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Senior Mining Engineer - Underground
(Thursday, 28 January 2010)

BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is the world’s largest seaborne coking coal supplier. BMA operates nine mine sites and a coal loading port in Central Queensland.
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Principal Mining Engineers - Brisbane
(Thursday, 28 January 2010)

BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is the world’s largest seaborne coking coal supplier. BMA operates nine mine sites and a coal loading port in Central Queensland.
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Client Relationship Manager - Fixed Plant
(Friday, 15 January 2010)

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    MINE ACTIVITY 
    Walter preparing for 2010 turnaround
    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    WALTER Energy is expecting better figures in 2010 after its coking coal production dipped in the December quarter, having just kicked off the Mine No. 7 East Expansion longwall.
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    MORE MINE ACTIVITY

    Continental ready to kick off


    Metropolitan embraces new technology


    Pike ready for first shipment


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    COAL COMPANY ACTIVITY 
    Xstrata’s pipeline
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    XSTRATA is on track to deliver more than 30 million tonnes per annum of coal by the end of 2013 with its Blakefield South and Mangoola projects on budget and on schedule, and Ulan West, Ravensworth North and the Newlands Northern extension in the pipeline.
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    MORE COAL COMPANY ACTIVITY

    Frustrated Xstrata calls Tahmoor lock-out


    Xstrata declares force majeure


    Americas seals deal with Evans


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    OEM/SUPPLIER ACTIVITY 
    MineArc picks up Shairzal
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    REFUGE chamber manufacturer MineArc Systems will make a strong push into the Australian underground coal market with the acquisition of Shairzal Safety Engineering.
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    MORE OEM/SUPPLIER ACTIVITY

    ORH to acquire ResCo


    Caterpillar joins FutureGen Alliance


    The merits of VFD


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    COAL MARKETS 
    Rotterdam rules
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    OPERATING on an island that is girt by sea, Australia’s mining industry depends greatly on shipping its products. New international laws are being shaped that will clarify the responsibilities for each link of the delivery chain.
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    MORE COAL MARKETS

    Thermal coal surge skips Europe


    Steel production worries


    Coal stocks in China-caused correction


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    SAFETY AND HEALTH 
    High Court attacks ‘absurd’ Workcover action
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    NEW South Wales workplace safety laws requiring employers to prove their innocence –reversing the standard onus of proof – have been dealt a blow by a High Court ruling clearing a farm owner of responsibility for the death of an employee with possible ramifications across other industries.
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    MORE SAFETY AND HEALTH

    Arch, Simmons Fork receive top awards


    MSHA puts out proximity detection call


    MSHA offers mine rescue rules training


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    ENVIRONMENT 
    VAM pays dividends
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    COAL mine methane is being converted into bankable carbon credits with the installation of the first ventilation air methane abatement system at a mine in Brookwood, Alabama.
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    MORE ENVIRONMENT

    Climate change liabilities


    Anglo’s Carroll talks climate change


    Abbott’s light touch on the coal industry


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    EDUCATION 
    Plans afoot for QME conference
    (Thursday, 28 January 2010)

    QUEENSLAND Mining and Engineering Exhibition organisers Reed Exhibitions have announced a two-day mining conference to be held as part of QME in Mackay in late July.
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    MORE EDUCATION

    WVCA sets annual conference schedule


    Confessions of a long-time longwaller


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    Xstrata’s pipeline
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    XSTRATA is on track to deliver more than 30 million tonnes per annum of coal by the end of 2013 with its Blakefield South and Mangoola projects on budget and on schedule, and Ulan West, Ravensworth North and the Newlands Northern extension in the pipeline.
    Full Story...


    Frustrated Xstrata calls Tahmoor lock-out
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    XSTRATA Coal has locked out its workers starting yesterday with plans to continue the mine shutdown until Sunday.
    Full Story...


    MineArc picks up Shairzal
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    REFUGE chamber manufacturer MineArc Systems will make a strong push into the Australian underground coal market with the acquisition of Shairzal Safety Engineering.
    Full Story...

    ORH to acquire ResCo
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    ORH plans to further expand its mining, engineering and civil services business with the signing of a conditional binding term sheet to acquire ResCo Services.
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    Xstrata declares force majeure
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    XSTRATA Coal has declared force majeure on one shipment of coal from its Rolleston mine in central Queensland due to excessive rain which prevented access to the pit and stockpile.
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    Americas seals deal with Evans
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    TENNESSEE-based Americas Energy has closed its acquisition of Kentucky mining operator Evans Coal Company.
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    Caterpillar joins FutureGen Alliance
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    MINING equipment giant Caterpillar is the newest member of the FutureGen Alliance, helping further the proposed near-zero emissions coal-fired power plant in Illinois.
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    Resourcehouse deal intent, not sealed
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    CHINA Power International Development says a deal signed over the weekend with Clive Palmer’s Resourehouse was an agreement of intent and prices have not been locked in.
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    Dryblower on the tyranny of rising costs
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    FALLING stock markets are one side of the challenge facing the industry in the early weeks of 2010. The other, which Dryblower saw first-hand at last week’s Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, is rising costs, especially government taxes, royalties and other charges.
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    Resourcehouse secures Australia’s largest coal export
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    CLIVE Palmer’s burgeoning mining group, Resourcehouse, has secured Australia’s biggest export contract with a $US60 billion deal for its proposed China First coal mine and infrastructure project in the Galilee Basin in central Queensland.
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    High Court attacks ‘absurd’ Workcover action
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    NEW South Wales workplace safety laws requiring employers to prove their innocence –reversing the standard onus of proof – have been dealt a blow by a High Court ruling clearing a farm owner of responsibility for the death of an employee with possible ramifications across other industries.
    Full Story...


    VAM pays dividends
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    COAL mine methane is being converted into bankable carbon credits with the installation of the first ventilation air methane abatement system at a mine in Brookwood, Alabama.
    Full Story...


    Massey gets safe
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    MASSEY Energy has recorded its safest year ever.
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