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PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENTS 
General Manager – Business Development
(Wednesday, 21 July 2010)

Delta SBD Limited is one of the largest contract companies servicing the Australian underground coal mining industry. The company provides the most extensive range of services and skills available to its clients, which include the major coal mining companies.
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Specialist Reliability Engineer
(Friday, 16 July 2010)

Oxres is the new Engineering and Maintenance Services Group - part of The Palaris Mining Group of companies. Oxres provides specialist consultancy and project management (EPCM) services to the resources and heavy industry in Australia and South East Asia.
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UNDERGROUND MINE MANAGER
(Tuesday, 13 July 2010)

Are you looking for an opportunity to grow within an organisation that is committed to safety and has an exciting future in Queensland’s Bowen Basin? Cook Colliery is an underground coal mine which is host to a resource of 176 Mt of coking and thermal coal.
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MORE PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENTS

Longwall Superintendent - Angus Place Colliery


Undermanager - Dendrobium Mine


Development Superintendent


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MINE PROFILES 
Walking a mile with Shoemaker
(Wednesday, 21 July 2010)

As it approaches 45 years of operation – and marks 35 years of longwall service this year – Consol Energy’s Shoemaker mine in northern West Virginia has tightened its safety and production laces for its prime, complete with new belt haulage infrastructure.
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LONGWALL LARRIKINS 
Longwall Larrikin: Gary Mitford
(Thursday, 22 July 2010)

AUSTRALIAN Longwall Magazine interviews Newlands Northern production manager Gary Mitford.
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MINE ACTIVITY 
Peabody’s $US90 million Wilpinjong expansion
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

PEABODY Energy will expand its Wilpinjong thermal coal mine in New South Wales by 2-3 million tonnes per annum from the start of 2012.
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MORE MINE ACTIVITY

Gloves off again at Tahmoor


Alliance puts proximity detection systems online


Walking a mile with Shoemaker


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COAL COMPANY ACTIVITY 
Mining powerbrokers call for Gillard to drop MRRT
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

MINING executives across the board have called for the Gillard government to drop the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT), according to a new report released today.
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MORE COAL COMPANY ACTIVITY

Wood Mackenzie puts a hole in MRRT revenue assumptions


Source: Aston keen to remain independent


Pike gets more efficient


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OEM/SUPPLIER ACTIVITY 
Innovation draws visitors to QME 2010
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

THIS year’s QME at Mackay in central Queensland may have attracted Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and Trade Minister Simon Crean, but exhibitors said the level of demand reflected the continued resources cycle, not the political one.
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MORE OEM/SUPPLIER ACTIVITY

Sandvik opens new service and support branch in Mackay


Pressure tester could be a lifesaver


Out and about at QME 2010


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COAL MARKETS 
One big snowjob
(Thursday, 29 July 2010)

A VERY angry Sydney Mining Club chairman has given Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s Minerals Resource Rent Tax compromise, and several other mining identities, both barrels.
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MORE COAL MARKETS

Coal industry to face hostile Greens in Senate


$6B commodity boost fills MRRT budget hole


Goldman weighs in on MRRT melee


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R & D 
Coal Services to provide better VR training
(Wednesday, 28 July 2010)

HI-tech research company QinetiQ has won a $1.6 million contract to develop the next generation of software for the Virtual Reality Training technology provided by Coal Services Health & Safety Trust.
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MORE R & D

Wollongong coal conference calling for papers


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SAFETY AND HEALTH 
Worker killed in WV rib roll incident
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

THE US marked its 42nd coal death of 2010 on Thursday after one miner died in a rib roll accident at Consol Energy’s Loveridge mine in West Virginia.
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MORE SAFETY AND HEALTH

Proximity detection highlighted after fatal accident


Pressure tester could be a lifesaver


Massey sheds light on UBB in tough quarterly


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ENVIRONMENT 
QRN to resolve Collinsville concerns
(Thursday, 29 July 2010)

