Qld govt offers $125m boost for the north

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's urgent meeting to help sacked workers from Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel refinery has other embattled mining regions crying neglect.

Ms Palaszczuk chaired crisis talks with senior ministers in Townsville on Wednesday, two days after the company went into voluntary administration.

The result was the acceleration of a further $125 million in capital works and more than 430 jobs in Townsville.

But the attention has ruffled feathers in other parts of the state also feeling the sting of the mining downturn.

Queensland Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche says he's written to the premier requesting his own meeting to discuss the industry as a whole.

He said it seemed Mr Palmer's profile had attracted attention to the redundancies - a view shared by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg.

But Ms Palaszczuk has insisted the accelerated works, part of a five-point plan to help Townsville workers, is just the start and her cabinet sub-committee would visit other beleaguered regions.

Queensland Nickel had attracted so much attention partly because the workers had been left in the dark, she said.

Her comments came as sacked workers started receiving "a short note" from an apologetic Mr Palmer in the mail.

"I can only say how sad I am that we have lost your skills and services to the company and I can only apologise that we were not able to retain you," the letter read.

Toby Ostler, who spent five years with the company, told AAP that administrators were coy about when redundancy packages would be delivered when he and other sacked employees met with them on Wednesday.

"Their answer was, 'how long is a piece of string?'" he recalled.

Employees received termination letters and expected redundancy amounts from the company, once renowned for its generosity to staff, the 26-year-old said, adding many were "furious" about the managers' responses.

He also queried how the refinery could be safely run with fewer staff.

Administrators FTI Consulting are not commenting until a meeting with creditors next week.

The presence of administrators has also cast doubt over Queensland Nickel's environmental responsibilities.

The company was last month ordered to stand trial over claims toxic sludge leaked from a storage dam in 2014.

Ms Palaszczuk says she's still yet to receive a briefing on the issue but currently understands company directors were responsible for environmental management regardless of administrators' presence.