WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls lost his seat of Pilbara in the March 11 state election, after the mining industry spent a reported $2 million campaigning against him, and voters shunned his proposed
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Sims lays blame on governments, not just gas giants, for crisis
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission boss Rod Sims says recent events in the east coast gas market have confirmed the watchdog’s “worst fears”.
Speaking at the recent Australia Domestic
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Improved logistics lead to re-birth of Cairn Hill
Streamlined, lower cost logistics have allowed Flinders Adelaide Container Terminal and CU River Mining to re-start the mothballed Cairn Hill iron ore mine in South Australia.
When global iron-ore prices
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Fluor wins FEED contract for potash project in East Africa
Australian potash explorer Danakali Limited has selected Fluor following a competitive bid process.
In January, giant US-headquartered engineering firm Fluor Corporation was awarded a front-end engineering,
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Frydenberg rips Weatherill’s ‘admission of failure’ on energy
A $550 million plan to extricate South Australia from the east coast energy market has been slammed by federal energy minister Josh Frydenberg.
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill on March 14 announced
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Port Hedland exports as valuable as ever
Volume increases, healthy price growth and a weaker Australian Dollar mean the value of Port Hedland’s iron ore exports is at an all-time high, according Rail Express analysis.
After a serious
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10,000 tonnes of Adelaide-Tarcoola rail delivered
Federal infrastructure minister Darren Chester has reported the first 10,000 tonnes of rail track has been delivered for the Adelaide-Tarcoola rail upgrade.
Announced in March 2016, the rail manufacture
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Gas shortage to worsen energy crisis
Major energy consumers are growing even more concerned over the outlook for energy prices in Australia, after AGL Energy advised domestic gas consumers may be left short due massive demand from new east
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Iron ore price to head south: HSBC
A new report from HSBC has predicted the price of iron ore may return to below US$40 a tonne this calendar year, with a global oversupply set to impact the major commodity sooner, rather than later.
HSBC’s
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China to cut down on coal, steel capacity
China has vowed to cut steel capacity by 50 million tonnes and coal output by over 150 million tonnes this year, in an effort to revitalise its economy.
Multiple sources this week quoted deputy director
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