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GAS-EXPLOSION

Queensland seeks cleaner future

Monday 08 December 2008

Queensland Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson has told parliament that the successful storage of greenhouse gas production holds the key to future reductions of the State's greenhouse emissions.


Methane plant reduces emissions

Wednesday 03 December 2008

GE Energy has developed a new technology that can convert waste gas into much needed electricity, the company's managing director Tim Rourke told MINING DAILY.


Broadmeadow miner wins big

Wednesday 26 November 2008

One of BMA's Broadmeadow coal mine employees has taken out first place in the 2008 Peter Dent Simtars Gas Chromatographer of Year award.


Miner extracts methane

Wednesday 19 November 2008

Coal and Allied has begun trialling a coal bed methane extraction project at its Hunter Valley Mount Thorley Warkworth mine to reduce its emissions footprint.


Pressure testing flameproof enclosures

Thursday 03 July 2008

ACARP has released a final report on the previously conducted research into the effect of equipment placement in a flameproof enclosure.


Back on track after gas blast

Wednesday 25 June 2008

Apache Corp aims to return to 60% production by mid-August after an explosion at the Varanus Island facility off the coast of Western Australia knocked out a third of gas supplies to the mining region.


Gas blast threatens mines

Friday 06 June 2008

Industrial users across Australia's biggest mining region were hunting for alternative fuels after an explosion at an offshore gas plant knocked out more than a third of normal gas supplies.


Queensland fatalities still too high

Monday 27 August 2007

THE latest bulletin from the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit (QISU) at the Mater has revealed that despite progressive safety efforts, mining remains an industry where the potential for serious injury is high.


Gas monitoring system

Monday 16 July 2007

Simtars will be demonstrating their Gas monitoring system for underground coal mines on Stand B1106 at AMIEX 2007.


Gas generator success

Wednesday 30 May 2007

NITROGEN generator manufacturer Air Liquide has secured three contracts with world leading Mining companies for AMSA series Floxals.


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