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Two companies have joined forces to acquire and restart a Central Queensland mine, set to create an estimated 150 to 200 long-term jobs.
Stanmore Coal and M Resources have agreed to buy the Millennium and Mavis Downs metallurgical coal mine near Moranbah as part of a 50/50 joint venture called MetRes.
An underground expansion, along with continuation and completion of rehabilitation is tipped for the site after it was acquired from Peabody Resources.
MetRes chair Matt Latimore said the investment presented a great opportunity for an innovative and agile operation, with access to existing critical infrastructure already in place.
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Subscriber only A CQ miner has hit his employer with a $1.2m lawsuit over alleged safety breaches he claims caused a debilitating shoulder injury. But BHP is defending the supreme court claim arguing the worker s own failures caused the two-metre fall and that he had a pre-existing condition. Leonard Dennis Booroff is seeking the multimillion dollar payout because he claims his injuries will deteriorate over the next six months and he will not be able to work. Mr Booroff was inspecting a grader while on day shift at BMA s Saraji mine on June 3, 2015 when he fell about 1.8 to two metres from a platform on the machine.
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The mining union has slammed the industrial relations bill currently before parliament aimed at stamping out the “permanent casual” labour hire situation rampant across the mining industry.
Two key elements of the package were the focus of the union’s complaints, general president Tony Maher said.
The elements are; a fair, objective definition of casual work that looks at the reality of working conditions and not just the contract at point of hire; and “same job same pay” for labour hire workers meaning companies can’t pay labour hire workers less than direct employees doing the same job.
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Subscriber only An underground miner has been seriously injured after the airconditioning in a truck cabin exploded prompting the Mines Inspectorate to issue a statewide safety alert for all mine sites. Investigations are ongoing into the incident on January 11 this year, but preliminary findings suggest the blast was caused by the use of non-compliant chemicals in the airconditioning system. The explosion resulted in serious burns to the worker s face, hands and chest. Luckily the worker s eyes were protected by safety glasses. The force of the blast also dislodged some of the windows of the truck s cabin, blowing them clear of the vehicle.