A mining giant decided to build and service carriages at home instead of abroad. Rio Tinto confirmed its new partnership with Gemco Rail will assemble and maintain at least 40 rail cars at...
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A resources producer is keen to hear from prospective tenderers in Queensland’s Isaac region. Pembroke Resources recently invited suppliers to its $1 billion Olive Downs Coking Coal Project...
Fossil fuel production will jump in Queensland’s Isaac and Darling Downs regions. Bowen Coking Coal (BCB) recently confirmed it reopened the newly acquired Burton Coal Mine, 165km southwest of...
A state-run company was formally accused of neglecting health and safety obligations, resulting in death. The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR) recently filed three charges after a...
Dozens of anti-mining demonstrators were detained after delaying fossil fuel operations. Climate change protestors were recently arrested for trespassing and stopping a coal train for four hours near...
A mine worker who was fatally struck by a large locomotive will be fondly remembered. Colleagues and loved ones are mourning the tragic loss of Jody Byrne who died on 7 February 2023, shortly after a...
A resources giant began assembling carriages domestically instead of overseas. BHP is once again putting together, welding and commissioning train components in Australia. The company recently...
Multiple resources companies will add battery power to their rail networks. BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group recently bought new battery-electric locomotives for their operations in Western...
A new report released by Construction Skills Queensland and the Queensland Major Contractors Association shows that major project activity is forecast to reach its floor in 2016/17 and then return to...
A two-kilometre exclusion zone has been set after a freight train carrying about 819,000 litres of sulphuric acid derailed 20km east of Julia Creek, on Sunday. All 26 carriages were derailed in the...
