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.
A group of 14 of Australia's largest mining firms has proposed a privately funded $2.5 billion expansion of the Port of Newcastle, which the New South Wales Government is examining to make sure it is not anti-competitive.
QUEENSLAND Resources Council president John Pegler says the industry body will focus its attention in 2008 on community and stakeholder support for the industry, as well as skills shortages, infrastructure bottlenecks and environmental regulations.
QRNational Coal’s Group General Manager Mike Scanlan has rejected suggestions that rail is to blame for the current bottlenecks at Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal in Central Queensland.
QUEENSLAND Resources Council CEO Michael Roche projects strong demand for coal will cause headaches for the Queensland coal industry beyond 2010.
Coal supply chain bottlenecks will not be solved by 2010.
NORTH American BlueScope Steel president Lance Hockridge has been announced CEO of the embattled Queensland Rail (QR) in a climate of blame and mistrust.
RECENT release of a review into the Goonyella Coal Chain capacity provides a number of recommendations aimed at delivering immediate and near-term gains in system capacity, according to Premier Peter Beattie and Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive, Michael Roche.
TO say the Beattie Government has dropped the ball on infrastructure needs for its coal industry would be an understatement. Jamie Wade writes
THE Open Cut Coal Operations 2007 conference next week at the Crowne Plaza, in the heart of the Hunter Valley wine country, will address vital issues affecting coal mining operations