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PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENTS 
UNDERMANAGER - ILLAWARRA COAL
(Saturday, 3 May 2008)

ILLAWARRA COAL – A leading coking coal supplier with over 1000 employees, three underground mines, two processing plants and a logistics chain. Illawarra Coal offers rewarding careers combined with an unrivalled beachside lifestyle.
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Shift Engineers – Underground Coal
(Thursday, 10 April 2008)

We are the world’s second largest global mining company with headquarters in Brazil and operations in more than 20 countries in all 5 continents. With more than 100,000 people Vale is highly committed to employee development.
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MINE PROFILES 
Coming of age: Mandalong
(Monday, 5 May 2008)

HAVING cut its teeth on narrower panels, Mandalong is now reaching for 5Mtpa output with its wider 150m face and additional equipment from closed sister mine Newstan. By Angie Bahr
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MORE MINE PROFILES

Pike strives for summit


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MINE ACTIVITY 
Coming of age: Mandalong
(Monday, 5 May 2008)

HAVING cut its teeth on narrower panels, Mandalong is now reaching for 5Mtpa output with its wider 150m face and additional equipment from closed sister mine Newstan. By Angie Bahr
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MORE MINE ACTIVITY

CMM milestone at JWR mine


$30m to speed mine development


Buchanan rock falls hit Consol’s bottom line


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COAL COMPANY ACTIVITY 
Western Canadian in the money
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

VANCOUVER-based operator Western Canadian Coal has negotiated an average price exceeding $US300 per tonne for the majority of its 2008 coal year contracts.
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MORE COAL COMPANY ACTIVITY

Peabody to double profits


Revenues, income both up for NRP


Patriot mines receive safety honours


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OEM/SUPPLIER ACTIVITY 
Gemcom acquisition gains approval
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

THE world's largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, Gemcom Software, has signed a definitive agreement to be bought out in a deal worth approximately $C180 million.
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MORE OEM/SUPPLIER ACTIVITY

Phoenix First Response unveils new lab


Jennmar acquires Commonwealth Bolt


ACT's Starfish has legs


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EQUIPMENT 
ACT's Starfish has legs
(Wednesday, 7 May 2008)

AN UPGRADE for the ActiveMine wireless communications system is now available, allowing miners isolated from each other in an accident to communicate, even when cut off from the rest of the world.
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R & D 
Shotcrete saviour
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

A NEW method of testing shotcrete could not only increase roadway development rates and re-entry time into mines following a ground control failure, but could also change the very guidelines that underground coal mines abide by in Australia.
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MORE R & D

ACARP grants target welfare, profits


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SAFETY AND HEALTH 
Patriot mines receive safety honours
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

ONE underground mine, one surface operation and one preparation facility owned by producer Patriot Coal have each received a safety performance award for 2007 from the Joseph A Holmes Safety Association.
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MORE SAFETY AND HEALTH

Massey at fault for Mammoth: MSHA


Ground zero: moving towards ultimate safety


Contrary cars under review


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ENVIRONMENT 
Clean coal projects get boost in Vic budget
(Wednesday, 7 May 2008)

THE Victorian Government has thrown its weight behind clean coal and carbon capture and storage technologies by committing $A129.4 million to develop various projects as part of its $294.6 million climate change package handed down in yesterday’s state budget.
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MORE ENVIRONMENT

Victoria ups clean coal investment


Responses to regulations seek benefit for all and the environment


CMM milestone at JWR mine


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EDUCATION 
Fundamentals of geotechnical engineering explained
(Friday, 2 May 2008)

A SERIES of two-day workshops will begin this month for people working in a role that requires knowledge of geotechnical engineering in underground coal mining, equipping them with the basic principles they need to understand rock mechanics underground.
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MORE EDUCATION

Pathways to a better workforce


Minerals Education: Institutions and Courses


Putting beginners on the fast track


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Western Canadian in the money
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

VANCOUVER-based operator Western Canadian Coal has negotiated an average price exceeding $US300 per tonne for the majority of its 2008 coal year contracts.
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Shotcrete saviour
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

A NEW method of testing shotcrete could not only increase roadway development rates and re-entry time into mines following a ground control failure, but could also change the very guidelines that underground coal mines abide by in Australia.
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Qld legislates for resources action
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

AN OLD legal loophole that has allowed a small company to sit on an undeveloped coal resource for more than 13 years has finally been closed up by the Queensland Government, which is eyeing the rich royalties it will receive when the resource is finally mined.
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   CURRENT FOCUS FEATURES

Skills shortage & recruitment

Pathways to a better workforce

Thank you gifts from the boss

Staffing it down

Minerals Education: Institutions and Courses

Maximising IT to solve skills shortage

Tackling the skills shortage head-on

Thiess calls for more diversity in industry workforce

Safety first

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UPCOMING FOCUS FEATURES

JUNE : QUEENSLAND MINING & ENGINEERING EXHIBITION PREVIEW
JULY : ROADWAY DEVELOPMENT, TRENDS & EQUIPMENT
AUGUST : MINEXPO PREVIEW

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The Next Big Thing
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

POWER! Whether it comes from coal, oil, gas, nuclear or geothermal doesn’t really matter, because if you’re looking for “the next big thing” in the resources world it is actually one of the oldest and most indispensable: electric power. By Tim Treadgold
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Peabody to double profits
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

PEABODY Energy expects to double its profits in 2008, with its Australian operations alone anticipated to earn as much as Peabody's record results last year.
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Revenues, income both up for NRP
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

INCREASED coal prices and higher production levels at its mines have left master limited partnership Natural Resource Partners with record revenue and net income in the first quarter.
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Gemcom acquisition gains approval
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

THE world's largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, Gemcom Software, has signed a definitive agreement to be bought out in a deal worth approximately $C180 million.
Full Story...


Phoenix First Response unveils new lab
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

US atmospheric safety outfit Phoenix First Response has officially opened a gas laboratory and chromatograph sales centre, the first of its kind in the nation.
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Coal production necessary to keep ahead of prices
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

CHINA Guodian Corporation, one of China's five leading power producers, has received permission to expand its main business into coal mine development in an attempt to overcome rising thermal coal contract prices.
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Patriot mines receive safety honours
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

ONE underground mine, one surface operation and one preparation facility owned by producer Patriot Coal have each received a safety performance award for 2007 from the Joseph A Holmes Safety Association.
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Shift to longwall will see production soar
(Thursday, 8 May 2008)

PRODUCTION at the Carborough Downs joint venture mine in Queensland is set to more than triple by late 2009, when a shift to longwall mining is complete.
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Mineral royalties on the rise
(Thursday, 8 May 2008)

INCREASING coal contract prices and infrastructure development projects could see mineral royalties in Queensland increase to as much as $A2.5 billion in 2008-09, Queensland Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche said.
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Government acting on 457 report
(Thursday, 8 May 2008)

SPECIALISED teams to facilitate and process 457 visas will be set up in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth from July.
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