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New Glencore and Peabody Energy JV proposed for Hunter Valley
Glencore and Peabody Energy have agreed to form a 50:50 Joint Venture to develop a brownfield open cut coal project located between the existing United and Wambo mines in the NSW Hunter Valley. Expected to commence in mid-2017, the project will realise major synergies between the two neighbouring operations. It will deliver optimal resource […]
Industry25 November 2014
Premier’s planning system commitments will deliver jobs boost
“ The NSW Premier’s commitment to reduce by half the assessment timeframe for major mining projects will help attract investment and create jobs in our state. The Premier made the commitment last night at the NSW Minerals Council’s Industry and Suppliers Awards Dinner. “Last night the Premier strongly backed the mining sector in […]
Industry21 November 2014
2014 NSW Minerals Council Expenditure Survey
The NSW Minerals Council’s latest Expenditure Survey has found that the 22 participating mining companies directly injected $13.6 billion into the NSW economy in 2013/14, up from $12.8 billion the previous year. The $13.6 billion of spending in 2013-14 included $2.9 billion in wages and salaries to 21,516 full-time employees and $9.6 billion […]
Industry17 November 2014
Free Trade Agreement with China
“ The Free Trade Agreement with China is a welcome development for the NSW mining industry that will help secure jobs and underpin future investment across the state. Successive Australian Governments deserve appreciation for their efforts in pursuing and securing this valuable international agreement for the people of NSW. The FTA will build upon […]
Industry17 November 2014
Planning System delays costing NSW jobs and millions
“ Increased delays in the NSW Government’s broken planning system are costing jobs, investment and royalty revenue for our state. A new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers has revealed that changes made in 2011 by the NSW Government to the Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) process have added an average of over five months to planning applications […]
Industry7 November 2014
The Australia Institute jumps the shark again
“ In their latest attack on mining, the Australia Institute have ‘jumped the shark’ yet again. Only this time they have ‘jumped the shark’ while skiing on the back of a shark and wearing a sharkskin suit. “Today they are seriously claiming that some of the world’s largest energy companies don’t actually supply […]
Industry7 November 2014
Job losses at Mt Arthur
“ The latest announcement of job losses at Mt Arthur Coal is a further sign of the tough times the NSW coal industry is facing, due to the cyclical downturn in coal prices. Sadly, this has meant job losses, with over 4000 direct coal production jobs now lost in NSW over the last two […]
Industry4 November 2014
OPINION: Plague of greenies consuming mining jobs
This opinion piece first featured in the Daily Telegraph Wednesday 29th October 2014 In July last year I was asked to speak at a town meeting in regional NSW, where the local community was suffering from local mining job losses. Picture: Craig Greenhill A young schoolteacher stood up and told of children coming to her […]
Industry29 October 2014
OPINION: It’s time for the NSW Govt to find its spine
This opinion piece by NSW MInerals Council CEO Stephen Galilee was published in the . The NSW Government would never treat workers in Sydney in such a way. Or would it? On Tuesday, 500 hardworking miners from Anglo American’s Drayton South mine in the Upper Hunter woke to the news that their jobs had been […]
Uncategorized25 October 2014
Business leaders say govt needs to ‘get real’ about coal and the Hunter economy
Hunter Valley business leaders have labelled the NSW planning system ‘onerous’ and ‘unreasonable’ following the likely loss of at 500 local jobs in mining and the supply chain. The Muswellbrook Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the Planning Assessment Commission’s decision to reject the Drayton South Project, which had already been endorsed with conditions […]
Industry22 October 2014
Mine management meeting with Drayton staff over future
Senior management at Anglo American are today meeting with employees at the company’s Drayton mine in the Hunter Valley who are now faced with the loss of their jobs following the rejection of the proposal for a mine extension. Workers at the site are still coming to terms with the shock decision and the […]
Industry22 October 2014