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South Korea’s LG bids for Queensland coal mine

South Korean company LG International has bid for Peabody Energy's Wilkie Creek coal mine in Queensland, reports The Australian, citing an unnamed source who spoke to Deal Journal Australia.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 30, 2012 | 6:25 am

BHP and Rio Tinto not enthusiastic about hiring foreign workers

BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto won’t be following Australia’s richest person and number four on the list of the world of mining's billionaires Gina Rinehart’s plan to import foreign workers under enterprise migration agreements (EMAs).

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 29, 2012 | 4:28 pm

$6.4 billion Alpha Coal Project given go-ahead

The Newman Government has given the green light to what will be one of Australia’s biggest mines, the $6.4 billion Alpha Coal Project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.

Queensland Government | May 29, 2012 | 4:09 am

A miner’s life: Big money, bad habits

Xstrata is paying nearly a million dollars into a program to improve the wellbeing of retired and injured miners.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 28, 2012 | 8:12 pm

OZ Minerals inks $90 million deal for copper-moly mine in Chile

Australian copper producer OZ Minerals has struck a deal with Canada's International PBX Ventures for a 90% interest in the Copaquire copper-molybdenum property in Chile.

Andrew Topf | May 28, 2012 | 5:33 pm

Australian mining community outraged by government’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers

Australia’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers at the Roy Hill project in the Pilbara on Friday has sparked heated critics by local unions and the mining community.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2012 | 1:16 pm

Granted first ever right to hire foreign workers Friday. Saturday shuns 14,000 locals queuing at jobs expo

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting which is hiring 1,700 foreign workers for the Roy Hill iron mine were absent from the Australian mining association job fair in Perth and so were the $9.8 billion project's main contractors.

Frik Els | May 27, 2012 | 6:22 pm

Aussie travel company and main airlines cash in on mining boom

Hoping to cash on the booming mining industry in Australia and the need for foreign workers, Corporate Travel Management (CTM) has announced a step into Australia’s growing mining industry with its new brand offering, Resource Travel Management (RTM).

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 25, 2012 | 7:31 pm

Foreign workers to relieve labour shortage in Australia’s mining industry

Australia’s government announced Friday it will allow a new mine to hire about 1,700 foreign workers to alleviate a labour shortage threatening the resources boom.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 25, 2012 | 4:13 pm

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