Workers at Peabody Energy’s Coppabella mine have voted in favour of a new enterprise agreement which will see them receive zero, two and two and a half pay percentage increases over the next three years.
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Helensburgh miners urged to end pay deal dispute
With Helensburgh mine workers set to vote on a new enterprise agreement today, employees have been sent a letter from Peabody’s chief operations officer urging them to vote up the pay deal.
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Helensburgh miners to vote down Peabody pay deal: union
More than 200 workers at Peabody’s Helensburgh Metropolitan Colliery have voted to take further strikes after the company tries to force a vote on a new enterprise agreement not approved by the union.
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Locked-out Peabody workers set up camp outside mine site
Locked-out workers from Peabody’s Helensburgh Metropolitan Colliery have set up a camp outside the mine’s entrance in protest of actions taken by the company to idle the mine for seven days.
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Peabody’s productivity gains ease the pain
The search for productivity gains within Peabody Energy’s business is starting to pay, with the miner announcing it has improved production unit costs by 18 per cent since 2012.
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Peabody locks out mine workers again
Peabody Energy has locked workers out of Helensburgh Metropolitan Colliery again as the dispute around a new enterprise agreement continues.
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Peabody’s dusty mine angers locals
Mudgee District Environment Group has accused Peabody Energy’s Wilpinjong Coal mine of disregarding its Environmental Pollution Licence twice last week, resulting in clouds of coal dust blowing through the town of Wollar.
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Helensburgh mine workers strike over pay
More than 200 hundred workers from Peabody’s Helensburgh Metropolitan Colliery have gone on strike for 48 hours after negotiations around new enterprise agreements stalled.
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$18 million expansion planned for Wilpinjong coal mine
Peabody Energy is seeking to expand its Wilpinjong coal mine north-east of Mudgee in order to extract a further three millions tonnes of coal from the open-cut project.
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Rough road ahead for Downer EDI
Contractor Downer EDI indicated it will lose as much as $650 million in revenue in its mine services sector in the wake of the downturn in the mining industry.
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Mining students explore U.S. mines: BLOG
A group of mining’s future stars have jetted off to the United States to put what they’ve learnt in the classroom to practice. This is their blog.
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Australian coal assets an attractive option for internationals: Peabody
Major coal player Peabody Energy has moved to cut over 600 staff in just over a month and announced Australia’s coal sector is at a turning point, warning the nation’s environmental policies and economy will be risked if the coal sector doesn’t improve.
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42 jobs cut at Helensburgh’s Metropolitan coal mine
Peabody Energy will cut 42 jobs from Helensburgh’s Metropolitan coal mine as part of its plans to slash 400 positions from its operations across NSW and QLD.
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Controlling carbon with more coal
Major coal miner Peabody Energy has a plan for Australia's economy which it says will help the country reach its environmental goals. Alex Heber reports.
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QLD coal project on the market as coal price drops
Brazilian mining giant Vale is selling a Queensland coalmine after jobs losses and asset writedowns at its Australian ventures.
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Body count: 1000 mine jobs gone in a week
A slew of mining job cuts in Queensland coalfields this week has seen the tally exceed 1000.
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Peabody Energy slashes more than 400 contractor positions across its coal mines
Peabody Energy has announced it is drastically cutting the number of contractors across its Australian coal mines.
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Peabody Energy exposes late starters and slow eaters
In an effort to squeeze every last drop of productivity out of workers and boost coal production, Peabody Energy has installed business intelligence technology which exposes late starters and extended lunches.
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ATO orders Peabody to pay $72m in taxes and penalties
US coal giant Peabody Energy has been ordered to cough up about $22 million in fines and pay $50m in unpaid taxes after investigations by the Australian Taxation Office found it had not paid enough tax between 2004 and 2010.
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Peabody sees poor 2012, expects more losses ahead
Peabody has released its 2012 results, highlighting losses for the year with more ahead in the first quarter of 2013.
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