New transport technology is opening up the potential for more remote mines.
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Road Safety Tribunal Bill Abolished
Federal parliament has scrapped the Gillard government’s road safety tribunal, skirting a minimum wage decision for owner-driver truckies.
Legislation to abolish the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal
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Cummins Connected Diagnostics comes to off-highway market
Cummins has introduced Connected Diagnostics to the off-highway market at the Bauma show this week.
Active in over 35,000 on-highway vehicles, Connected Diagnostics “provides a lifeline for customers,
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Airships to potentially transform remote mining
Lockheed lands $480m customer for aircraft combining power of helicopter, airplane and hovercraft dramatically altering mining and exploration economics
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IAQ welcomes 2016 Major Projects Report released
The release of the QMCA Major Projects 2016 report has shown mining capital investment at historic lows and large scale coal seam gas projects shifting out of the building stage.
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Manitowoc launches Grove GMK4100L-1 taxi crane
Manitowoc has introduced a new Grove all-terrain crane for the global market.
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Foul weather keeps coal rail closed
Rail freight in the Hunter Valley between Newcastle and Maitland remains shut down due to heavy flooding at Sandgate, impacting on coal transport in the region.
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Aurizon to cut 800 jobs
Aurizon plans to slash around 800 jobs over the coming years as it carries out a rationalisation program.
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Grove’s new GMK all-terrain cranes
Two new Grove all-terrain cranes have recently joined the Manitowoc range, alongside the recently launched GMK5250L.
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Shire of Esperance irate about uranium remarks
The Shire of Esperance has lashed out at public suggestions by Cameco that they would want to use the WA port for shipping uranium.
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HHA Group winds up
Unstable iron ore prices have scared investors away from the troubled HHA Group, resulting in job losses for 70 employees.
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Newcastle coal terminal up for final approval
Supporters of the proposed T4 coal loader at Newcastle will have to jump through a final hoop today, with 100 speakers registered to address a Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) hearing over two days.
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Aurizon wins coal haulage contract
Aurizon has won renewals for its Dawson and Callide coal mine haulage contracts.
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Bauxite shipping crew underpaid and underfed
The crew of a ship chartered by Rio Tinto has come to the attention of the ITF with reports of underpayment and poor conditions while operating in Australian waters.
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$9 billion on offer for Asciano
Australia’s biggest rail and ports company, Asciano, has been targeted by Canada’s Brookfield Infrastructure in a bid worth $9 billion.
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HHA Group enters administration
Heavy Haulage Australia, a McAleese Group subsidiary, has entered into administration, and McAleese is seeking recompense.
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Evidence destroyed aboard death ship
Audio recorded on the upper deck of the coal carrier Sage Sagittarius has gone missing, a coronial inquest was told.
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New coal terminal spells mini-construction boom for Newcastle
The approval of a fourth coal terminal at Kooragang Island will mean a boom for construction jobs in the Newcastle area.
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Crewman airlifted from ‘Death Ship’
A Filipino crew member was airlifted from the so-called ‘Death Ship’ Sage Sagittarius, attracting more public attention during the coronial inquest into suspicious deaths aboard the vessel.
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Bringing productivity to the logistics end of resources
The Gorgon project has had it's share of productivity issues, but one place that is not suffering is the laydown yard, thanks to a revolutionary new logistics platform design.
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