MINES inspectors are concerned about the conveying and storing of hazardous chemicals in underground coal mines.
11/09/2008
AUSTRALIAN sustainability exert, Dr John Cole, has been appointed to head the government’s new Office of Clean Energy in a bid to reduce the state’s carbon footprint.
28/10/2008
COAL mining in the Bowen basin will continue to buzz with a major power boost planned for the area.
15/09/2008
THE DEPARTMENT of Mines and Energy Mines Inspectorate has released an official warning on the use of flameproof alternator electrical protection systems in underground coal mines.
20/04/2009
THE Queensland Government is spending nearly $40million to boost power supplies to the RG Tanna terminal in Gladstone.
08/12/2008
ERGON Energy has completed work on a $37 million switchyard in Queensland to power Australia's first low emission coal seam gas-fired power station.
05/01/2009
A fatal accident has suspended operations at the Curragh coal mine.
01/09/2010
A WORLD-first combustion technology project in Queensland is set to revolutionise coal-fired power and combat climate change, according to the DME.
17/11/2008
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has announced a new study examining the potential for carbon capture and storage in the Western Australia.
10/06/2009
AUSTRALIA’S coal exports may be threatened by Malaysia’s Second National Mineral Policy launched in January 2009.
05/02/2009
AUSTRALIA is embarking on a demonstration project to prove power stations can be refitted to burn coal in a cleaner way.
11/12/2008
The Queensland Mines Inspectorate has issued a safety alert after a high pressure emulsion line on a hydraulic longwall pump sled ruptured.
03/03/2010
A WORLD-first combustion technology project in Queensland is set to revolutionise coal-fired power and combat climate change, according to the DME.
17/11/2008
BUSINESS and corporate advisory group BDO Kendalls says that many coal mining companies are unaware of a legislative time bomb that could cost businesses up to $200,000.
04/08/2009
THE 2009 Queensland Resources Expo (QREX) Trade Exhibition which will be held at the Rockhampton Showgrounds from 21 and 23 July 2009 will showcase many new products suitable for use in the coal mining industry.
16/06/2009