XSTRATA says it may lobby for free permits under the Federal Government's emissions trading scheme.
25/09/2009
THE NSW Supreme Court has ruled that Centennial Coal must make capacity available to Xstrata at the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) development.
14/08/2009
XSTRATA Coal has suspended operations at the Oaky No1 underground coal mine in central Queensland due to reduced demand for hard coking coal.
17/12/2008
XSTRATA says it remains committed to investing in infrastructure projects which will support its Wandoan coal mine, Queensland.
08/04/2009
Contract negotiations have failed at Xstrata's Tahmoor colliery with the company refusing to let workers in the pit.
09/02/2010
XSTRATA says it did not give permission for data revealing that the company would have to sack 1000 coal miners if the emissions trading scheme is implemented to be released publicly.
19/03/2009
CONSTRUCTION, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says that it is pleased that the merger failed because it would have met resistance from coal buyers.
25/06/2009
A COAL mining union has expressed concerns over the welfare and job security of workers at Xstrata’s Oaky Creek mine in central Queensland.
07/01/2009
MINE workers strike action seems to have been in vain with Xstrata Coal announcing it will not include a job security clause in a new Enterprise Agreement for miners at United Colleries.
14/09/2009
XSTRATA Coal's has announced that mining will cease at its United Collieries mine in New South Wales in March 2010 when the site will be placed on care and maintenance.
15/06/2009
Miners at the Tahmoor colliery went on strike Friday over pay disagreements with operator Xstrata Coal.
28/06/2010
WORKERS who were set to be axed from Xstrata’s Oaky Creek coal mine in Queensland have been given a one-week extension while the company continues discussions with unions.
09/01/2009
XSTRATA says that it is reopening the Oaky Creek No 1 mine in Tieri, Queensland in August 2009.
12/08/2009
AUSTRALIAN coal producer Felix Resources has delayed construction of its Moolarben coal mine after Xstrata won an appeal over mining leases.
12/08/2008
XSTRATA Coal has announced significant improvements to its total Australian coal resources, which it attributes to its Wandoan project in Queensland’s Surat Basin.
03/02/2009
XSTRATA has released figures to the government and the opposition on the amount of workers which will be sacked should the government’s proposed emissions trading scheme take effect.
17/03/2009
THE NSW parliament has amended the Mining Act to allow Felix Resources to start building a thermal coalmine without interference from Xstrata.
26/09/2008
UNIONS are urging Xstrata to offer voluntary redundancy packages to employees who will lose their jobs as the demand for coking coal continues to plummet.
05/01/2009
The Donkin Joint Venture has completed a strategic review of the Donkin Coal Project development plan and will focus on export coking coal market opportunities.
18/02/2010
INITIAL environmental checks for Australia’s largest open-cut coal mine proposal have been released for public comment.
16/12/2008