Aurizon has cut 14 contract jobs at sites near Sarina, Bowen and Moranbah.
The cuts include ten roles at its Jilalan site near Sarina, two roles cut at Pring near Bowen, and another two cut at Coppabella, near Moranbah. Continue reading
Industry News
10 Saboteurs For Your New Year
As we move into the new year and begin to look forward to what can be accomplished, its handy to know before you encounter the challenges ahead, what the 10 most prolific self-sabotage strategies are that people will not even know they’re employing in their goal achievement. These can range from being mildly distracting and delaying the completion of your goals, to being fatal and completely destroying your hope and encouragement for what you aspired to work for.
Overarching all of these 10 goal achievement saboteurs is what I call the ‘patron of failure’ – and no its not fear, although it does require fear to be present. This in turn invites a self-focus around what you’re missing out on, and coupled with reacting, will inevitably derail your goal achievement efforts. Continue reading
Freight Train Salvage Hindered By Wet Weather
Wreckage of a freight train that derailed near Mount Isa could take a month to clear with salvage operations being held up by wet weather.
The freight train, made up of twenty-six canisters containing a total 200,000 litres of sulphuric acid, remains scattered along the rail line at Julia Creek, 200km east of Mount Isa after it derailed on Sunday morning. Continue reading
Welcome To 2016!
Welcome everyone to 2016! At ConstructionHunter, we have additional services planned for you to make your engagement with news, development in projects, career opportunities, support, and development, our broad focus for this year.
You will begin to notice very soon an emphasis on providing relevant, personal and career resources to strengthen your confidence in effortlessly identifying real opportunities, and helping you to map out an understanding – with practical suggestions and tools – on how to capitalise on those career opportunities constantly unfolding in this construction and mining industry. Continue reading
Gladstone Port Coal Export Up 12%
More than seven million tonnes of coal left the Gladstone port in November, leading the way for record export tonnage.
The increase of 12% is ahead of October’s tonnage of 5.94 million tonnes exported, November’s total was 7.2 million. Continue reading
CSG Compensation Plans Recommended
A new database has been recommended that compares how much compensation farmers receive from coal seam gas operations.
In a final report by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART), payments are recommended to be made to farmers for losses on the value of their land caused by the disturbance of drilling, dust, noise and other impacts on their property. Continue reading
Public Hearing Over Mount Owen Complex
A public hearing will be held by the NSW Planning Assessment Commission on Tuesday over the expansion of a large mining complex in Upper Hunter Valley.
Located outside Singleton, Glencore’s Mount Owen mining complex, which comprises of Mount Owen, Ravensworth East and Glendell open cut mines, has applied to expand existing operations until 2030 to recover an additional 90 million tonnes of coal and consolidate operations across the site. Continue reading
Roy Hill First Shipment Farewelled
Gina Rinehart has finally farewelled the first shipment of iron ore from her Roy Hill mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara.
The vessel MV Anangel Explorer, loaded with tens of thousands tonnes of iron ore from the project, left from Port Hedland a short time ago bound for steel mills in South Korea. Continue reading
Palmer Assures Workers Will Be Paid Entitlements
Clive Palmer has assured workers at the north Queensland nickel refinery they will receive their entitlements.
More than 700 employees at the Yabulu smelter, near Townsville are faced with uncertainty with speculation the operation could go into administration. Continue reading
Anglo American Restructures And Cuts 85000 Jobs
Anglo American has told investors it plans to cut 85,000 jobs globally as it merges six divisions into three businesses in a bid to restructure its operations and plans to sell more mines.
The major miner has four coal mines up for sale, three in central Queensland — Dawson, Foxleigh and Callide — and Dartbrook in the Hunter Valley, which is currently under care and maintenance. Continue reading
