When it comes to maintaining valuable mining equipment, Gerard Wood has a simple but successful theory. “It’s really not rocket science,” the 51-year-old managing director of Brisbane-based company Bluefield said. In fact, Mr Wood argues most maintenance issues can be fixed with a few simple changes. “In reality, maintenance should be a fairly smooth process and you can generally fix most issues b...
Plans for an $11.5 million expansion to the Lower Burdekin Home for the Aged Ayr campus will be unveiled during an Industry Breakfast at the Burdekin Theatre next week. The development will be conducted in two stages and involves the construction of a two-storey building to accommodate a further 80 beds. “Lower Burdekin Home for the Age first revealed intentions to expand the site earlier this wee...
National Heavy Haulage has completed a massive delivery to BHP’s Peak Downs mine, with five ultra-class Liebherr T 282 C dump trucks transported from Mackay. The 260-tonne mining trucks required police escort and road closures from Mackay to Peak Downs over five separate trips throughout the months of September and October. NHH general manager Ian Scott said they were some of the biggest loa...
The Dugald River mine in North-West Queensland is continuing to deliver for MMG, which has upgraded its 2018 production forecast for the site. MMG yesterday announced its third quarter 2018 results from across the company’s operations, producing 121,926 tonnes of copper and 57,595 tonnes of zinc. “The Dugald River ramp up continues to track ahead of schedule, with mining and milling rates a...
Core samples taken near Shark Bay in Western Australia have yielded an ultra-rare mineral from what may be the largest-known meteorite impact crater in Australia, Curtin University researchers say. Reidite, which starts its life as the common mineral zircon, only forms in the incredible pressure of impact when rocks from space slam into the Earth’s crust. The Curtin University research, published ...
Mining and processing operations will remain suspended at the Rocklands copper site in north-west Queensland while owner CuDeco undertakes a restructuring plan. This formal remedial program was expected to take a further two months to implement, the company said in a statement to the ASX this week. The directors were confident the operation would move forward in a profitable, fully-funded and sust...
Construction Skills Queensland is urging FNQ industry to step up apprentice training in the face of an expected skills shortfall as the residential and commercial building sectors lift. “Our modelling suggests there is going to be as much as a 15 per cent shortage in labour next year – that will vary from trade to trade and time to time,” CSQ director – evidence and data Robert Sobyra said. ...
Central Queensland construction services company the JM Kelly Group has gone into administration. The company has projects throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales, and employed about 230 people. Rockhampton Regional Council acting mayor Cherie Rutherford described news of the voluntary administration as deeply disappointing for the whole community. “This news is upsetting not just for t...
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