The corporation behind four large work villages in Queensland’s coal-rich Bowen Basin has been barred from building more than 4100 new rooms for DIDO and FIFO miners.

Mining companies Vale and Sumitomo have announced the closure of the jointly-owned Isaac Plains mine, east of Moranbah. The miners' union estimates about 300 workers will be let go.

Isaac council rejects Civeo’s extra rooms at Coppabella, Moranbah. The corporation behind four large work villages in Queensland’s coal-rich Bowen Basin has been barred from building more than ...