Latest Mining News
Watchdog urged to draw line in the sand against Boral's mine planned near sensitive sites
October 10 2020
The NSW Independent Planning Commission has been urged to reject a miner's plan to expand near the ecologically sensitive Minnamurra River.
Read More'He knows how close he came': Workers tell of emergency rescue dash after alleged mine site stabbing
October 10 2020
A first responder has detailed the moment he took a phone call alleging a man had been stabbed on a remote mine site in the West Kimberley.
Read MoreCommunity opposes plan to build mine on flood plain and prime agricultural land
October 10 2020
The central Queensland community of Baralaba supports mining, but most are against a proposed mine that will be built on a flood plain and prime land that was under water in the 2010–11 floods.
Read MoreWhat's in Mount Isa's plume and what should you do if it exceeds safe levels?
October 10 2020
There's no escaping heavy industry in Mount Isa — the stacks from the mining town's mine dominate the skyline and so do their contents. So how is the air quality monitored?
Read MoreTeenagers lodge last ditch legal action against Adani coal mine
October 10 2020
Two teenagers are mounting legal action in a final attempt to overturn the approval of Adani's Carmichael coal mine and rail project to save the Great Barrier Reef and limit the effects of climate change.
Read MoreRio Tinto-owned company 'squabbling' over payments for monitoring of Kakadu uranium mine
October 10 2020
In the wake of an outcry over the destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan caves in the Pilbara, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto is locked in mediation with the Federal Government over funding for scientific monitoring of a Kakadu uranium mine.
Read MoreBHP dumps $3.5 billion expansion at Olympic Dam mine
October 10 2020
Mining giant BHP scraps another multibillion-dollar expansion plan at the Olympic Dam mine site, after studies of the ore body revealed underwhelming prospects.
Read MoreCompany accused of destroying Aboriginal cultural site parts ways with director
October 10 2020
Kimberley Granite Holdings, which started legal action against the WA Government for knocking back its application to destroy an Aboriginal heritage site, parts ways with its managing director.
Read MoreAnti-fracking protesters who drilled into lawn of NT Parliament House face court
October 10 2020
Two protesters plead not guilty to criminal charges after using a bobcat to dig holes in the grass outside of Northern Territory Parliament House last year.
Read MoreRio Tinto accused of 'incremental genocide' after grilling at Juukan Gorge inquiry
October 10 2020
Mining company executives face hours of gruelling testimony and admit more mistakes were made in the destruction of ancient Aboriginal sites.
Read MoreExplosives reduce Hazelwood dredger to scrap metal in seconds
October 10 2020
It took less than 20 seconds for the 10-storey-high excavator to be destroyed in a "huge" controlled explosion that shook the houses of nearby communities.
Read MoreHazelwood power station dredger demolition
October 10 2020
The first of four Hazelwood power station dredgers was demolished today in a controlled explosion. Read More
We fact checked Matt Canavan on Indigenous employment in mining. Here's what we found
October 10 2020
Liberal National Party senator Matt Canavan says the mining industry employs Indigenous people at a greater rate than any other industry. Is he correct?
Read MoreBHP confirms Chinese customers have cancelled orders for Australian coal
October 10 2020
The mining giant says it has received deferment requests from Chinese coal customers, confirming reports China has put a freeze on accepting Australian coal.
Read More100 jobs to go at central Queensland coal mine
October 10 2020
Miner Anglo American says it is cutting 100 jobs from its workforce at the Grosvenor mine in Moranbah, months after operations were halted because of an explosion that seriously injured five workers, with the miners union warning affected workers might receive no redundancy payments.
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