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Bowen Tennis Association President Walter Morris and Bowen Rail Safety Coordinator Mandy Evans rally together at Bowen Tennis.

Game, set, match: Bowen Rail Company serves up a win for the community

Bowen Tennis Association has scored big with a Bowen Rail Company (BRC) grant to support the development of the region’s next generation of tennis stars. The 95-year-old club was one of four recent grant recipients of Bowen Rail Company’s Community Partnership Program, which supports local not-for-profit organisations and community groups with the purchase of small assets that can make a big difference. Bowen Tennis Association president Walter Morris says the Bowen Rail Company’s support is significant to seeing the club deliver on its commitment to develop local talent and grow the sport. “We’ve used the grant to create a dedicated equipment storage area for our coaches, which allows us to better support our members and programs,” he said. “With more…

(Image source: Bravus Mining and Resources) The Clermont Wombat Festival is one of more than 100 regional Queensland organisations Bravus Mining and Resources has supported through the auspices of its community partnership program.

Bravus’ coal-out for community grant applications

Bravus Mining and Resources is calling on community groups and not-for-profits across regional Queensland to apply for the latest round of grants from the company’s 2025 community partnership program. Bravus Mining and Resources Head of Community Kate Campbell says the community partnership program is a fundamental part of the business and its Carmichael mine near Clermont in central Queensland. “We’re proud to operate in regional Queensland and always seek to back our local communities and the things that are important to the 1,200 workers at our Carmichael mine,” she said. “Our community partnership program and the local charities and activities it funds is one of the ways we add to community vibrancy, on top of the economic value of the…

(Image source: Bravus Mining and Resources) Members of the E2M research team downloading data from one of the 10 bioacoustics recorders installed on the Carmichael mining lease and conservation area.

Queensland research maps movements and behaviours of black-throated finch

Queensland researchers have mapped the habitat and movements of the black-throated finch in a never-before-seen level of detail, as part of Bravus Mining and Resources commitment to managing the environment. The findings are the latest from a five-year joint research program between Bravus Mining and Resources and researchers from ecology consultancy E2M and have been published in the peer-reviewed and highly respected international scientific journal PLOS One. Bravus Mining and Resources chief operating officer Mick Crowe says the research is building a profile of the black-throated finch to guide best practice conservation techniques. “The Carmichael mine has created jobs and opportunities for regional Queensland in a responsible way during both the planning and mining phases,” he said. “Our research has…

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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…

Government welcomes mining companies’ commitment

Government welcomes mining companies’ commitment

RESOURCES Minister Keith Pitt has welcomed the long term commitment by some of Australia’s largest mining and upstream petroleum companies to major resources projects, despite the major economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “I understand the extremely difficult situation facing companies and workers across the economy including in the resources and energy sector,” he said. “Any project delays are deeply regrettable and any people losing their jobs in the short term is something the Government is working hard to avoid and minimise – be that direct employees or the numerous contractors and sub-contractors that work in this sector. “We simply can’t afford to lose the skills and knowledge that these workers bring to the country. “The next few months…

(Image source: Teach For Australia) The funding will enable Teach For All to support more than 500 teachers in the upcoming academic year.

Alcoa Foundation contributes $1.8m to Teach For All

Alcoa Foundation will be contributing $1.8m across three years to Teach For All to expand mental health support and wellbeing initiatives in classrooms, communities and organisations. This funding will support the launch of new teacher wellbeing initiatives across three continents through support for Teach For Australia, Ensina Brasil and Teach For America. Through programming and research, Teach For All and its partners have found that teacher wellbeing is essential for attracting and retaining educators as well as enhancing their effectiveness. A 2021 study involving the University of York in England showed that burnout is one of the strongest predictors of teachers’ intention to leave the profession. Funding from Alcoa Foundation will enable Teach For Australia, Ensina Brasil and Teach For…

Partnership helping to achieve project expansion

Partnership helping to achieve project expansion

AFTER securing a mining contract with Atlas Iron’s Wodgina iron ore project in 2010, BGC Contracting has now been working on the project for more than two years. As Atlas builds up production at Wodgina to 6 million tonnes per annum, BGC Contracting is proud to be a part of the project’s development. “BGC Contracting realises that this is just a step in the Atlas growth strategy and we look forward to continuing our growth to meet this goal,” executive general manager mining Martin Spibey said. “There are always challenges on a mining project but we will continue, together with Atlas, to find timely solutions.” Atlas’s planned increase in production has seen the BGC Contracting fleet grow to three 120t…

A turning point for exploration

A turning point for exploration

By Elizabeth Fabri GLOBAL mining exploration expenditure has taken a dive for the fourth consecutive year, accounting for less than a third of the record-high 2012 spend and reaching an 11 year low. In its March Worldwide Mining Exploration Trends report S&P Global Market Intelligence stated the budget for nonferrous exploration in 2016 declined 21 per cent year-on-year to $US6.89 billion; however, it said the past three quarters have brought “signs of optimism” for the long struggling industry. “Since last March, exploration companies have increasingly been able to raise funds, which represents a marked improvement over recent years,” the report stated. “Despite recent concern over the availability of finance as we enter 2017, S&P Global Market Intelligence is cautiously optimistic…