theatres and hiking tracks taking the place of old mining infrastructure.

A worker injured in an underground coal mine in central Queensland in 2009 has received $290,000 in compensation.