Coal News - Australia
News Archive 2005
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December 2005 >>
Carbon tax too costly, says NZ
New Zealand has abandoned plans to introduce a carbon tax after deciding it would not cut emissions enough to justify the cost of its introduction, a move that comes as Victoria negotiates with other states for an Australian emissions trading scheme.
The Age - Friday 30 December 2005
Clean transport fuels for Australia
...One source of liquid fuels that meet the criteria set out above are those produced through the Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) synthesis reaction... The F-T reaction is a bit of fancy chemistry that takes the products of coal gasification (hydrogen and carbon monoxide, known as syngas) and with the help of a catalyst turns them into liquid synthetic petroleum......
ON LINE opinion - Thursday 29 December 2005
Guj NRE mulls overseas issue
Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd (GNCL), the largest non-captive metallurgical coke manufacturer in the country, is planning to raise $50-$100 million from the international market. ....The proceeds from the second issue will be used to develop a coal mine it acquired during the year.
The Telegraph, Calcutta India - Sunday 25 December 2005
Commodity Strategists: Asian Coal Prices May Fall More Than 20%
Asian contract rates for coal used in power plants may fall more than 20 percent next year as Indonesia and rival mining nations raised output after prices surged, Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. said.
Bloomberg - Friday 23 December 2005
Mayor stalls on pipeline project
Bowen Shire Mayor Mike Brunker is considering a road blockade if SunWater does not respond to his calls about payment for extra road use during the construction of a pipeline from Burdekin Falls Dam to Moranbah. Coal mining development in the Bowen Basin is expected to benefit substantially from the finalisation of commercial arrangements by SunWater and Queensland mining companies to develop the water pipeline.
The Townsville Bulletin - Thursday 22 December 2005
Predictions coal demand to stay strong
A minerals analyst expects the demand for Australian coal in the medium term to remain strong.
ABC News Online - Tuesday 20 December 2005
Queue system forces 10pc cut in production
THE only wholly Australian-owned mining company using the troubled Dalrymple Bay coal-loading facility in Queensland has had to cut back production because of moves to reduce bottlenecks at the port.
The Australian -Tuesday 20 December 2005
Visa snaps up Aussie mine
The Visa group has acquired a coal mine at Queensland in Australia. Visa Steel, which is setting up a 1.5-million-tonne steel and stainless steel plant in Orissa, will source its coking coal from the Australian mine at a competitive price.
The Telegraph, Calcutta India - Monday 19 December 2005
Qld Rail gauges iron ore haul in the west
State -owned Queensland Rail is the hot tip to be the operator of a new 370km iron ore railway in Western Australia's mid-west region...
QR has plenty of experience in bulk commodities, railing 157 million tonnes of coal a year.
The Australian - Monday 19 December 2005
Coking coal may drop by 4%
Coking coal prices may be cut 4% to $120/metric ton in the fiscal year starting in April because of expected increases in supply and cutbacks in world steel production, according to the median estimate of nine analysts polled by Bloomberg News.
Purchasing Magazine Online - Monday 19 December 2005
Gujarat NRE coal shipment heads to India
The Australian subsidiary of Gujarat NRE Coke has sent the first shipment of unwashed coal from its Australian resources to India.
Webindia123.com - Friday 16 December 2005
Brown is new green in $50m coal study
Victoria's single largest power station, Loy Yang, is to spend over $50 million on a feasibility study and coal exploration to support a possible new $1 billion brown-coal power plant in the state. But the catch is that any new development will have to use clean-coal technologies that still need to be commercially proved.
The Australian - Friday 16 December 2005
Chinese Growth Could Hurt Some Australian Industries
Long-term strong economic growth in China has the potential to hurt Australia's automotive, steel and aluminum industries, but benefit iron ore and coal exports, according to an official study issued Wednesday.
Dow Jones Newswires - Wednesday 14 December 2005
Aussies take lead in push for clean air
Key international climate research centres have backed Australia's push to develop clean-coal technology and warned that "carbon capture and storage" is the key to achieving deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.
The Australian - Tuesday 13 December 2005
Exports full of energy
Australian commodities exports are expected to pass $120 billion this financial year..... Coking coal contract prices more than doubled this year, with the value of exports forecast to rise 64 per cent to $17.7 billion.
