Macmahon Holdings Limited has announced it has signed a three-year MOU with Indonesia’s PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara.
The agreement will see Macmahon assist AMNT to evaluate options to accelerate production
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Sodexo wins $22m Amrun contract with 20 per cent Indigenous employment target
Rio Tinto has awarded a A$22 million integrated services contract to facilities management provider Sodexo, which includes an Indigenous employment target of 20 per cent within two years.
Sodexo will supply
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Mine rehabilitation could create thousands of jobs
A mine rehabilitation reform campaign has recommended the introduction of an independent authority to rehabilitate abandoned mine sites, which could create thousands of jobs in mining precincts that were
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East Timor’s Nobel laureate asks Australia to show ‘fair go’ over oil
Rio Tinto contractor conundrum: The new normal in the Pilbara?
Rio Tinto Iron Ore's decision to use contractors for all external hires from now on will have impacts felt well beyond the pit.
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Rio Tinto to turn to contractors for iron ore
Rio Tinto has announced it will now only hire contract labour for its iron ore operations.
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Centre of Excellence opened to replace hole left by Cat’s exit
A new Manufacturing Centre of Excellence has been opened in Burnie, in response to Caterpillar Underground Mining’s decision to move manufacturing to Thailand.
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A labour dump is unlikely under the China Australia free trade agreement
Fears that the Chinese Australian Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) will lead to a flood of Chinese workers in Australia are unfounded. The amount that China invests overseas is not linked to the flow of Chinese labour and in fact Australia could stand benefit from the investment the agreement will promote.
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How machines destroy and create jobs
Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins examines the impact of automation, and the changing nature of the workforce as technology evolves.
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Downturn not finished yet: NAB
Despite increased positivity in the resources sector, NAB research has forecast the current downturn to continue, with more than 50,000 jobs to be lost.
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Pay nearly halved for Griffin coal miners
A decision supported by the Fair Work Commission to slash Griffin Coal’s Collie miners pay by 43 per cent has been slammed by unions.
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Arrium closure would wipeout 40 per cent of Whyalla workforce: report
A new study from Flinders University has put the cost of Arrium Whyalla factory closing at 40 per cent of all jobs in the city being lost.
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One dollar coal mine reopens, creates new jobs
The Isaac Plains coal mine reopened yesterday, highlighting the promising long term prospects for the state’s resources sector.
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Underground decline to start at Carrapateena, new jobs to be created
OZ Minerals is ramping up work on its massive Carrapateena copper deposit, with decline construction slated for the coming months.
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Dartbrook coal mine to go underground
Dartbrook coal mine looks set to reopen as an underground operation, a move new owner Australian Pacific Coal (APC).
The coal miner, formerly led by bankrupt Nathan Tinkler, stated it was close to completing
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Government to pay out former Queensland Nickel workers
A grim future for Arrium, Ford and Queensland Nickel workers?
Carmichael coal approved, construction to start in 2017
The Queensland Government has approved mining leases for the Carmichael coal mine, marking one of the largest approvals of its kind in the state’s history.
Three individual leases have been approved
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Automation won’t destroy jobs, but it will change them
As automation and autonomous machinery becomes more prevalent on the mine, it is changing the face of the industry, but how will it affect workers?
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OZ Minerals to ramp up Carrapateena development
OZ Minerals has accelerated its plans to develop a new mine, the Carrapateena copper gold project, creating hundreds of new jobs.
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