Gold on a roll amid global uncertainty
The gold price has spiked above $A2300 ($US1550) an ounce this week as the United States–China trade wars hit global markets. North Queensland hosts a
The gold price has spiked above $A2300 ($US1550) an ounce this week as the United States–China trade wars hit global markets. North Queensland hosts a
Austral Construction has been awarded a $20 million contract to modernise six wharves at Port of Cairns. It marks a major milestone for the third
Mackay METS sector innovation is being promoted at the AIMEX mining exhibition in Sydney as part of a series of showcase events for the region’s
An overburden supervisor’s love of yacht racing helped come up with a work gear upgrade that has won a major industry innovation award. Synthetic lightweight
by Ross Louthean The Ernest Henry copper-gold mine in north-west Queensland has maintained its dominant role in the all-in sustaining costs (AISC) for Australian mines.
Fourteen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island (ATSI) communities will share in more than $8 million to build and upgrade local roads and transport infrastructure under
The State Government has pledged $1.18 million for the CopperString 2.0 power project as part of a North West Queensland Economic Diversification Strategy State Development
Work has begun on the next stage of a raft of Outback Way upgrade projects involving a $26 million spend over three years. After sealing
Bowen Coking Coal has increased the resource estimate for its Isaac River project by more than 67 per cent to 8.7 million tonnes. The company
A 59-year-old man has been killed at the Bootu Creek manganese mine in the Northern Territory, where a pit wall failed on Saturday afternoon. Mine
The Cairns Performing Arts Centre earned the Project of the Year award for FK Gardner and Sons at the Master Builders Far North Queensland Housing
A Gabrielli Constructions has emerged among the big winners from the North Queensland Master Builders Housing & Construction Awards at the weekend. The firm won
A BMD Constructions project on the Bruce Highway south of Ingham has claimed a major prize at the Queensland 2019 Earth Awards. The Civil Contractors
CS Energy has named Downer EDI as preferred contractor for its overhaul and capital works program over the next five years at its Callide and
Former Mount Isa Mines executive Ian Goddard will be keynote speaker at AusIMM’s North West Queensland Regional Mining Conference next week (August 30). The Cloncurry
India’s rapidly growing demand for energy presents a golden opportunity for Australian thermal coal exports, according to a new report. Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan
Global energy giant Shell has launched a $617 million takeover bid for ERM Power, whose assets include the Oakey gas-fired power station. Shell Energy Australia
Key mining and minerals-processing companies in North West Queensland have banded together to seek out a ‘green’ energy solution for their power needs. They are