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Mentoring them in the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy activity were experts in the field from New Hope’s New Acland opencast coal mine.
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Mentoring them in the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy activity were experts in the field from New Hope’s New Acland opencast coal mine.
Resources technology and resources jobs go hand in hand, and can secure Queensland’s place as a resources superpower that supplies the world with energy, steel and critical minerals.
The safety reset is to remind all workers about the dangers and potential fatal risks of working in the resource industry.
QRC Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said the figures in the latest State of the Sector report reinforce the importance of the resources industry.
The Queensland’s trend unemployment rate increased by 0.1% to 6.3%, but the resources sector is offering hundreds of opportunities across the State.
The 11% increase on the same month last year highlights the increasing demand from world markets for Queensland’s coal.
“The industry is working on measures for a safety reset to refocus on safety in light of the recent tragedies,” says Queensland Resources Council.
The agreement is set to ensure a greater commitment to jobs and investments into the region’s economy.
Employment in Queensland’s resources sector has added an extra 5730 jobs over the last 12 months.
The QRC and the resources sector embraces renewable energy, not only as a supplier of electricity for operations, but as a market for the coal and metals mined.
Resource exports delivered over AUS$65 billion of the AUS$85.2 billion total exports of Queensland goods in the 12 months to the end of April 2019.
The QRC will now ask its member companies to consider the offer along with their request for the resources industry to contribute AUS$70 million to a Regional Infrastructure Fund over three years.