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New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is investigating the state-owned Cobbora Holding Company (CHC) over improper asbestos storage at four sites in the state's central-west area.   Following the demolition of houses on land near Dunedoo owned by...

Mining company Rio Tinto and the University of Sydney have announced a five-year extension to their autonomous mining research partnership.   The two groups have been operating the Rio Tinto Centre for Mine Automation (RTCMA) based at the University's...

Sandvik Mining has announced plans to relocate its various global mining equipment facilities to India and China from the US and Europe.   The company's latest move is said to be part of a two year business reorganisation plan...

Jellinbah Resources has awarded a $250m contract to Thiess to operate the company's Jellinbah Plains' coal mine in Central Queensland.   Effective from 1 January 2015, the 39-month agreement will start once the existing contract with Leighton Contractors ends....

A new survey has revealed that between 2013 and 2014 the minerals and energy sector contributed $37.5bn to the Queensland state of Australia.   According to the report by the Queensland Resources Council, mining companies invested $5.6bn in wages...

Mining services company Sedgman has secured a $133m engineering procurement construction (EPC) contract for Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO)'s manganese mine expansion project.   According to Sedgman, the latest project re-processes manganese ore stored in tailings stockpiles and is...

New research has revealed that female mining professionals are being paid 27.1% less than their male counterparts.   Research from the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), which surveyed about 3,000 workers nationally, shows the pay gap between...