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Cockatoo coal buys mine

Monday 01 December 2008

Cockatoo Coal has bought the Baralaba coal mine located in Queensland's Bowen Basin.


Infrastructure plans on the table

Friday 21 November 2008

Key industry stakeholders have attended the first of three major resource summits in the Bowen Basin.


Oustanding Contribution to Mining Finalist: Bill McCurry

Thursday 20 November 2008

Bill McCurry has been selected as a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards. McCurry has developed a safety centreline socket system that has revolutionised coal mines in Australia.


Coal Mine of the Year Finalist: Hail Creek Mine

Tuesday 11 November 2008

Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Hail Creek Mine is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for its continued drive to improve the quality of the mine.


Contractor receives contract extension in Bowen Basin

Wednesday 17 September 2008

Thiess has secured a $260 million contract extension from Wesfarmers Curragh for coal mining and pre-strip overburden removal at its Curragh North Mine located 38 km north of Blackwater in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.


Curragh Mine's contract extended

Wednesday 17 September 2008

Thiess has secured a $260 million contract extension from Wesfarmers Curragh for coal mining and pre-strip overburden removal at its Curragh North Mine located 38 km north of Blackwater in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.


$80 m contract for CHPP

Tuesday 19 August 2008

Sedgman Limited has secured an $80 million contract from BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) to design and supply a coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) for its proposed Daunia mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.


Bowen Basin lost production costs mount

Wednesday 23 January 2008

HEAVY rain and record floods across central Queensland's Bowen Basin are now expected to translate into hundreds of millions of dollars in lost coal production, Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive Michael Roche said.


Tens of millions lost to CQ floods

Tuesday 22 January 2008

THE damage bill from floods and wet weather in central Queensland's Bowen Basin appears certain to cost the export coal industry and the State's economy tens of millions of dollars, according to Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive Michael Roche.


Researchers keen to avoid 'Dutch disease' in Queensland

Thursday 19 July 2007

CQU researchers are keen to help Queensland avoid ‘Dutch disease’ in the wake of a coal boom which could almost double in intensity over the next five years.


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