Clive Palmer's Waratah Coal has nearly doubled its total coal resource base after discovering an additional 3.48 billion tonnes at its North Alpha project.
Clive Palmer has seen his IPO postponed once again, and the departure of a leading executive.
Boom has brought the first LR1750 Crawler Crane into Australia.
The ACCC has given the go ahead to the Hunter Valley's long-term coal export plan.
Waratah Coal's proposed $7.5 billion 'China First' coal mine in central Queensland has been fast-tracked by the Federal Government.
Transport and logistics company QR yesterday announced a long-term coal haulage contract with BHP Billiton-subsidiary Hunter Valley Energy Coal.
The ACCC has reinstated interim authorisation to Port Waratah Coal Services, the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group and the Newcastle Port Corporation, including for the port's coal queue capacity management system.
The long term export plan for the Newcastle coal terminal will give investors and coal producers more security and confidence in the future, Joe Tripodi's office told MINING DAILY.
All relevant parties have now agreed to Newcastle's much anticipated long term coal export plan, with Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) finally agreeing to the framework.
MINING DAILY has a closer look at the biggest projects in the Galilee Basin.