Many Australian families have an ANZAC Day story. Three of my uncles and an Aunty served in the AIF during World War Two. There were many stories from their contribution. This one stands out. In 2000, my wife and I were about to have our first child and bought a house on the northern beaches of Townsville. The next door neighbours were having a garage sale and we took the opportunity to ...
The Australian mining boom was fuelled by fifo workers. So much so, that it is the way of life for many thousands of staff and contractors and the preferred employment option for most owners. It’s problem are well commented. Now the U.S. is experiencing the same syndrome of isolation and loneliness in ‘remote’ workers. That’s referring not to thousands of kilometres...
A recent discovery has shown how disruption of mining industry activity was the target of enemy actions during World War Two. The CSIRO research vessel Investigator has located the wreck of a freighter in Bass Strait carrying Manganese ore. The SS Iron Crown, a 100m long ore freighter, was hit by a Japanese torpedo on 4 June 1942 and sank within 60 seconds according to the CSIRO. SS I...
Beach sand from the mouth of Ross River will be transferred to Rowes Bay next month as part of Townsville’s monsoon recovery effort. Townsville City Council and Port of Townsville are working together to restore the Rowes Bay Esplanade, the beach and pedestrian access paths which were affected by the monsoon. Townsville Local Recovery and Resilience Group chairman Les Walker said th...
Laneway Resources Limited is celebrating the first gold pour from the Sherwood deposit at its Agate Creek project in North Queensland. The company said Sunday’s gold pour had come within 10 weeks of it being granted a lease by the State Government over the project, about 40km south of Forsayth. It said the gold pour comprised three doré bars weighing about 22kg and consisting o...
Federal Labor has announced plans to replace the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) with a new fund to help build infrastructure projects like gas pipelines across Queensland and the Northern Territory. Four years after the $5 billion NAIF was first announced by the Abbott Government, not a single cent has yet been spent in Queensland, the ALP says. “Labor’...
It’s going to be a big year for gold producers. Falling costs and firming gold prices should bring a bonanza according to S&P Market Intelligence. They summed it up in this statement: “Uncertainty over global growth, trade wars, the Federal Reserve’s cautious outlook on interest rates and recent Mergers and Acquisitions (M and A) deals have lifted interest in gold ...
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has fired up the nuclear energy debate. It was ‘the’ time to end the discriminatory treatment of nuclear energy by repealing the ban said MCA CEO Tania Constable. “Nuclear energy provides 11 per cent of the world’s electricity which is low cost, zero emission and available 24/7,” Ms Constable said. “That is why n...
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