METS sector companies in the Mackay region are being encouraged to throw their hats in the ring for the upcoming 2020 Resource Industry Network (RIN) Awards. Nominations are open until April 17 and RIN is urging businesses to take the time to prepare their nominations for the seven categories on offer. Last year’s Striving for Diversity category winner, Deslie Halliday from Mackay Convey...
Bowen Basin coal miner TerraCom has blasted as ‘unfounded’ allegations filed in an unfair dismissal case that it was involved in a scheme producing fake analysis of coal samples. The case has also prompted testing service ALS to launch an independent, forensic investigation into the processes applied to the certification of coal samples by staff employed within the ALS Coal busines...
Builder Lendlease is progressing with roof work and CES Civil has won a services contract as infrastructure upgrades get underway at Townsville airport. Townsville Airport reached financial close in December on a $50 million loan from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund (NAIF) for a major redevelopment project. Townsville Airport chief operating officer Kevin Gill said the infrastruc...
The ‘strategic inland Queensland road network’ has been named as a nationally significant priority in a major win for regional councils. The project has made Infrastructure Australia’s 2020 Infrastructure Priority List. It follows lobbying by Regional Development Australia Townsville and North West Queensland (RDA), the Inland Queensland Roads Action Project (IQ-RAP) and 34 f...
Almost $1 million has been awarded to explorers in a funding round focused on ‘new economy minerals’ in North and North West Queensland. Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said a record number of exploration companies had taken up the State Government’s call to hunt for the minerals needed for advanced electronics and renewable technologies. “From an unprecedented 61 bids, sev...
Metallic blue crusts in soils and on termite mounds hold great potential as signposts for mineral explorers, according to newly released research. A CSIRO study in the southern Pilbara region used advances in sample analysis to show how the manganese crusts displayed unique zinc signatures indicating the presence of other base metals in the surrounding area. The manganese crusts are also fo...
The former Paradise phosphate project in North-West Queensland is on the market, with the owners now in liquidation. Legend International Holdings/Paradise Phosphate are seeking offers for the portfolio of tenements through KordaMentha. The tenements were at the centre of a $1.7 billion-plus proposal by the ‘Diamond’ Joe Gutnick-led Legend International Holdings to develop pho...
A new education partnership will put technology at the forefront of learning in 18 Bowen Basin schools, reaching more than 6000 students. BMA’s Bowen Basin Bright Minds was launched in Moranbah this week. BMA Asset President James Palmer said the $5 million program was developed following community feedback that skills and training in technology-focused areas were critical in makin...
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