Chinese majority-owned coal producer Yancoal has announced that its open-pit mines Yarrabee and Middlemount have been affected by the heavy rainfalls impacting Australia's Queensland region. Production from the mines is likely to be ...
Tags: coal production, coal Exports, coal mining
In the week ended January 28, coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle in Queensland, the coal producing state of Australia, totaled 2.7 million mt, according to Newcastle Port Corporation. The figure constitutes a decrease of 3.6 percent ...
Tags: Coal exports, coal shipments, coking coal
The Australian dollar moved higher with traders largely shrugging off Julia Gillard's surprise calling of a September 14 election. The announcement stunned political pundits but elicited little reaction in currency markets. At 4.30pm ...
The Australian dollar moved higher in Asian trading, largely ignoring the announcement of a federal election on September 14. The announcement stunned political pundits but elicited little reaction in currency markets. At 5pm AEDT, the ...
Volkswagen Australia Group (VAG) is targeting mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP in 2013, with the hope of securing lucrative sales contracts for its commercial vehicle range. Speaking at a media conference in Sydney, VAG managing ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Extra Sales, 2013
The Australian sharemarket has closed higher, with investors encouraged by the recent strength of global markets. At 4.15pm AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index had risen 53.8 points, or 1.11 per cent, to 4889.0 points - its highest ...
Australian tennis prodigy Bernard Tomic is set to lose his licence after being caught speeding in his Ferrari on the Gold Coast this morning. AAP reports Queensland Police clocked the 20-year-old travelling at 78km/h in a 60km/h zone in ...
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Glass Australia, scheduled for September 19-21 in Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, has issued a call for papers. The event is looking for papers on a number of topics, including glass in architecture, energy performance in buildings, ...
Tags: Glass, Glass Australia, glass production
The federal government will launching a new $40 million-a-year research project to try and make the digital economy the key driver of the nation's wealth in post-mining boom Australia. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and the ...
The dates have been set for the fourteenth annual Queensland Supply Chain and Logistics Conference for 2013. To be held on 29 and 30 August 2013 at the Sofitel Hotel Brisbane, the Queensland Supply Chain & Logistics Conference is the ...
Tags: Queensland Supply Chain and Logistics Conference, logistics, Queensland
In the week ended January 21, coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle in Queensland, the coal producing state of Australia, totaled 2.8 million mt, according to Newcastle Port Corporation. The figure constitutes a decrease of 10.2 percent ...
Tags: Coal exports, Coal, coal producing state
Queensland-based mining companies including coal producers are expecting to shed nearly 500 jobs from their operations in the Australian state in the next 12 months, and this is on top of a net loss of 3,370 jobs in the mining industry in ...
Australia’s first national heavy vehicle regulator, NHVR, opened for business today, initially managing NHVAS accreditation and PBS design and vehicle approvals. Later in 2013, once the Heavy Vehicle National Law is in place in the ...
Group Newsagency Supplies (GNS) has announced details of a new share offer, aimed at raising around $7 million to repay debt and expand its market base. GNS CEO Alex Stewart told Stationery News that the funds raised will be used to: ...
Tags: GNS, Stationery News, Stationery
At this year’s Summernats 26 car festival in Canberra, the Guinness World Record was broken for the most number of cars in a simultaneous burnout. A total of 69 cars took part in the tyre-frying, record-breaking event, creating a ...