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Test results boost plans for new Bowen Basin coal project

NEW coal data has boosted the prospects for identifying another quality coking coal resource in the Bowen Basin.

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03rd July 2019 1:07 PM

A handout photograph taken on March 11, 2009 shows the coal stockpile at Aquila Resources Ltd.'s Isaac Plains Coal Mine in Bowen Basin, central Queensland, Australia, provided to the media on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. Baosteel Group Corp., China's largest steelmaker, agreed to buy a 15 percent stake in iron ore and coal company Aquila Resources Ltd., adding to investments in Australia, the biggest producer of the materials. Source: Aquila Resources Ltd. via Bloomberg
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Promise of job surge as coal industry goes niche

QUEENSLAND could be on the cusp of another mining boom, with demand for coal used in steelmaking overtaking thermal...

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15th Oct. 2018 7:10 AM

Experts have suggested a moratorium on new coal mines to protect Queensland mining jobs.

Future for Central QLD mine now set for next few decades

The 800 workers will be kept busy for 25 - 40 years.

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03rd Aug. 2018 6:08 AM

UNDERGROUND MINING: Kestrel Mine will be a produce coking coalfor decades to come.

Coking coal miners tipped to earn 63% more in 2017

COKING coal mining companies are expected to earn about 63% more for their coal on the back of continued demand from key...

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16th Jan. 2017 3:01 PM

Coal exports from Dalrymple Bay and Hay Point are predicted to remain steady through 2017.

$1 billion coal price surge could boost state coffers

IMAGINE a sudden boost to the state's flagging revenue stream that could pay for 14,000 teachers or 16,000 nurses.

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12th Sept. 2016 6:09 AM

GOOD TIMING: State minister for mines Dr Anthony Lynham, Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk, Stanmore Coal chairman Neville Sneddon and Stanmore Coal managing director Nick Jorss officially opened the CQ coking coal mine in May.