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(Image source: Bravus Mining and Resources) A Bowen Rail Company trail hauling coal from the Carmichael mine along the Carmichael Rail Network.

No Detours ahead as fauna- friendly crossings share the line on the Carmichael Rail Network

Coal from Bravus Mining and Resources’ Carmichael mine near Clermont in central Queensland is making its way to port on a rail line where cutting edge freight technologies are rivalled by the sophistication of fauna-friendly crossings. Bravus Mining and Resources chief operating officer Mick Crowe says the 200km Carmichael Rail Network includes hundreds of design features to support local biodiversity on a line also setting new standards for freight transport. “The design means not only does our coal get to port using safe and efficient rail operations, but it also allows local fauna to thrive,” he said. “Coal is hauled by Bowen Rail Company trains on the Carmichael Rail Network through an area of central Queensland that is home to…

(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…

Environmental scientists undertaking groundwater sampling from a borehole near the Carmichael mine.

Bravus Mining groundwater research celebrated internationally

Years of scientific work to better understand ancient springs in outback Queensland has paid off for local researchers who will take their findings to the world stage at a prestigious conference in Davos, Switzerland. Dr Richard Cresswell and Anne Gibson from Eco Logical Australia will present at the upcoming International Association of Hydrogeologists World Groundwater Congress in September. The research focuses on the Doongmabulla Springs Complex, which lies more than 11km away from Bravus Mining and Resources Carmichael mine near Clermont in Central Queensland. Dr Cresswell and Ms Gibson used multiple scientific techniques and approaches including field trips, zonation studies, seed bank germination and satellites and drones to study the ecosystems that rely on the springs and ensure open cut…

Some of the players stopping at the BM&R hydration station

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…

Tanami expansion 2 approved

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Tanami expansion 2 approved

NEWMONT Goldcorp’s board of directors have unanimously approved the execution phase of the Tanami Expansion 2 project. The expansion will allow the miner to access the Auron deposit, first discovered in 2008, below the Callie orebody and could extend the mine life beyond 2040. Tanami Expansion 2 includes the construction of a 1460m shaft, additional capacity in the processing plant and supporting infrastructure that would allow the project to remain profitable as the mine heads 2140m below surface. Newmont Goldcorp began commercial production at the expansion project in 2017, and announced in March 2019 that the $245m power station project was complete. The execution phase of Tanami Expansion 2 represents a significant milestone for the operation. Newmont Goldcorp chief executive,…

Farm-in deal to streamline company resources

Farm-in deal to streamline company resources

FOLLOWING through on plans to divest its resources, Balamara Resources has secured a farm-in agreement with Alkane Resources for its Elsienora gold project in NSW. The agreement includes two exploration licenses – EL 6082 and EL 6767 – which are 75km south of Blayney and the McPhillamys project. Alkane could earn up to an 80 per cent interest by spending $500,000 on exploration across three years, with a minimum spend of $250,000 across two years. The company already has considerable technical knowledge of the region after discovering the 2.96 million ounce McPhillamys gold deposit in 2006. Balamara managing director Mike Ralston said the agreement would allow the company to focus its resources on overseas projects, including the Monty zinc-lead-silver project…

Iron Sharpens Iron

Iron Sharpens Iron

Image: The Russian Presidential Press and Information Office. BY REUBEN ADAMS MINERS are confident that China’s unprecedented $US1.3 trillion infrastructure investment program, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is the vehicle to drive massive medium to long term demand for iron ore. Short term forecasts, however, paint a less-than-rosy picture. “Among the range of possibilities we consider, our base case remains that Chinese steel production is yet to peak,” BHP Market Analysis and Economics VP Dr Huw McKay wrote in September. “The most likely timing of the peak is the middle of next decade.” Australia’s iron ore majors have a consensus positive outlook – and a key driver is the Belt and Road Initative (BRI), a China-led strategy to increase…

Oversubscribed placement signals “slight” easing of capital markets

Oversubscribed placement signals “slight” easing of capital markets

Exploration at Tyranna Resources’ Jumbuck gold project in South Australia is supported by an oversubscribed share placement. By Reuben Adams TYRANNA Resources will raise $800,000 before costs through a massively oversubscribed share placement as exploration at its Jumbuck gold project in South Australia continues to build momentum. These funds will be used for advancing exploration at four prospects within Jumbuck in the northern Gawler Craton – Campfire Bore, Golf Bore, Golf Bore North, and Mainwood – which are the focus of Tyranna’s current 6200m reverse circulation drilling program. This program encompasses wholly owned Tyranna tenements and tenements which form part of a 59:41 joint venture with Challenger Gold Operations (an equal ownership JV between WPG Resources and Pybar Mining Group), operator…