Melbourne Herald Sun - Tuesday 13 December 2005
Illawarra Coal launches desalination trials at Douglas
Illawarra Coal is looking to reap both environmental and cost benefits from the launch of a six week, first-of-its-kind trial at its Douglas longwall which could result in a full-scale desalination plant at the mine.
International Longwall News - Wednesday 7 December 2005
Coal and lead's green credentials
Two recent conferences held in Australia highlight the genuine efforts being made by the mining industry to play a leading role in the green revolution.
Ferret.com.au - Tuesday 6 December 2005
Australia coal boom cools as price cuts loom
Billions of dollars worth of coal from Australia, the world's biggest exporter, face price cuts of up to 25 percent next year as Asian buyers chop back stunning 2005/06 price rises, industry experts said on Monday.
Reuters - Monday 5 December 2005
BHP, Rivals May Cut Coking Coal Prices by 4% as Supplies Rise
BHP Billiton, the world's largest miner, and rivals may cut coking coal prices by 4 percent from April because of increased supplies and cutbacks in steel production, according to a Bloomberg survey.
Bloomberg - Monday 5 December 2005
China coal fever seeks a late cure
China fever has taken hold of the Australian coal mining services industry, but the rush for deals may be too little too late.
The Australian - Monday 5 December 2005
Trade recovery misses the boat
The recovery in Australia's trade volumes is coming, but it is taking so long that there may be little left of the commodity boom by the time it arrives..... it expected iron ore exports would rise by a third by 2007-08 while coal exports would rise by 20 per cent.
The Weekend Australian - Saturday 3 December 2005
Metals Outlook 2006
Most unusually, major mining companies like BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are investing heavily at what many analysts consider the top of the minerals cycle in commodities like iron ore, coal, nickel and mineral sands.
Ferret.com.au - Friday 2 December 2005
Australian media hail Erdogan's visit
Next week's visit to Australian by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is being seen as a major trade opportunity by officials in Australia...... some 300 Australian companies sold about $200 million of goods and services to Turkey annually, with the majority of exports being minerals and fuel, dominated by gold and coal.
NTV MSNBC - Turkey - Thursday 1 December 2005
November 2005 >>
How green is our valley
Amid a mining boom, the Gunnedah coal basin is the new frontier, but not everyone wants to go there, writes Daniel Lewis.
The Sydney Morning Herald - Monday 28 Novemeber 2005
$50 Million For HIsmelt Plant
The HIsmelt molten iron plant in Kwinana has received a payment of a $50 million investment incentive by Australian Resources Minister, Ian Macfarlane.
MineBox - Monday 28 Novemeber 2005
Coal : More Or Less Russian Production?
As Australian coal producers enter into the contract negotiation period with Japanese steel mills, SB Citigroup has taken time to analyse the Russian coal market to assess its position as a growing exporter.
Australasian Investment Review - Monday 28 Novemeber 2005
Adhunik group plans jt venture for coal mining in Australia
KOLKATA: The Rs 600-crore Adhunik group is planning to acquire coal equity and form a joint venture for coal mining in Australia for assured supply of critical raw material -- coking coal for its steel plants.
The Hindu, Business Line - Saturday 26 November 2005
Australia to commission 29.4 bln aud of new resources projects ...
SYDNEY (AFX) - New resources projects, costing a total of 29.4 bln aud to develop, will begin production over the next two years, the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE) said.
Forbes.com - Friday 18 November 2005
Nuclear power is not the right answer
The Governor-General has got it half right about global warming, writes David Young...........
Cleaning up coal-fired power is the focus of billions of dollars of research funding around the world. Technology breakthroughs will enable Australia to use its 500 years' supply of coal guilt-free.
The Age - Thursday 17 November 2005
New era hinges on Austar
A lot hinges on DBT's success at introducing longwall top coal caving (LTCC) to Yanzhou Coal's Austar mine.
International Longwall News - Wednesday 16 November 2005
Australian research body seeks to reduce greenhouse gases
Australia's peak research body is embarking on a $US58 million plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the nation's coal fired power stations.
ABC Asia Pacific TV / Radio Australia - Tuesday 15 November 2005
Dalrymple system coal comfort to Macarthur chief
The only Australian-owned coal producer using the Dalrymple Bay coal port in North Queensland claims that a new queue management system authorised by the competition regulator yesterday will not ease a traffic jam of ships tangling the port.
