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North Queensland exports power Queensland’s prosperity

North Queensland exports power Queensland’s prosperity

A new report has highlighted the multi-billion-dollar contribution the North Queensland Export Terminal (NQXT) north of Bowen in North Queensland makes to local, state and national economies. North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP) commissioned the study to examine the economic and social impact of three Queensland east coast ports it is port authority for — Hay Point, Mackay and Abbot Point. The North Queensland Export Terminal is located within the Port of Abbot Point. The study found activity at the Port of Abbot Point contributed almost $10b to the Queensland economy each year and supported more than 8000 jobs across the mining, construction, transport and wholesale trade industries. NQXT general manager Mark Smith said the report was further evidence of the…

(Image source: Bravus) (L-R) Bowen Rail Company (BRC) general manager Brendan Lane, Don River Dash secretary Wanita Sparr, and BRC rollingstock maintainer Trent Williams at BRC’s rail provisioning yard north of Bowen’s Don River.

Bowen Rail Company revs up as naming rights sponsor of Bowen’s Don River Dash

Bowen Rail Company is revving up as the new naming rights sponsor of the Whitsunday’s favourite event, the 2024 Don River Dash off-road race. The Don River Dash 300 is a two-day off-road race that sees motorbikes, buggies and trophy trucks tackle a rugged “desert style” course through the dry riverbed of Bowen’s famous Don River. The event injects more than $4m into the local economy as thousands of competitors and motorsport enthusiasts from across Australia descend on Bowen and the Whitsundays each September. Bowen Rail Company general manager Brendan Lane said the company was delighted to partner with an event that showcased Bowen and the Whitsundays to the world. “This is the sixth year of the Don River Dash…

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Bravus backs First Nations footy, jobs

Bravus Mining and Resources was thrilled to help bring First Nations players from around central and north Queensland together in Rockhampton recently for the annual Warba Wangarunya Rugby League Carnival. The Rockhampton and Townsville-based operator of the Carmichael coal mine, near Clermont in central Queensland, was a major sponsor of the event, hosted each year by Darumbal Community Youth Service. The Warba Wangarunya Rugby League Carnival has a vision of One Community, One People, One Game, and 2024 saw 31 teams take to Saleyards Park for four days of exhilarating football played in great spirit. Local Rocky outfit Tunuba Dakani won the men’s competition while the Masada Iosefa and Gary Field Memorial Team were crowned women’s champions. Black Boys claimed…

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Madden Mining’s new range of LED cap lamps. Cap lamps have been around for almost as long as mining itself. The need for hands free lighting is imperative for safe and efficient work underground but there are cap lamps and there are cap lamps. Just like any tool of the trade, there are lamps that get the job done and lamps that excel and Madden Mining’s cordless cap lamps are firmly planted in the latter category. If you have worked underground for any length of time and suffered the inconvenience of a corded cap lamp, then you will instantly appreciate the tangle-free freedom that Madden’s LED lamps provide. This freedom comes with no loss in brightness or battery life and…

Boxing it for batteries

Boxing it for batteries

A subsidiary of Lithium Australia (ASX: LIT) has received Dangerous Goods approvals, in an Australian first, for its 6kg and 12kg boxes to collect and transport mixed batteries for recycling. Envirostream Australia designed and received approval of its packages in in anticipation of the Australian Battery Stewardship Council’s (BSC) collection and recycling scheme launch in January 2022. The scheme, which the Australian BSC secured $1m in Federal Government and industry funding for, also details a national network of drop off options. Envirostream managing editor Andrew Mackenzie says the scheme is vital to improving Australia’s battery recycling rates, which currently sits at a low 10% compared to other countries. “We’re developing mixed-battery collection systems designed for convenience and approved for safety…

Gold soars on Iran attacks

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Gold soars on Iran attacks

GOLD peaked to a near seven-year high of US$1579.72 after the US launched a deadly attack against Iranian military leader Major General Qassem Soleimani. The destabilising effect on the international market was swift, and was the latest in a string of contributing factors that has continued to drive investors to gold as a safe-haven metal to protect against market downturn. The price spike has come after a momentary lapse in gold’s momentum in Q4 2019, surging to its highest price since April 2013. The assassination of General Soleimani has escalated international fears that tensions between Washington and Tehran could spill over into a new war in the Middle East. The targeted attack was given the go-ahead by US president Donald…

Alcoa supports Bunbury Noongar arts

Alcoa supports Bunbury Noongar arts

The Alcoa Foundation is partnering with the city of Bunbury and Gnaala Karla Boodja (GKB) Aboriginal Corporation to establish a dedicated Noongar arts space in Bunbury’s city centre, WA. This transformative grant from the Alcoa Foundation will enable the creation of a vibrant hub for First Nations art and culture, the first space of its kind in the south west region. The new Noongar arts space will serve to develop and disseminate First Nations art, building on existing support from the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) program and the WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSCI). By empowering First Nations artists to create sustainable livelihoods, this arts space will provide a vital platform for truth-telling and…

Final positioning of TOMRA 3 XRT ore sorter.

EQ Resources installs third TOMRA XRT ore sorter

EQ Resources (ASX:EQR) has installed its third TOMRA XRT ore sorter. Over the past 12 months of operating and sorting the low-grade stockpile, EQ Resources has seen an average 10% to 12% mass yield from the feed concentrate and has optimised the processing parameters to maximise tungsten recoveries. Since starting to process the primary ore from the Andy White open pit, an increased mass yield ranging between 15% to 18% have been achieved, with stable tungsten trioxide recoveries above 95%. Now that the new sorter has been installed, TOMRA technicians are set to arrive on site this week for commissioning. With the open pit ore deliveries, operations have experienced a higher proportion of material in the sortable fraction, which is…