Sep 24, 2018

Briefings bring home building industry changes

The Queensland Building and Construction Commission will hold a series of regional Queensland briefings next month regarding payment laws coming into effect by the end of the year. They are among a raft of reforms the Queensland Government is implementing in stages to help ensure businesses in the building and construction industry are paid for the work they do. A commission spokesman said it was intended that changes relating to progress payments, adjudication and subcontractors’ charges would commence on December 17. When the reforms commence, they wil...

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Sep 24, 2018

Bauxite miner backs-up on recent awards win

Metro Mining, this year’s Digger and Dealers national ‘Leading Emerging Miner’ has backed up its growing reputation with the export of a million tonnes in five months. The milestone was achieved aboard the bulk carrier ISA OLDENDORFF as part of a 60,000 tonne shipment bound for Metro’s foundation customer Xinfa Group. Xinfa is one of China’slargest integrated aluminium compani...

Sep 24, 2018

Council warns against scam

Burdekin Shire Council is aware that a fraudulent request for tender using Council’s logo is currently being sent to local businesses via email. Council advises that this is not an official request for tender and is likely a scam. Council warns all residents against opening the email attachment and to exercise caution in opening any emails from unrecognised email addresses. The Australian Competit...

Sep 24, 2018

Coal dust reduction measures ticked off

Mining’s peak industry body in Queensland has given its seal of approval to new measures aimed at reducing coal dust related disease. The Queensland Resources Council has welcomed the certainty provided from the State Government’s announcement of new interim standards to reduce allowable coal dust measurements. The Palaszczuk Government has announced amendments to the Coal Mining Safety and ...

Sep 23, 2018

Minotaur bullish in pursuit of metal region’s ‘next big thing’

There’s another mighty base metals find-to-be in northwest Queensland and Minotaur Exploration’s Andrew Woskett reckons he’s just the man to find it. Not that he’d say it like that. Mr Woskett is humble before the science. But what he reads in the core samples and what’s being revealed by new geophysical exploration techniques brings a prospector’s glint to the eye of this otherwise fastidious jun...

Sep 23, 2018

Stanmore stretches it Bowen Basin Base

The Isaac Plains complex is delivering dividends for Stanmore Coal shareholders, crowning a triumphant turnaround tale for an asset previously mothballed. In the space of about two years Stanmore has built the Moranbah coal project’s mine life from about two years to at least 15 years and it turned a net profit of almost $6 million for 2017/18. It is another example of recent success in a buoyant ...

Sep 23, 2018

New bridge build saves time and cost

Researchers from the University of Queensland School of Civil Engineering have made an engineering breakthrough that can reduce major urban bridgeworks projects from months or even years to just three days. It has the potential to be revolutionary not only in design but also in costs and time. Its applications are widespread as explained here by Antony Funnell from the ABC’s Future Tense pr...

Sep 22, 2018

Taskforce floats tax incentives, investment cred as key issues

Considering tax incentives to encourage individuals to live and work in mining areas is among the recommendations of the first long-term plan for Australia’s resources sector for 20 years. The report was authored by the Resources 2030 Taskforce, chaired by Andrew Cripps, a former Queensland Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, and was handed down this week. Federal Minister for Resource...

Sep 21, 2018

Northern Gas Pipeline deal to supply Isa industry

Energy-infrastructure company Jemena has signed a contract with Santos to ship about eight terajoules of gas per day using its Northern Gas Pipeline. Gas transported as part of the agreement will be used to provide energy for local mining and mineral processing operations in the Mount Isa region. The new agreement means about 80 per cent of the NGP’s total available capacity in year one of operati...