The Australian - Tuesday 15 November 2005
Coal to fall as iron ore prices face tug-of-war
Prices of coking coal, used to make steel, may fall 28 per cent during the next two years as new mines start production, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The Courier Mail - Monday 14 November 2005
Xstrata, Taipower settle thermal coal contracts
Xstrata Plc, the world's biggest exporter of coal used in power plants, agreed to sell coal to Taiwan Power Co for less than exporters have been targeting, which may drag down other contract prices, Citigroup Inc said.
Taipai Times - Saturday 12 November 2005
Elouera lives on under new management
Illawarra Coal and Delta Mining have forged an agreement that will extend production at the Elouera coal mine in the Illawarra by 15 months.
Ferret.com.au - Thursday 10 November 2005
Transport 'suffers with state neglect'
Australia's transport infrastructure has suffered at the hands of state governments, a transport lobby group says.
".... a railway is needed to open up the Surat Coal Basin so that its 3.5 billion tonnes of thermal coal can be exported to the world"
The Sydney Morning Herald - Wednesday 9 November 2005
Richards Bay to Become World's Biggest Coal Port
South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal Co., part owned by BHP Billiton and Anglo American Plc, announced a plan to increase capacity by 28 percent, which will make it the world's biggest coal export port.
Bloomberg.com - Wednesday 2 November 2005
Editors Note: Information from the ACA website is misquoted in the above story. The figure of 77.8 Mt represents export loadings for 2004 for Newcastle, not capacity, which should read 89 Mt - see:
http://www.australiancoal.com.au/ports.htm
Meter cuts mine dragline breaks
Damage detection technology for heavy mining machinery is expected to boost mine production by about 30 per cent and reduce maintenance costs
The Australian IT, Tuesday 1 November 2005
October 2005 >>
Coal output to exceed 2 bln tons
China's coal output this year is to exceed 2 billion tons, Vice President Pu Hongjiu of the China Coal Industry Association was quoted by the Economic Daily as saying at the second meeting of the Sino-Australian Coal Summit.
China View - Xinhua News Agency - Tuesday 25 October 2005
Australian mining undergoes big expansion
Australian iron and coal mining companies are in the midst of a massive surge in development and expansion. This week alone new investments totaling $4.5 billion have been confirmed...
United Press International - Friday 21 October 2005
Anglo, Mitsui Start $516 Mln Australian Coal Project (Update2)
Anglo American Plc and Japan's Mitsui & Co. Ltd. will start digging a $516 million Australian coal pit, seeking to take advantages of record prices for metallurgical coal, which is used by steelmakers.
Bloomberg Australia & New Zealand - Thursday 20 October 2005
Prefeasibility study begins for Oz iron, cogeneration plant
Australian coal explorer Aviva said yesterday that it has finalised the appointment of all consultants for the prefeasibility study of an iron-making and cogeneration facility based on the Central West coal deposit, in Western Australia.
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - Thursday 20 October 2005
Call for cool coal heads
Excessive expenditure on port infrastructure by the Australian coal industry was a form of “irrational exuberance”, according to Xtrata Coal CEO Peter Coates.
Ferret Australia - Wednesday 19 October 2005
INDIA PRESS:Tata Steel Buys Stake In Australia Coal Field
India's second-largest steel producer, has purchased a stake in an Australian coal field, reports the Financial Express newspaper.
Yahoo News - Wednesday 19 October 2005
Coal sales to China may soar: Costello
Australian coal exports to China could increase tenfold within five years if China's markets were fully open to foreign suppliers, the Treasurer Peter Costello said in Beijing yesterday.
The Australian -Tuesday 18 October 2005
A giant breathes new life into a dinosaur
Barely three years ago the Australian resources sector was considered a "dinosaur" industry. Increasingly shunned by the investment community because of poor returns, the industry was wondering how it could ever do away with its chronic overcapacity and the resultant mean pricing of commodities.
The Age - Tuesday 18 October 2005
Energy use to more than double in 25 years
Australia already consumes energy at a high rate, but 25 years from now, we'll be using more than twice as much. And it'll still be coal and oil that feed the nation's growing appetite.
ABC PM - Friday 14 October 2005
Largest Australian coal industry job awarded
Anglo Coal Australia has formed an alliance with Thiess Sedgman Joint Venture (TSJV) to deliver the $346m Dawson project, the largest design and construct contract awarded in the Australian coal industry.
