Australia’s energy agenda has again become the subject of national debate, after a severe heatwave across the East Coast resulted in major power outages in South Australia.
Temperatures soared last week
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Potential London float for Arrium
Prospective Arrium buyer Liberty House has moved to assure stakeholders it is not planning to break up and flip the business, but instead plans to potentially float aspects of the firm on the London Stock
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Dust bust-up threatens BHP expansion
A battle over dust levels in the Pilbara mining export town of Port Hedland could threaten BHP Billiton’s plans to expand iron ore export capacity at the site by 20 million tonnes.
BHP has an application
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Harding ‘focused’ after ‘solid’ first half for Aurizon
Aurizon chief executive Andrew Harding says a $162 million turnaround in the rail operator’s net profit after tax in the first half of FY17 demonstrated its “solid performance” in a strengthening
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Brookfield working on “extensive” flooding damage to East-West railway
Heavy flooding in Western Australia has left four key railways out of action this week, including the key connection between the nation’s east and west coasts.
WA operator Brookfield said its teams were
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Mining engineers ‘most employable’ graduates
The University of Queensland says mining engineer graduates have the highest rate of employment over the last 30 years.
Citing a study from Graduate Careers Australia, University of Queensland head of
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Fluor wins Guinea alumina contract
US firm Fluor Corporation has won an engineering and program management consultancy contract for a major bauxite mine in the Boke region of Guinea, Africa.
The Texas-based engineer on February 6 said it
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Man killed in Kentucky conveyor belt accident
The United States Department of Labor has confirmed the death of a 42-year-old man in a conveyor belt incident at a Kentucky coal mine.
Ray Hatfield Jr., a conveyor belt operator, received fatal injuries
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Mixed reviews for Turnbull’s new coal plan
State governments have voiced their concern over Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s determination to build a modern coal power plant on Australian soil.
The Queensland and Victorian Governments have both
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Hybrid diesel/renewable micro-grid for temporary projects
Powering remote but temporary bulk handling and minerals exploration projects can be a headache, the task most often necessitating transport of huge amounts of diesel to often inaccessible locations.
One
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