Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's plan to increase spending on infrastructure into next year in a bid to counteract the impact of the global economic crisis is a welcome first instalment on a wider national capacity-building program, Minerals Council of Australia CEO Mitchell Hooke has said.
The Federal Government has launched a Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for rail innovation.
A seven kilometre track duplication will boost capacity to carry coal in the Blackwater system in central Queensland, according to Queensland Rail (QR).
Queensland Rail (now a public company registered as QR) has released a draft plan to maximise growth potential on the Mount Isa Townsville rail corridor.
THE Queensland Resouces Council (QRC) has welcomed announcement by the Chair of Queensland Rail (QR), John Prescott AC, of a new structure for the state-owned corporation.
WESTERN Australian State Development Minister Eric Ripper has refuted television reports that the State Government is preparing to ‘force’ mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP to share rail access rights with smaller companies in the Pilbara.
THE WA Government has announced the way forward for the Oakajee port project and associated rail infrastructure.
THE Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has welcomes Queensland government's rail investment
TO say the Beattie Government has dropped the ball on infrastructure needs for its coal industry would be an understatement. Jamie Wade writes
Coffey International Limited has acquired a railway engineering consultancy, and a project and contract management consultancy