Ferret Australia - Friday 14 October 2005
Low-emissions fund open for business
The federal government has called for applications for its $500 million Low Emissions Technology Demonstration Fund. Under the 16-year fund project, the government aims to accelerate the development of new, low-emission technologies to abate greenhouse gases, principally in Australia's expanding coal industry.
The Age - Tuesday 11 October 2005
Coal boom to outlast nuclear energy
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is supremely confident about the long-term demand for his state's coal even if China and India cut back their orders.
The Weekend Australian - Sunday 9 October 2005
Australian coal majors in talks with Indian thermal power stations
Australian coal majors Wesfarmers Coal Company Ltd and Griffin Coal Company Pty Ltd have begun discussions with thermal power stations in India for long-term coal supplies.
The Hindu Business Line, Internet Edition - Friday 7 October 2005
Macarthur Coal To Acquire Bowen Basin Interests
Macarthur Coal Limited is entering into an agreement to acquire certain joint venture interests in the Bowen Basin Coal Exploration Joint Venture...
Minebox Online Portal - Friday 7 October 2005
Branxton Xstrata Coal Pro-Am assists charity
Branxton Golf Club, situated in the heart of the Hunter Valley, NSW, is ready to stage one of its best Pro Am events ever. The tournament, which is sponsored by Xstrata Coal, offers prizemoney of $18,000 and will be held on the 15th and 16th October.
iseekgolf.com Pty Ltd - Thursday 6 October 2005
Gladstone to be coal world No 1
The central Queensland port of Gladstone is set to become the world's largest coal export facility, with the Beattie Government fast-tracking a redevelopment in the massive Bowen and Surat basins.
The Australian - Wednesday 5 October 2005
Drill results at Oz project support quality estimates
Australian coal explorer Aviva yesterday advised that the first stage of the coal testwork program at the Central West coal deposit, 270 km north of Perth in Western Australia, had been completed on samples recovered from the feasibility drill program completed last month.
Creamer Media's Mining weekly - Wednesday 5 October 2005
Coking coal prices will stay high
Coking coal prices are forecast to remain at high levels until the end of 2006—but increasing supply from Australia has caused Citigroup Smith Barney analysts to predict a rollover of the current contract price of $125 per metric ton. Previously, these analysts had forecast a rise to $135 for 2006 deliveries.
Purchasing Magazine Online - Monday 3 October 2005
Mining's booming – but costs are booming too
Commodity prices have never been higher but neither have production and construction costs as Queensland's mining sector scrambles to expand.
Courier Mail, Brisbane - Saturday 1 October 2005
September
2005 >>
ATEC
seeks partners for $775m rail project
Australian Transport & Energy Corridor has
invited a range of potential mining sector partners
to join its proposed $775 million Toowoomba to
Gladstone railway which would open up the coal-rich
Surat Basin.
Courier Mail, Brisbane - Friday 30 September
2005
Leighton
up on joint venture
Shares in Leighton Holdings vaulted 6 per cent
yesterday on news that the diversified construction
group had won a $346 million joint venture design
and construction contract for the upgrade of the
Dawson coal mine at Moura.
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia - Tuesday 27
September 2005
Gujarat
NRE Coke begins Australian operations
Gujarat NRE Coke started its Australian operations
with the opening of its first mine - NRE No.1
Colliery.
Business Standard, India, Web Bureau - Monday
26 September 2005
SAIL,
BHP to buy Australian coking coal mine
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and BHP Billiton
are close to acquiring a coking coal mine in Australia.
Business Standard, India
- Friday 23 September 2005
Coal
India eyes Australian mines
The country's largest coal producer Coal India
Ltd (CIL), is in talks with Australia's mining
giant BHP Billiton to buy stakes down under to
ensure supplies in the future.
Sify Ltd; Finance
- Thursday 22 September 2005
Lower
imports not worrying coal analyst
A coal analyst says he is not concerned that Australian
imports into its major markets are at a five-year
low.
ABC Regional Online - Australia - Tuesday
20 September 2005
Tata
Steel to invest in Australian mines
Tata Steel Ltd, India's second-biggest steel maker,
is in talks to invest in and buy coking coal from
two or three Australian mines as it seeks raw
materials to feed expansion
Sify Ltd; Finance
- Monday 19 September 2005
Australia
riding a coal boom
Australia has jumped off the sheep's back and
climbed aboard the coal loader. New figures show
the nation is about to enjoy a $7 billion surge
in coal-laced export earnings.
