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Anglo American will team up with Traditional Owners for mining exploration in North West Queensland thanks to a new agreement with the Pitta Pitta Aboriginal Corporation.

Mining equipment specialist Emeco Holdings will spend around $90 million on new assets to contribute to earnings and cash generation in the 2020 financial year.

Peabody has received certification from the Queensland Government for rehabilitating nearly 90 hectares of the Wilkie Creek open cut mine in the Darling Downs region.

CIMIC Group has won a $90 million contract with Australia Pacific LNG to deliver over 300 coal seam gas wells in the Surat Basin, Queensland.

Resolute Mining’s proposed expansion of the Ravenswood gold mine has had its prescribed project status increased by the Queensland Government to November 2020.

Zinc producer Sun Metals Corporation is set to deliver hundreds of new roles to Queensland following state government approval of a $300 million expansion to its refinery 15km south of Townsville.

Mining was a key contributor to Perth’s improving gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017–18, but the city requires “alternate sources of economic growth”, according to a new report by SGS Economics and Planning.

NRW Holdings subsidiary Golding has inked a contract with Fitzroy Australia Resources for works at the Ironbark No.1 coal mine in Queensland.

The National Group recently welcomed the first roll-on, roll-off (RORO) vessel, VIking Destiny, at the Port of Mackay in Queensland.

Minister for Jobs and Innovation Michaelia Cash has announced funding to the tune of $1.5 million for four mining business in Mackay, Queensland.

Peabody’s North Goonyella underground coking coal mine is set to have its mine life extended to 2026.

Minotaur Exploration has extended its drilling program by 800m to 2500m at the Jericho copper system, part of the Eloise joint venture (JV) with OZ Minerals near Cloncurry, Queensland.

Despite considerable growth in the Central Queensland region over the last two decades, Mastermyne has worked hard to maintain its foundational culture of family, mateship and support for the broader local communities in which it works.

Leading mining services provider Thiess has announced an intake of mid-year apprentices for its Thiess Apprenticeship Program.

Canadian company Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) is now trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) following its $93 million acquisition of Altona Mining.

Queensland Mayor Anne Baker has called for “reason and sensibility” regarding the current debate surrounding Adani’s contentious Carmichael coal project in the Galilee Basin.

Stanmore Coal has announced that mining leases for its Isaac Plains East (IPE) project have been granted alongside Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) approvals.

Cobalt developer Australian Mines has signed an offtake agreement with South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer SK Innovation — parent SK Group is currently 95th on the Fortune Global 500 — for 100 per cent of production from the Sconi cobalt-nickel-scandium project in Queensland.

Senex Energy has received environmental authority from the Queensland Government for its 100 per cent-owned Western Surat gas project in the Surat Basin

Glencore is to fill over 200 jobs for various copper and zinc operations in North Queensland, including operations in or near major mining towns such as Mount Isa, Cloncurry and Townsville.