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Civmec contract with Fortescue to create 300 jobs
Fortescue Metals Group has awarded Civmec a contract for the delivery of the primary crushing and ore processing facility at its Eliwana iron ore project in the Pilbara.
August 14, 2019 0 comment
Technology set to support jobs
One of Australia’s leading innovators in mine site automation suggests the technology is more likely to support the jobs of workers rather than take them away.
August 9, 2019 0 comment
Clive Palmer settles $200m Queensland Nickel lawsuit
Clive Palmer has reached a settlement in the Federal Court over the collapse of Queensland Nickel, despite claiming that the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) scheme should have never happened in the first place.
August 6, 2019 0 comment
SIMPEC secures Western Australian contract extensions
SIMPEC has received another $5 million in scope extensions to its current structural, mechanical and piping (SMP) electrical and instrumentation (E&I) contracts in Western Australia.
July 31, 2019 0 comment
KCGM employees to get 22 weeks paid parental leave
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) has followed the lead of joint venture owner Newmont Goldcorp by providing generous parental or adoption leave, regardless of gender.
July 31, 2019 0 comment
METS Ignited urges mining to embrace automation
A call to arms by METS Ignited is encouraging the Australian mining industry to come together and capitalise on the huge opportunity automation presents.
July 29, 2019 0 comment
QLD puts FIFO ban on eight more large projects
The Queensland Government has added another eight large resources projects to its ban for fly-in fly-out (FIFO) recruitment in support of jobs for local communities.
July 26, 2019 0 comment
BHP plots massive automation roll out across Australia
BHP will potentially introduce up to 500 autonomous trucks at its open cut operations, a tenfold increase on the company’s existing fleet at the Jimblebar mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
July 26, 2019 0 comment
QLD resources job market prospers
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has highlighted the state’s resources jobs market is outperforming vacancies in the rest of Queensland’s economy at a high rate of 15 to one.
July 23, 2019 0 comment
Mining sector third strongest contributor on job market
SEEK has released its July employment report, which indicated the mining, resources and energy sector is the employment market’s third strongest growth contributor.
July 19, 2019 0 comment
Agrimin hands plant design contract to Primero
Western Australian-based minerals company Agrimin has awarded Primero Group an engineering design contract for its Mackay Potash project south of the Port of Wyndham.
July 17, 2019 0 comment
Mitchell Services wins contract to blast Kirkalocka restart forward
Mitchell Services has secured a $33 million drill and blast contract at Adaman Resources’ Kirkalocka restart project in Western Australia.
July 15, 2019 0 comment
Which mining skills are in demand around Australia?
Recruitment specialist Hays has revealed the skills that are in demand across Australia’s resources sector heading into the second half of the year.
July 11, 2019 0 comment
Mining and resources salaries spike in 2019
Jobs in the mining, resources and energy sector have experienced one of the highest salary increases of any Australian industry in 2019.
July 10, 2019 0 comment
Woodside to create thousands of jobs at Burrup Hub
Woodside Energy will require a workforce of more than 4600 workers when its Burrup Hub construction reaches its peak in 2023.
July 4, 2019 0 comment
Queensland resources industry ramps up job growth
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and the Greater Whitsunday Council of Mayors have signed an agreement to further boost resources jobs in the region.
July 1, 2019 0 comment
Newmont Goldcorp edges closer to Tanami expansion with Valmec
Newmont Goldcorp has awarded a $6 million construction contract to Valmec for the second expansion project it has proposed at the Tanami gold mine in the Northern Territory.
June 19, 2019 0 comment
Anglo American targets apprentices for Moranbah North
Anglo American has opened applications for its 2020 apprenticeship program at the Moranbah North mine in central Queensland.
June 5, 2019 0 comment
BHP grants Pilbara local works contract at Yandi
BHP has awarded the largest single contract through its Local Buying Program to a Pilbara Aboriginal Traditional Owner business, Gumala Enterprises at the Yandi iron ore mine site.
June 5, 2019 0 comment
Fortescue recruitment trailer hits road in Pilbara
Fortescue Metals Group has launched a recruitment trailer that is touring around the Pilbara region of Western Australia, spreading employment opportunities to the Aboriginal communities.
May 31, 2019 0 comment