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 19 September 2005
Australian
news in brief
Australia's Queensland state is studying a A$400mil
expansion of the world's fifth largest coal export
port amid rising demand in Asia.
The Star Online - Malaysia - Saturday 17 September
2005
Coal
leaders express confidence in future of industry
Australia's coal industry has dismissed suggestions
that it's facing a threat from the renewed interest
in nuclear energy around the world.
ABC Online - Australia - Thursday 15 Sepember
2005
Clean
energy special: The big clean-up
They said Kyoto would never work. They said capping
emissions was not the answer. And now the US and
Australia are putting their money where their
mouth is as part of a six-nation pact dedicated
to using technology to halt climate change.
NewScientist.com news service - Saturday 3
September 2005
Australia
to ease FDI rules for Indian cos
The rules for foreign direct investment into Australia
will be made "clearer and easier to assist
Indian companies in their investment plans",
John McCarthy, Australian High Commissioner to
India, said today.
ChennaiOnline News, Friday 2 September 2005
Miners
keep nation afloat
Miners are digging Australia out of its trade
deficit woes but the building sector is still
struggling to prop up the domestic economy.
The Courier-Mail - Thursday 1 September 2005
August
2005 >>
Energy:
using our brains and our resources
The new Asia-Pacific Greenhouse Agreement offers
Australia a great opportunity to take full advantage
of both its brains and its energy resources.
By Frank van Shagen in Online Opinion - Thursday
25 August 2005
Risk
management system delivers
CSIRO's research into risk management systems
for underground coal mines has reached several
major milestones.
International Longwall News - Wednesday 24
August 2005
Solving
the gas drainage puzzle
When Xstrata Coal's Oaky North and Oaky No. 1
mines put its mine gas management to tender in
2003, management had some clear objectives. Underground
seam drilling was identified as a factor delaying
development of Oaky North and management wanted
a gas solution that would remove methane as an
issue at the mine.
International Longwall News - Wednesday 17
August 2005
INTERVIEW:
India's Tata To Import More Australian Coal
A former managing director of Tata Steel and currently
on the boards of Tata Steel, Tata Motors and Tata
Industries, Irani was on a visit to Australia,
from where the Tatas plan to increase the purchases
of coking coal to help fuel the group's plans
to boost steel output.
Yahoo Singapore Finance - Tuesday 16 August
2005
Missing
rail link a step closer
The missing link between Queensland's North Goonyella
and Newlands rail systems is a step closer to
progressing, which is good news for mining industries
in the north of the state.
Construction Equipment News - Monday 15 August
2005
Underground
Coal-Gasification, Coal-to-Liquids Fuel Project
in Australia
Syntroleum Corporation and Australian-based Linc
Energy are planning to develop a coal-to-liquids
(CTL) project in Australia that integrates Syntroleum's
air-based Fischer-Tropsch technology (earlier
post) with Linc Energy's underground coal gasification
(UCG) technology.
Green Car Congress - Monday 15 August 2005
Australia's
Global Energy Role Will Grow, Says Ian Macfarlane
in World Energy Magazine
"Coal remains the mainstay of the World's
energy needs," says Australian industry,
tourism and resources minister, Ian Macfarlane,
in the Australia feature section of the new World
Energy magazine.
Business Wire, Houston - Thursday 11 August
2005
Australia's
coal export capacity may rise 39 pct by 2010
Australia's east coast coal export port capacity
could increase by 100 mln metric tons a year,
or nearly 39 pct, by 2010 from its current capacity
of 259.6 mln tons annually, following expansion
at key export terminals, Energy Economics said
in a report.
Energy Central - Sydney (AFX) - Wednesday 10
August 2005
Oaky
gets second longwall
XSTRATA Coal has given the go-ahead for the installation
of a second longwall face at the Oaky Creek No.
1 mine in central Queensland.
International Longwall News - Wednesday 10
August 2005
SGS
Buys Australian Coal, Agriculture Testing Firm
(Update2)
SGS SA, the world's largest goods inspection company,
acquired an Australian coal, agriculture and environmental
testing company to expand in the east of the country.
