Komatsu has unveiled the D375Ai-8 ‘intelligent’ dozer, the company’s first mining dozer featuring its Machine Control system.
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TerraCom breathes life into Blair Athol coal mine
TerraCom has announced an upgrade in marketable reserves at the Blair Athol thermal coal mine in the Bowen Basin region of Queensland to 23.5 million tonnes.
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Peabody praised for transforming Wilkie Creek site into grazing land
Peabody has received certification from the Queensland Government for rehabilitating nearly 90 hectares of the Wilkie Creek open cut mine in the Darling Downs region.
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New Hope helps koala population thrive at New Acland
Koala populations in the area of New Hope's New Acland coal mine in Queensland have remained relatively stable over the past two decades, the results of an independent scientific study showed.
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Peabody’s Wilkie Creek rehabilitation creates jobs
Peabody Australia's former Wilkie Creek coal mine has been transitioned to post-rehabilitation land uses, during which the company employed 100 per cent of its workforce from the local community of Surat Basin in Queensland.
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WA Government aims to reopen Ellendale diamond mine
The Western Australian Government is seeking expressions of interest to reopen and operate the Ellendale diamond mine in Western Australia.
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Future of Glencore’s McArthur River mine backed by NT EPA
The Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority (NT EPA) has returned 30 recommendations after rigorously assessing Glencore's overburden management project at the McArthur River mine in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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NSW mine suspended over failure to pay rehabilitation fees
A Port Macquarie based mine has been ordered to suspend all mining operations after failing to pay its environmental rehabilitation deposit.
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Derelict mines summit shines spotlight on rehabilitation
The first international summit on derelict mines – Dealing with Derelict Mines – was held in Singleton NSW last week, with delegates exploring the best practice for rehabilitation.
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Treasure from trash: how mining waste can be mined a second time
Mines typically follow a set path from prospecting, to development, to extraction and finally closure as the finite resources are exhausted. But does that really need to be the end of the mine’s productive life?
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Getting revegetation off the ground
Fundamental approaches to seeding and site restoration are needed in mine environmental management.
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Linc Energy leaves ASX under administration
Underground coal gasification pioneer company Linc Energy has entered voluntary administration in Australia, angering environmental groups who say the company has done so to avoid facing the damage caused
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Muswellbrook fears for rehab of Dartbrook coal mine
Nathan Tinkler’s bankruptcy has sparked new fears about the State’s exposure to rehabilitation liabilities for the Dartbrook Coal Mine.
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Rehab fears for Drayton coal
Scepticism about Anglo American’s ability to rehabilitate the Drayton coal mine in the Hunter Valley has resurfaced after news of a global restructuring for the mining heavyweight.
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Coal mine rehab scholarship open to students
Queensland Resources Council has invited students of ecological management and rehabilitation to apply for two scholarships worth up to $35,000 per year.
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Subzero win Glencore coal rehab contract
Subzero has won a contract for rehabilitation works at Glencore’s Bulga coal mine.
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Queensland mine shafts to be backfilled
180 abandoned mine shafts near Ravenswood in north Queensland will be backfilled and repaired.
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Member for Mirani strikes out at miners
A Qld MP caused a backlash from colleagues, industry and the media over comments about the need for greater government control over mining companies.
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Rio Tinto to face rehab and labour hire concerns at AGM
Today’s Rio Tinto AGM in Perth will hear concerns about rehab of the Ranger Uranium Mine, and the casualiation of Australian coal mining workforces.
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Anglo American start grazing trial on rehabilitated mine
Anglo American has launched a livestock grazing trial on nearly 50 hectares of rehabilitated mine land at its Dartbrook coal mine.
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