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Resources industry experts might be familiar with haul trucks boasting a 150-tonne payload capacity, but today they spoke to over 150 Gladstone students about the multitude of pathways that lead to a rewarding career. ...

There was no shortage of enthusiasm and talent today (11 May) at the QMEA's Tradies for a Day workshop in Capella. Twenty students from Capella and Clermont State High Schools kick-started their opportunity to a ...

Students from Bundaberg and Gin Gin State High Schools today swapped traditional classroom learning for a “day on the job” as the resources sector’s next highly sought-after tradesperson at the QMEA's Tradies for a ...

Around 75 Brisbane students were ‘rock stars’ in investigative geology activities at today’s Watch it Cool workshop at Marsden State High School. Funded by QRC member companies through an education levy, the hands-on workshop ...

Year 7 students from Clermont State High School have today (3 May) cracked the code to a magnitude of exciting career opportunities at the QMEA's ‘Mining for Code’ workshop.  Thanks to the support of Glencore Coal, ...

Drones, driverless trucks, and data mining might sound like something involved in the future resources and energy sector, but it’s happening now. That's what 25 students from Pimlico State High School and Ignatius Park College ...

Around 25 Townsville students yesterday (27 April) dug into some thrilling science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) activities at the QMEA ‘STEM Unearthed’ workshop. Thanks to Glencore Queensland Metals, Year 10 students from Kirwan ...

Clermont and Capella state high school students attending a Beakers.Bots.Build workshop run by the QMEA in Capella today could be the future mining leaders of tomorrow. Sponsored by Glencore Coal, today’s hands-on workshop was ...

Students from the Wide Bay Burnett region will learn that the future of mining is full of exciting opportunities with an abundance of career possibilities, when they discover the many science, technology, engineering and ...

Students from seven schools in the Central Queensland region took the wheel during an intensive trade-based camp recently, working alongside mining tradespeople to design, build and wire a replica site vehicle.