BHP Billiton discloses the pay gap between Australian and US mines
BHP Billiton has revealed that it is paying up to 50% higher wages to some of its coalmining workers compared to equivalent employees in...
BP to close Bulwer Island Refinery in Brisbane
Global oil giant British Petroleum (BP) has announced that it will close its Bulwer Island refinery in Brisbane because of the emergence of major...
BHP Billiton discusses the global outlook for coal at CEDA
President of BHP Billiton’s global Coal business, Dean Dalla Valle, spoke yesterday at CEDA’s Energy and Resources series in Brisbane about the global outlook...
BHP Billiton considers $20 billion demerger plan
BHP Billiton has hinted that it is considering the possibility of demerging its non-core aluminium, manganese, thermal coal and nickel assets.
According to the article...
Cokal accepts funding package for BBM
Global metallurgical coal group Cokal Limited has announced that it has accepted the proposal for a funding package of up to US$150 million from...
WA iron ore success story underlines need for MRRT repeal
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry Bob Baldwin has congratulated Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) at the opening of the Kings Mine in the...
130 jobs affected with impending closure of Glencore mine
Glencore Xstrata will be closing down its Ravensworth underground operation in NSW September, blaming "increasingly difficult" economic conditions for its decision.
A spokesman for the company said “Continued...
University of Adelaide and Archer Exploration team up to develop commercial uses for Australia’s...
The University of Adelaide and Archer Exploration Limited have signed a two-year $200,000 research agreement that will focus on the best commercial uses of...
WDS joint venture signs agreement with Arrow Energy
WDS Limited, a leading Australian integrated provider of specialist development, design, engineering, construction, fabrication and maintenance related services to the mining and energy sector,...
New study inspects worker reps role in Queensland coal mines health and safety
The Cardiff Work Environment Research Centre at Cardiff University in Wales, UK, has conducted a news study investigating the role and effectiveness of health...
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Australian precision engineering and industrial instrumentation company CENMAC implemented ERP software when it was still a one-man operation. “I couldn’t imagine us growing to this size without MRPeasy,” says Jason Ford, Founder.
