NSW

Yancoal hopes to redeploy the majority its 205-strong workforce at the Austar coal mine after today starting a process to halt operations at the New South Wales site.

Global engineering firm DRA Group will significantly expand its Australian presence with the acquisition of Queensland-based G&S Engineering from Calibre Group.

Heron Resources has awarded the road and rail logistics services contract for its Woodlawn zinc-copper project in New South Wales to local supplier Crawfords Freightlines.

An expenditure survey from the New South Wales Minerals Council featuring 23 participating mining companies has found that they delivered $10.4 billion for the NSW economy in 2016–17.

Redbank coal-fired power station, under care and maintenance since 2014 in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, is to be repurposed as the IOT Blockchain Application Centre (BAC) for the provision of cheap electricity to blockchain companies.

MinRex Resources has secured an agreement to acquire Clean Power Resources, the owner of three projects with cobalt and scandium potential in New South Wales and Western Australia.

David Ipp, QC, formerly a judge of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), believes the New South Wales Government’s mining licence approval process is at risk of corruption, particularly given its handling of the Ridgelands coal mine renewal in the state’s Upper Hunter region.

Peel Mining and Talisman Mining today announced that rock-chip sampling and reconnaissance field mapping has commenced at their joint Lachlan copper-gold project in New South Wales.

A death that occurred yesterday at an open cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales is currently being investigated by local government.

Development at the 620 square-kilometre Woodlawn zinc-copper project in New South Wales is on budget and on track, according to project owners Heron.

Paul Harvey, chief operating officer of South32, has stated that community and environmental impact assessments have begun at its Dendrobium coking coal mine in New South Wales.

Anglo American has expressed support for the New South Wales Government’s decision to renew operations at the Drayton South underground coal mine.

Peel Mining’s shares closed at 47 per cent up at end of trading yesterday following announcement of a major high-grade zinc discovery at the company’s Southern Nights prospect in New South Wales.

The New South Wales Government plans to allow Centennial Coal to continue operations at its Springvale mining operation, overriding a Land and Environment Court decision and securing over 600 jobs in the Lithgow region in the process.

A coal dust reduction program launched by the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has cut down dust emissions by 22,000 tonnes, or 19 per cent, a year.

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

Komatsu and GE have announced a ten-year partnership agreement to provide electrical remanufacturing services for mining equipment and vehicles. At Komatsu’s Welshpool facility in Perth, GE will apply expertise to the remanufacturing of wheel motors, alternators and grid blowers for Komatsu mining trucks through Komatsu Reman. Together with GE, Komatsu will improve its Reman build … Continue reading GE and Komatsu announce extended 10-year partnership →

Wambo Coal has received a $60,000 fine following a blast mishap that sent an orange dust plume blowing towards Jerrys Plains in the NSW Hunter region in 2014.

Yancoal is cutting 45 jobs at its Duralie open cut mine near Gloucester, NSW, citing geological problems rather than a decline in coal prices as the the cause.

The Greens are calling on New South Wales to follow Victoria’s lead and ban fracking.