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Mine Site Driver Training

hirenfiregroup wrote 3 weeks ago: Hire n Fire is a training based company and we have been operating since 2004. We are currently base … more →

Tags: Mining, Driving Skills, Mackay, Moranbah, 4WD, 4wd training, Mine Site

AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY: The Coal Country

Inlakech wrote 2 months ago: Australia is stripping down to the bare essentials – forget water, land, farms, forget communi … more →

Tags: Coal, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gases, Queensland, Australia, Darling Downs, Bimblebox, coal mining, Lock the Gate

HAZMAT - Australia, State of Queensland, Bingo [Bowen Basin mining] : Ammonia nitrate plant explosion

desertrose wrote 4 months ago: Earth Watch Report  -   Hazmat Image Source …   11.01.2013 HAZMAT Australia State of Queenslan … more →

Tags: Global Disaster Watch, Chemicals, Earth Watch Report, disaster management, HAZMAT, Australia, Queensland, Mining, Dangerous Goods

Day 8 - Going underground!

lfqcomms wrote 5 months ago: Sam Farnes, BMA Broadmeadow Mine Unfortunately, I didn’t actually get to go underground for co … more →

Tags: Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland, Mackay, hay point, // BMA //

Day Two - Blackwater Mine gets onboard

lfqcomms wrote 5 months ago: Another early start as Bill & I headed out to BMA’s Blackwater Mine, which in one way or a … more →

Tags: Queensland, Mining, Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland, Worlds Greatest Shave

Bags are Packed!

lfqcomms wrote 6 months ago: Less than a week to go before I fly out to Mackay to begin the annual Bowen Basin road trip. The iti … more →

Tags: Mining, Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland

The 2013 World's Greatest Shave - Mining & Energy Challenge

lfqcomms wrote 6 months ago: For the past 8 years, the Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland has been running the Mining & Energ … more →

Tags: Queensland, Mining, Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland

China group to boost Coal of Africa as loss widens.

greatriversofhope wrote 7 months ago: Enlarge PhotoReuters/Reuters – Coal is stockpiled at the Blair Athol mine at the remote Bowen … more →

Tags: Business News, China, johannesburg, South Africa, Beijing, Reuters, Coal, Exxaro, Moranbah Queensland

ICX secures significant project in Bowen Basin

Fortbridge wrote 8 months ago: International Coal Ltd (ASX: ICX) has signed a Terms Sheet with Coal Face Resources Pty Ltd that pro … more →

Tags: Mining, Energy, Queensland, acquisition, International Coal, Coal Face Resources

Aust gov taxes are killing our mining industry

2ezy wrote 8 months ago: Does anyone have a solution to increasing taxes on the mining industry. … more →

Tags: Mining, mining, taxes, central Qld. Coal

SHOOTING STRAIGHT: Regional Artists as Provocateurs

Victoria Cooper Doug Spowart wrote 9 months ago: Shoot Straight You Bastards, Bungil Gallery in Roma, Queensland.  6 July-12 August, 2012 . Shoot Str … more →

Tags: Exhibitions, Meeting People, Place-Projects, Regional Arts, shoot straight you bastards, Bungil Gallery, Howard Hobbs MP, Sandra Allen, anne cameron

Endocoal presents Stockyard Creek update

Fortbridge wrote 10 months ago: Endocoal Limited (ASX:EOC) reported that preliminary washability and coal quality analysis on cores … more →

Tags: Mining, Energy, Update, Stockyard Creek Project, Endocoal Limited

Union News - 21/06/2012

Your Rights at Night wrote 11 months ago: Adelaide Jail Guards walk out over inmate’s care Unions take Fairfax to Fair Work Australia and win … more →

Tags: Union News, cfmeu, Fair Work Australia, Actu', BHP, BHP Billiton, Fairfax, dave oliver, John Doyle

Fly In, Fly Out, Shake It All About

michaelroelink wrote 11 months ago: The mining boom has provided undeinable benefits for the economy of late, but there’s been gro … more →

Tags: INTERVIEWS - General, cfmeu, Charles Firth, Time Brunero, Ashley Prigent, fly-in fly-out

Bowen Basin gutted by miners, but not in the usual way

Your Rights at Night wrote 1 year ago: Your rights at night has been following the issues facing mining workers up in the Bowen Basin in Qu … more →

Tags: interviews, Maxine Winkley, Unions, your rights at night, cfmeu, Yran, BHP, Stephen Smyth

Reply to Lisa's Comment

Kev Cracknell wrote 1 year ago: Lisa’s comment of last night: I am a university educated mother and at the monent only my husb … more →

Tags: 2012 Local Government quadrennial elections, A fair go!, blackwater, Blackwater Community Progress Group, Candidate, Central Highlands Regional Council, childcare, Children's Services, Community Capacity-Building

Anzac Day Post

Kev Cracknell wrote 1 year ago: To my supporters: It’s been a powerful day of marches and remembrances.  An important day for … more →

Tags: 2012 Local Government quadrennial elections, A fair go!, blackwater, Central Highlands Regional Council, CHRC, Community Capacity-Building, Community Consultation, community engagement, Council Election

Make Your Vote Count!

Kev Cracknell wrote 1 year ago: With ballot papers arriving in the post across the shire, I urge you to consider your vote wisely. D … more →

Tags: 2012 Local Government quadrennial elections, A fair go!, ballot, blackwater, Blackwater Community Progress Group, Blackwater herald, Candidate, Central Highlands Regional Council, CHRC

Blackwater's Concerns Fall on Deaf Ears

Kev Cracknell wrote 1 year ago: The Shift Miner magazine (http://www.shiftminer.com/news_register.php) has picked up my concerns abo … more →

Tags: Kev Cracknell, Central Highlands Regional Council, CHRC, Blackwater Community Progress Group, Community Consultation, community engagement, Community Capacity-Building, Council Election, ballot


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