QUEENSLAND Rail National managed to put an end to a protest which blocked coal deliveries by rail between Collinsville and the Abbot Point Coal Terminal for two days.
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MORE ENVIRONMENT

Australia a leader in clean coal tech


Labor to target new coal stations


The boys light up


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EDUCATION 
Cutting down equipment risks
(Friday, 9 July 2010)

EQUIPMENT design issues are always on the radar during discussions on how to improve safety in underground coal mines, but Xstrata Coal is even looking at mine design to eliminate equipment-related risks for its 11-panel Ulan West longwall project.
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MORE EDUCATION

Big line-up for Longwall 2010


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Mining powerbrokers call for Gillard to drop MRRT
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

MINING executives across the board have called for the Gillard government to drop the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT), according to a new report released today.
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Wood Mackenzie puts a hole in MRRT revenue assumptions
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

WOOD Mackenzie analysts are expecting Australian coal producers to pay an extra $A7.4 billion to the federal government over the first five years of the proposed Minerals Resource Rent Tax – putting question marks over Treasury estimates.
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Source: Aston keen to remain independent
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

XSTRATA and Peabody Energy missed out on securing early stakes in Nathan Tinkler’s Aston Resources which is on track for a $A400 million float in the coming weeks. Both Noble Group and Japan’s Itochu Corporation will take a combined 25% stake in the float, according to a source close to the deal who spoke to ILN.
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   CURRENT FOCUS FEATURES

2010 Queensland Mining & Engineering Exhibition

Bucyrus exhibits latest technology at QME

QME preview: MESCA

QME preview: Alminco

Minova at QME 2010

QME preview: Inbye

QME preview: Sandvik

BASF MEYCO: Performance through innovation

QME preview: Dywidag-Systems International (DSI)

QME preview: Skillpro Services

QME preview: Becker




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UPCOMING FOCUS FEATURES

SEPTEMBER : AUSTRALIAN LONGWALL STATISTICS 2009/2010

   TODAY'S STORIES CONTINUED


Innovation draws visitors to QME 2010
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

THIS year’s QME at Mackay in central Queensland may have attracted Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and Trade Minister Simon Crean, but exhibitors said the level of demand reflected the continued resources cycle, not the political one.
Full Story...


Worker killed in WV rib roll incident
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

THE US marked its 42nd coal death of 2010 on Thursday after one miner died in a rib roll accident at Consol Energy’s Loveridge mine in West Virginia.
Full Story...


Sandvik opens new service and support branch in Mackay
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

QUEENSLAND Minister of Primary Industries and Fisheries Tim Mulherin has officially opened Sandvik Mining and Construction’s service and support branch in Mackay, catering for the Central Queensland coal industry – and the company’s growing fleet of equipment going into operation in the region.
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Proximity detection highlighted after fatal accident
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration has reiterated the importance of proximity detection systems after the latest in a serious rash of fatal powered haulage incidents.
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Pressure tester could be a lifesaver
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

AN Australian company has produced its first prototype of a portable pressure-testing device for hydraulic hoses that could reduce fluid injection injuries.
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Pike gets more efficient
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

PIKE River Coal is improving roadway development rates at its namesake underground mine in New Zealand while coking coal production is expected to achieve close to the goal rate of 1 million tonnes per annum by May next year.
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Out and about at QME 2010
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

More snaps from the stands at QME 2010.
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Coal ace in hole for Cliffs’ quarter
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

SALES volumes and pricing, along with an impressive performance from its North American Coal business unit, were significant drivers of a successful second quarter for coal and iron ore producer Cliffs Natural Resources – highlighted by a 203% year-on-year revenue jump.
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Peabody’s $US90 million Wilpinjong expansion
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

PEABODY Energy will expand its Wilpinjong thermal coal mine in New South Wales by 2-3 million tonnes per annum from the start of 2012.
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Flannery at the wheel of another coal company
(Friday, 30 July 2010)

WHITE Energy has successfully taken over South Australian Coal, with former Felix Resources’ duo Brian Flannery and Travers Duncan ready to build up another successful coal mining company.
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