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Abbot Point gearing up for cyclone season.

Abbot Point Operations storming ahead with wet weather preparations

Abbot Point Operations storming ahead with wet weather preparations Abbot Point Operations (APO) has kicked-off Bowen’s biggest severe weather prep plan to ensure the multi-billion-dollar North Queensland Export Terminal is ready for the cyclone season ahead. APO general manager Damien Dederer said the business activated its Severe Weather Committee each October to review and test the coal export terminal’s systems, people processes and infrastructure, which includes some of the largest manmade structures in the Whitsundays. Six 40m tall stacker-reclaimers and a trestle jetty that stretches 2.75km offshore to a wharf supporting two shiploaders are among the plant and equipment used to export about 35mt of thermal and metallurgical coal...

(Image source: Bravus) RACE Live uses real-time intelligence to collect data from dozens of points in the supply chain, including other rail network managers, coal loading facilities, port operators and planned maintenance works.

Bowen Rail Company leads the RACE with tech innovation

Bowen Rail Company leads the RACE with tech innovation Bowen Rail Company’s (BRC) RACE Live will be showcased as an example of excellence in innovation at the 2024 Australasian Rail Industry Awards. RACE Live was developed in partnership with Brisbane-based software developer Polymathian to improve safety and productivity when railing coal from the Queensland Carmichael mine to port for export. BRC general manager Brendan Lane says RACE Live’s shortlisting as a finalist in the Freight Rail Excellence category at the rail industry’s national...

Bravus celebrates award nomination

Bravus celebrates award nomination

Bravus celebrates award nomination Bravus Mining and Resources has been recognised by the Queensland Resource Council’s 2025 Indigenous Awards for its partnership with Biodiversity Australia. The partnership began in 2018 through the Carmichael Rail Network with Biodiversity Australia providing environmental consultancy and on-ground services in ecology, vegetation management and fauna management. With the support of Bravus, the First Nations owned business was able to establish a permanent office in Townsville in north Queensland, that delivers services across mining and heavy industry, defence, tourism and education sectors. [caption...

Weir says its highly engineered technology enables critical resources to be produced using less energy, water and waste while reducing customers’ total cost of ownership.

Weir secures $48m contract for new phase of greenfield phosphate projects

Weir secures $48m contract for new phase of greenfield phosphate projects The Weir Group has been awarded a $48m (£25m) contract for separation solutions at the OCP Group’s Benguerir and Louta greenfield phosphate projects in Morocco. The full order, which includes a range of both WARMAN slurry pumps and CAVEX hydrocyclones, will be recognised in Q3 of 2024. This will support the continued construction of the Louta project and the tripling of production from the Benguerir project, where Weir has previously provided similar separation and desliming solutions based on its energy...

At the contract signing ceremony, Djeleanna owner Bevan Wally presented traditional timber gifts to MinRes managing director Chris Ellison, including boomerangs, a shield and a long stick.

MinRes awards $24m Onslow Iron contract to Djeleanna

MinRes awards $24m Onslow Iron contract to Djeleanna Mineral Resources (MinRes) (ASX: MIN) has awarded a $24m contract to local Indigenous-owned business Djeleanna Pty Ltd (Djeleanna) as part of the flagship Onslow Iron project. This is the largest contract ever awarded by MinRes to an Indigenous-owned business, with the four-year contract covering exploration earthworks at the Ken’s Bore mine site, east of Onslow, as well as the contraction of access tracks, building drill pads, road maintenance and general earthworks. MinRes managing director Chris Ellison says the company is proud...

Revival yet to hit recruitment: Hays

Revival yet to hit recruitment: Hays

Thursday, July 16 2015 By Courtney Pearson THE resources and mining sector has begun its recovery but it might take a while to reach the recruitment market, according to Hays. The Hays June quarterly report stated it was a “positive sign of things to come” for candidates looking for work in the resources sector. Most states were looking for temporary staff due to cost-cutting, consolidation and workforce flexibility. The report recommended that NSW speed up its recruitment process as candidate levels have started to fall as they move into other industries. In Queensland, the Mount Isa market was steady and vacancies in the Bowen Basin...

Environmental oversight derails Carmichael

Environmental oversight derails Carmichael

By Emma Brown August 13, 2015 TWO vulnerable species have brought the development of the controversial Carmichael coal mine to a halt. The Federal Court set aside approval of Adani’s $16 billion Queensland mine after a legal loophole found Environment minister Greg Hunt had not fully considered the environment advice for the project. Environmental Defenders Office NSW principal solicitor and Mackay Conservation Group representative Sue Higginson said the court’s decision was based on the minister’s failing to consider conservation advice related to two Federally-listed vulnerable species – the yakka skink and ornamental snake. “This kind...

WA mining needs overhaul: CCI report

WA mining needs overhaul: CCI report

Thursday, July 16 2015 By Jane Goldsmith WA needs significant policy reform if it wishes to become a global mining hub and a resource sector technologies leader, according to a new report from WA’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI). The Future of the Resources Sector: A Vision for WA report stated that while Asian demand would continue into the longer term, WA’s resources sector was lacking, both as an attractive investment destination and in its research and development (R&D) into emerging resource sector technologies. The urban populations of China and India were expected to increase by 270 million and 185 million respectively by 2030-35 which would...