Bloomberg.com - 8 August 2005
Coal
pit to shake out salt
Undrinkable river water from Australia's most
intensely salt-affected region was pumped to a
West Australian coal pit yesterday in a radical
intervention aimed at undoing decades of damage
caused by logging, farming and mining.
The Australian - 4 August 2005
July 2005
>>
Smoke
gets in their eyes
The Australian Government has finally woken up
to the looming dangers of greenhouse gases...
However, Australia's coal industry claims it is
unfair to single out coal as the bogyman of climate
change. It says that with global demand for energy
growing at between 2 and 3 per cent a year, coal
will remain part of the energy equation.
The Sydney Morning Herald - Saturday 30 July
2005
China's
power producer acquires interest of Australian
coal project
China's top power producer China Huaneng Group
(CHNG) has acquired part of interest of a large
Australian coal project.
China View - Xinhua News Agency - Thursday
28 July 2005
Greenpeace's Blockade of Australian Coal Port
Ends (Update1)
A Greenpeace blockade of Australia's Newcastle
port, the world's largest coal-export harbor,
ended after police towed away the group's Rainbow
Warrior ship that was obstructing a channel used
by coal vessels.
Bloomberg.com - Wednesday 27 July 2005
Australia
and US plan pact as Kyoto alternative
Australia will soon announce a new greenhouse
gas emission pact with the US, China, India and
South Korea as an alternative to the Kyoto Protocol,
the environment minister said today.
Ireland On-Line - Wednesday 27 July
2005
Brazil
giant eyes state coal
A Brazilian resources giant has made its first
strategic investment in Australia, revealing plans
yesterday for an exploration study which could
result in a new $1 billion coal mine in Queensland.
The Courier-Mail - Thursday 21 July 2005
AN
ambitious commonwealth plan to take over pricing
regulation of ports and other critical export
facilities will be put to Labor premiers
Peter Costello said yesterday he wanted the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission to replace
the role of state-based competition authorities,
arguing the present fragmented system is holding
back economic growth.
The Australian - Wednesday 20 July 2005
Hay Point coal terminal expansion approved
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) CEO John
Smith has announced the approval of Phase 2 of
BMA's expansion program at its Hay Point coal
terminal...
ferret.com.au (Reed Business Information) -
Wednesday 20 July 2005
Guj
NRE plans captive jetty at Kandla
Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd, which recently acquired
a second coal mine in Australia, is expected to
commence commercial production there from August
1, 2005.
The Business Standard (India) - Tuesday 19
July 2005
New
Hope says 10 month sales are well up
Coal producer New Hope Corporation said its net
profit from its Australian operations was up around
160 per cent in the 10 months to May. "The
improved result reflects the benefit of higher
export coal prices," New Hope said.
The Age - Monday 18 July 2005
Tata
Steel to buy 5% stake in Australian coal mine
TATA Steel today announced that it is investing
in coal mines in Australia.The steel major has
signed agreements to buy a five per cent stake
in Carborough Downs Coal Project located in Queensland,
Australia.
The Hindu Business Line, Internet Edition -
Monday 18 July 2005
Longwall
of China to debut down under
A new technology in longwall mining will be introduced
into Australia shortly, when the first application
of a Chinese-developed system of top coal caving
is installed in NSW.
ferret.com.au (Reed Business Information) -
Friday 15 July 2005
Producers
look to buy Port Kembla
As posturing continues over the need for a new
coal loader at Newcastle, which services the Hunter
Valley coal producers, a group of coal miners
have put forward a proposal to acquire the smaller
coal loader at Port Kembla, which services mainly
the southern and western coalfields in NSW.
McCloskey's Coal News - Thursday 14 July 2005
Australian
- Sino partnership strengthened
THE synergies between Australia – the world's
biggest exporter of coal – and China –
the world's largest consumer of coal – were
highlighted at last week's China-Coal Summit in
Brisbane.
International Longwall News - Monday 11 July
2005
New
deal aims to boost Hunter coal exports
Coal exports from the Hunter Valley are expected
to increase by 20 per cent under a new agreement
to improve the mining sector's supply chain.
McCloskey's Coal News -Tuesday 5 July
2005
Light
at the end of range rail tunnel
AN important rail link between the New England
and north-west and points east of the Great Dividing
Range has been granted $1 million for an alignment
study.
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Wednesday
6 July 2005
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