Waratah Coal announced that it has engaged energy and resources engineering company Worley Parsons as lead consultant and project manager for its proposed A$5.3B mine, rail and port development in Central Queensland, Australia. Waratah Coal President and CEO Peter Lynch said “we are glad to have secured the services of such a highly regarded and [...]
Under political pressure over climate change, the coal industry has vowed to raise at least $1 billion to develop technology to curb greenhouse gases.
The announcement increases by $700 million the funds producers have committed to clean coal technology.
Both the federal government and Labor have put much store in the technology as a way of reducing [...]
A Central Queensland gold mine that was once the largest in the world could be back in operation soon.
Norton Gold Fields Limited has announced plans to extract gold from the old tailings dams and mullock dumps at the Mount Morgan mine south-west of Rockhampton.
The chief executive Tim Prowse says it could create 50 jobs in [...]
A coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin has been shut down after two employees tested positive for legionnaires’ disease.
Mining giant Anglo Coal evacuated its Grasstree Creek mine, near Middlemount in central Queensland, yesterday after the two workers were admitted to hospital.
Central Area Health Service public health physician Dr Margaret Young said the first case had [...]
A green lobby group is taking legal action against mining giant Xstrata Coal over its plans to extend a central Queensland coal mine.
The Queensland Conservation Council (QCC) lodged objections to the expansion of Xstrata-owned Newlands coal mine in the Land and Resources Tribunal in Brisbane on Monday.
An unincorporated joint venture of Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty [...]
Gladstone Pacific Nickel Limited (ACN 104 261 887) (“GPNL†or the “Companyâ€) is pleased to report the signing of a binding Heads of Agreement that secures substantial long-term limonite nickel ore supply from New Caledonia. GPNL has entered into the heads of agreement with Société des Mines de la Tontouta (“SMTâ€), a company that owns [...]
