 Yahoo!7 News | Qld coal miners set to resume strikes Brisbane Times BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance's (BMA) central Queensland coal miners will resume their strikes next week after rejecting the company's latest workplace offer. More than 80 per cent of Bowen Basin workers voted against BMA's most recent offer, ... Union says BHP workers will strike next week Seven-day strikes at BMA coal mines BHP/Mitsubishi coal miners to strike for a week |
Newman cans plans for giant north Queensland coal port The Australian THE Queensland government has cancelled plans by its predecessor to make Abbot Point the biggest coal port in the world, claiming the $6 billion project is too big and not necessary in the short term. The Newman government said yesterday it would ... Queensland Pulls Support for Coal Port Expansion Qld govt scraps Abbot Point coal terminal expansion Queensland scraps coal terminal expansion: report |
 The Age | Unleash the Coal Train: Hodges ABC Online Centre Justin Hodges has urged Queensland coach Mal Meninga to "let the Coal Train loose" on New South Wales in Wednesday night's State of Origin sellout at Docklands. The Coal Train is 122-kilogram South Sydney back-rower Dave Taylor, ... Unleash the Origin Coal Train: Hodges LET the Coal Train loose. |
Stalled port plans revive bottleneck fears The Australian QUEENSLAND'S decision to scrap plans to build the world's largest coal port have rekindled concerns Australia will once again be caught out by infrastructure bottlenecks, unable to reap full benefit from the resources boom. Industry leaders have warned ... |
Queensland Shrinks Australia Coal Port Expansion as Demand Falls Bloomberg Queensland's state government, inheriting a planned $9 billion ($8.9 billion) coal port expansion from the previous administration, cut the scope of the project, saying it's too costly and exceeds demand. Rio Tinto Group (RIO), ... Queensland Government Pulls Support For Coal Port Expansion |
 AFP | Newman rejects calls to curb reef shipping The Australian This comes two years after the Chinese coal carrier Shen Neng 1 smashed into the Great Barrier Reef off Rockhampton in central Queensland, causing an oil spill and a 3km scar to the reef. WWF marine spokesman Richard Leck told The Australian it was ... Australian tug reaches ship adrift off Barrier Reef Barrier Reef escapes oil disaster by metres Stricken cargo ship ID Integrity on course to pass over Shark Reef, near the ... |
 ABC Online | Big Queensland coal mine shuts down ABC Online By Kim Honan After 32 years, BMA is closing its Norwich Park coal mine near Dysart in Queensland's Bowen Basin, with 1500 employees moving on. Workers were in tears last night at the local bowls club as they farewelled their careers and their mates. Guard of honour as QLD mine closes Production to cease at BHP's Qld coal mine Academic downplays mine closure impact |
 ABC Local | Report links CSG to bore water loss The Australian A QUEENSLAND government report has found a definitive link between coal-seam gas mining and bore water levels, potentially leading to CSG companies having to make arrangements with farmers to make good the loss of water from 582 bore-water wells on the ... Coal seam gas effect on underground water (17th May 2012) Low CSG impact on Qld bores: report Mixed reaction to draft underground water impact report |
 Circle of Blue WaterNews | Unions announce plans to strike in Bowen Basin ABC Online Earlier this week BHP Billiton's chairman Jac Nassar launched a scathing attack on the Federal Government's industrial relations policy, citing the company's 18 month dispute with its Queensland coal miners as an example of unacceptable union power. Workers to strike at BHP Billiton Australia coal mines |
 Brisbane Times | Qld coal boom will harm humpbacks: study Ninemsn Humpback whales could be a casualty of Queensland's booming coal industry, a new study reveals. The study, published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series journal, identifies a likely breeding and calving ground off Mackay and a likely migration route ... Whales and coal on collision course |