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DBT Australia reorganises to incorporate new acquisitions (27/11/2001)

... as specialist expertise in areas like coal preparation, open cut maintenance and after-sales support of the range of coal mining equipment.DBT Australia remains the principal company in the Australian group, with two subsidiaries, DBT LAD (the ...

Contract miner lifts revenues (22/11/2001)

... $60m have also been secured by Henry Walker Eltin.Henry Walker Eltin says that it will double its revenue from coal mining activity in 2002 - a result of the company's success in winning new work during 2001 in this expanding market for ...

Mining Hall of Fame inductees (31/10/2001)

... GroupJames Brownand Alexander BrownBrothers who founded a family business and expanded Newcastle’s coal mining and exports.May BrownMining entrepreneur; the Northern Territory’s “wolfram queen.”Sam CashProspector whose ...

Indonesians move to majority control of BHP coal mines (24/10/2001)

... Billiton has met its obligation under Indonesian law to sell down its interest in the PT Arutmin Indonesia energy coal mining operations in Kalimantan to allow majority Indonesian ownership of the project.The company will sell its 80% interest ...

From IT to coal mining (24/10/2001)

... In an unusual twist to the usual mining to dot.com conversion, an established IT company is seeking to be a coal miner.Customers Ltd will buy, subject to shareholder approval, the entire issued capital of Blackfin Pty Ltd. Blackfin’s sole ...

Enex Resources heralds major expansion drive (13/09/2001)

... floated by Glencore on the Australian Stock Exchange for some $2,300m to contain its Australian and South African coal mining assets. Enex will list on the stock exchange on September 17, with Glencore retaining a stake of 40-45% in the ...

ABS charts fall in mining profits (29/08/2001)

... Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today.Increased coal production was offset by lower prices and direct employment in the coal mining industry recorded a decrease of 1,081 people (6%) to 17,097. As in previous years, this decrease was primarily ...

Enex on the prowl for more acquisitions (24/08/2001)

... floated by Glencore on the Australian Stock Exchange for some $2,300m to contain its Australian and South African coal mining assets. The retail offer will close on September 12, and Enex will list on the stock exchange on September 17.During ...

Commission rejects claims over Dendrobium inquiry (21/08/2001)

... Cleland informed Mr Muir that his oral submission concerning the administration and implementation of the Coal Mining Regulation Act by the Department of Mineral Resources and in particular section 138 were not relevant to the proceedings," he ...

Deepgreen to concentrate on deep black (16/08/2001)

... Minerals Corp will concentrate on its coal mining business and sell all non-core coal assets, including 5% in Bligh Oil & Minerals; 27% in the South African company, Samroc; 50% of the Costerfield antimony gold project in Victoria; and 20% in ...

Biggest order book for contractor (2/08/2001)

... East Arm Port Development as part of the trans-continental railway construction.The company is now involved in coal mining at seven locations, and is hopeful of winning more coal mining ...

Coal mine blamed for dam damage (31/07/2001)

... even a minor earthquake or flood could now potentially endanger water supplies to the Macarthur region.The BHP coal mining operations in the Illawarra have been accused previously of environmental damage, with a river above one of the longwall ...

Harnischfeger out of bankruptcy with new name (13/07/2001)

... in Australia under the P&H Mining Equipment and Joy Mining Machinery names, supplying everything from underground coal mining equipment to open cut ...

Augers open undergound opportunities (13/07/2001)

... Cutting Edge Technologies Pty Ltd (CET) and BryDet Development Corp of the USA have revisited an underground coal mining technique first pioneered in the 1930s to produce a robust auger mining system that allows miners to access thin seams, or ...

Rio to decide whether to appeal AIRC decision (10/07/2001)

... of who was to be retrenched was made on merit rounds rather the time-honoured seniority system demanded by the coal mining unions.Now the AIRC has ordered that a batch of 11 coalminers be reinstated as if they had remained in employment since ...

Go-ahead given for Mount Arthur North (6/07/2001)

... the NSW Hunter Valley will now go ahead, with BHP Billiton Ltd today announcing approval. It sees BHP returning to a coal mining area it has withdrawn from twice before due to union problems.It also sees a new emphasis on steaming coal ...

Gresham buys out Eroc (4/07/2001)

... 35 large-scale mining and infrastructure projects,” Humphris said.“Our ability to focus on both metalliferous and coal mining as well as civil infrastructure projects reduces our reliance on the cyclicality of a single industry.”Eroc (as ...

Mediation at BHP’s Queensland coal mines (22/06/2001)

... mediation at the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission.A joint statement last night by BHP Coal and the three coal mining unions (CFMEU, AMWU and CEPU) said that, following extensive negotiations, an agreement in principle had been ...

Wesfarmers bids for Howard Smith (13/06/2001)

... - the coal mining to Bunnings hardware distribution group from Western Australia - is making a $2,200 takeover bid for east coast hardware company, Howard Smith, the owner of the Blackwoods, Hardwarehouse and BBC hardware chains.Blackwoods ...

New coal mine opens in NSW (22/05/2001)

... open-cut coal mine opens officially today in the Gunnedah coalfield of NSW.The mine, owned by Whitehaven Coal Mining Pty Ltd, will create up to 42 jobs and inject about $15m a year into Gunnedah and the nearby towns of Boggabri and ...

New coal mine opens in NSW (16/05/2001)

One-stop supplier for longwallers (2/05/2001)

... late last year.RAG, the former major German coal producer, Ruhrkohl, has diversified internationally as the German coal mining industry has contracted severely. Its interests in Australia include the North Goonyella, Burton and German Creek ...

Miners injured in roof fall (1/05/2001)

... is likely to take a few days.Bellambi West was the scene in December last year of the first fatality in the NSW coal mining industry since August 1999. One miner was killed and another seriously injured on December 12, 2000, when part of the ...

One-stop supplier for longwallers (26/04/2001)