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Tunnel boring machine to be used in a coal mine first

In a Queensland coal industry first, a tunnel boring machine (TBM) is being used for drift excavation at a Central Queensland coal mine. Contractor, Redpath, will operate the eight metre diameter TBM...

Floods

Under the pump

In the lead-up to the 2010-11 Queensland floods that overwhelmed that State’s mining industry, only one mine operator conducted an audit, upgraded infrastructure and installed new pumps, writes...

Anglo shelves 4 mine expansion plans

Expansion plans for Moranbah South, Drayton South, Dartbrook and Foxleigh Plains look set to be shelved after Anglo American’s chief executive, Mark Cutifani, announced new austerity measures...