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Thiess has extended its mining services contract for another five years at Peak Downs Mine for BHP Mitsubishi Alliance.

Police have charged a woman with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing grievous bodily harm following investigations into a serious traffic crash

Premium Content Subscriber only The mining industry regulator has handed down its findings and recommendations into the collapse of a Central Queensland mine workshop last year. Resources Safety and Health Queensland issued a safety bulletin about the incident as well as other severe weather events at coal mines. The bulletin stated these weather events resulted in severe damage to facilities and building structures, including the workshop collapse at Peak Downs, the collapse of a steel frame...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Central Queensland teenager’s quick thinking saved the life of his friend who suffered a drug overdose at Nebo. Samuel Caleb Christensen, 19, and CJ Warren Single, 18, fronted Moranbah Magistrates Court on March 11 for three drug-related offences. Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Cramp said police and paramedics were called to a Water Street address at Nebo on October 2, 2020, in response to a reported drug overdose. Christensen called triple-0 after Sin...

Premium Content Subscriber only Workers in mining towns such as German Creek, May Downs, Peak Downs Mine and Moranbah are raking in the most dough in the Isaac region, while those in Hamilton Island and Hayman Island are earning the least. New Australian Bureau of Statistics data has revealed the average full-time salaries for workers across Mackay Isaac Whitsunday and Queensland by postcode. German Creek and May Downs were the richest workers in the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday region, taking hom...

Premium Content Subscriber only A proposed mine tipped to strengthen regional Queenslands economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has reached a crucial next stage. Stanmore Coal announced during its latest quarterly update the amended Environmental Impact Statement for the Isaac Downs project had been finalised. The Department of Environment and Science is now preparing the assessment report. Stanmore Coal estimates mining approvals will be finalised by mid-2021, with construction t...

Premium Content Subscriber only An emotional father resorted to violence after hearing his son was “king-hit” from behind at a Central Queensland pub. Timothy John Bird, 45, was at Moranbah’s Black Nugget Hotel when he was told by his 22-year-old son that he had been king hit from behind, Lawyer Carly Guilfoyle told Moranbah Magistrates Court. Bird, an operator at Peak Downs Mine, confronted the man, which broke into a fight in the carpark of the pub. Police prosecutor Sergean...