Current News for Mining

Workers at a Queensland aluminium refinery are getting new toilets after overflowing sewage forced more than 100 workers to walk out.

A new NSW levy on mining companies is a big step towards bringing safety standards up to scratch, says the CFMEU.

Two Hunter Valley coal companies have lost a challenge to the NSW Industrial Relations Commission’s power to convict killer companies.

Scores of workers are being injured in mines while the NSW Government sits on its hands over reform in the industry, according to the CFMEU.

Swiss mining giant Xstrata has been fined $1.47 million over the 1996 deaths of four Hunter Valley coalminers.

Workers fears over losing their entitlements have been scapegoated for a jump in injuries at a Tasmanian mine.

The Miners Union warned of an industrial backlash over attempts by two of the biggest coal companies in Australia to overturn criminal provisions in safety laws.

The uranium poisoning of up to 120 Northern Territory mineworkers has been sheeted home to the use of AWAs.

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