Australia coal news

The Queensland Resources Council has forecast that royalties on both thermal and metallurgical coals were due to set a new record of AUS$4.46 billion this financial year.

Improving access to education and boosting the quality and variety of skills of the mining workforce is essential to generating greater productivity and increased national prosperity from Australia’s minerals sector.

McLanahan has received a second order for its DDC-sizers from a coal mine in Queensland.

Registrations for Asia-Pacific’s International Mining Exhibition (AIMEX) 2019 edition are now open.

Queensland coal exports contributed AUS$36.3 billion – an increase of AUS$5 billion or 16% over the previous 12 months.

Tens of thousands of people globally have signed a petition calling on Liberty Mutual to rule out insuring Adani Group’s proposed Carmichael coal mine in Australia.

Whitehaven Coal’s Winchester South project has been declared a ‘Coordinated Project’ under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971.

The Vickery coal project will create around 500 jobs during construction and 450 jobs during operations, as well as contribute AUS$271 million in wages across New South Wales.

Macfarlane said the resources sector contributed AUS$6.3 billion to the gross regional product in the Flynn electorate, which includes the energy powerhouse of Gladstone.

Universal Coal has seen record quarter sales volumes from three contributing collieries, despite decreasing international coal prices.