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11 March 2010
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PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENTS 
Commercial Manager Underground Coal - Major Queensland Venture
(Friday, 5 March 2010)

Our client, a key player in the Australian and international resources sector, is currently developing a large scale underground coal project in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. Exploration programs to date reveal substantial hard coking coal reserves of 50 plus years. The final bankable feasibility study for this $1 billion project is presently under way with construction scheduled to commence in mid 2011
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General Manager Underground Coal - Major Queensland Venture
(Friday, 5 March 2010)

Our client, a key player in the Australian and international resources sector, is currently developing a large scale underground coal project in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.
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MINE ACTIVITY 
Federal back online once again
(Tuesday, 9 March 2010)

PATRIOT Coal’s Federal No. 2 operation in northern West Virginia is open once again after being idled for a second time in as many weeks on March 5.
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MORE MINE ACTIVITY

Australia's Longwall Mines 2009 Review (A-C)


Patriot back under suspension


North Goonyella workers sign deal


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COAL COMPANY ACTIVITY 
Hunnu gains option on Mongolian project
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

PERTH-based explorer Hunnu Coal has been granted the option to acquire an 80% interest in a thermal coal project in southeastern Mongolia.
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MORE COAL COMPANY ACTIVITY

Ravensworth North expansion


Coal subsidy claims: put up or shut up


UK Coal denies takeover speculation


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OEM/SUPPLIER ACTIVITY 
GE to save water at Buchanan
(Monday, 8 March 2010)

CONSOL Energy’s Buchanan No. 1 longwall mine in southwestern Virginia will install General Electric’s Zero Liquid Discharge water treatment system to partly reuse about 99% of the water fed into the preparation plant.
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MORE OEM/SUPPLIER ACTIVITY

Getting methane monitoring right


China orders bring some joy


Quest adds Joy miner to fleet


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COAL MARKETS 
The quarterly pricing regime
(Tuesday, 9 March 2010)

IRON ore is tipped to settle on a quarterly basis as BHP Billiton avoids annual contracts for coking coal. Mine Life senior resources analyst Gavin Wendt and Patersons Securities coal analyst Andrew Harrington look into the ramifications.
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MORE COAL MARKETS

Brookfield exec to head Prime Infrastructure


BHP goes quarterly for coking coal


Coal prospects bright


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EQUIPMENT 
MineWare wins BMA contract
(Wednesday, 3 March 2010)

MINEWARE has secured a preferred supplier agreement with BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance to supply its dragline monitoring and intelligence solutions across all BMA sites in Queensland.
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R & D 
Preparing the mind for emergency
(Friday, 5 March 2010)

THE National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is in the middle of a three-year, six-part research project to bring comprehensive refuge chamber training to the nation’s mines.
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MORE R & D

OPINION: Miners will be hit by R&D tax changes


Galilee to marry geothermal and clean coal tech


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SAFETY AND HEALTH 
NMA launches online safety initiative
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

THE National Mining Association has launched its latest effort in mine safety and health performance improvements for US operations, the SafetyShare.org website.
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MORE SAFETY AND HEALTH

MSHA blames truck operator in Samples death


Excessive dust at NSW longwall mines


New tool opens gate to collision avoidance


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STATISTICS 
Australia's Longwall Mines 2009 Review (D-M)
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

THE latest individual mine production and equipment statistics for Australian longwall mines from D to M for 2009.
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MORE STATISTICS

Australia's Longwall Mines 2009 Review (A-C)


Exclusive survey: 2009 Australian longwall mine production


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ENVIRONMENT 
GE to save water at Buchanan
(Monday, 8 March 2010)

CONSOL Energy’s Buchanan No. 1 longwall mine in southwestern Virginia will install General Electric’s Zero Liquid Discharge water treatment system to partly reuse about 99% of the water fed into the preparation plant.
Full Story...


MORE ENVIRONMENT

Coal company emission data


Federal judge keeping protestors from Massey mines


DEP points finger at Consol mine for dam damage


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EDUCATION 
QRC calls for regional uni push
(Monday, 8 March 2010)

QUEENSLAND’S resources sector has joined calls for greater federal government support for regional universities as it attempts to address the growing skills shortage in the industry.
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Hunnu gains option on Mongolian project
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

PERTH-based explorer Hunnu Coal has been granted the option to acquire an 80% interest in a thermal coal project in southeastern Mongolia.
Full Story...


Ravensworth North expansion
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

XSTRATA Coal has applied for federal government approval for its $A900 million Ravensworth Operations project, which will establish the Ravensworth North pit and extend surface mining for another 29 years, plus expand surface infrastructure for the Ravensworth underground longwall mine.
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Coal subsidy claims: put up or shut up
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

THE Queensland government campaign to privatise QR’s coal assets through a $3 billion float is heating up with claim and counter claim being made by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and the Queensland Resources Council.
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   CURRENT FOCUS FEATURES

Australian Longwall Statistics 2009

Australia's Longwall Mines 2009 Review (D-M)

Australia's Longwall Mines 2009 Review (A-C)

Stunning year for Newlands

Exclusive survey: 2009 Australian longwall mine production






   TODAY'S STORIES CONTINUED


Australia's Longwall Mines 2009 Review (D-M)
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

THE latest individual mine production and equipment statistics for Australian longwall mines from D to M for 2009.
Full Story...


NMA launches online safety initiative
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

THE National Mining Association has launched its latest effort in mine safety and health performance improvements for US operations, the SafetyShare.org website.
Full Story...


UK Coal denies takeover speculation
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

UK Coal has today denied press speculation that it has received a cash offer for the company as it continues to encounter problems with the performance of its deep mines.
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Farmers beat BHP on technicality
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

BHP Billiton’s Caroona coal project suffered a setback on Friday as the New South Wales Supreme Court ruled in favour of two farming families who want drilling rigs off their land.
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People power
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

IT is estimated growth in the resources sector will create 136,000 new direct and indirect jobs over the next five years. While that is great news for the industry and the growth of the nation, the most urgent issue now is finding where all the skilled workers are going to come from.
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MSHA blames truck operator in Samples death
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration has determined that a contractor equipment operator – considered alcohol-impaired by state law – was at fault for an accident last July in Kentucky that took his life.
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More flights for Central Queensland
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

CENTRAL Queensland’s booming mining industry has prompted Qantas to increase services to Mackay and Rockhampton to cope with greater demand.
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Bandanna appoints Waratah Coal veteran
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010)

BANDANNA Energy has recruited former Waratah Coal exploration vice-president David Campbell as its new exploration manager.
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Excessive dust at NSW longwall mines
(Tuesday, 9 March 2010)

NEW South Wales government testing of inhalable coal dust in the state’s longwall mines has found more than a third of the samples taken exceeded the 10mg per cubic metre limit.
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Federal back online once again
(Tuesday, 9 March 2010)

PATRIOT Coal’s Federal No. 2 operation in northern West Virginia is open once again after being idled for a second time in as many weeks on March 5.
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