A NEW manufacturing centre in Brisbane will provide Queensland companies with services to boost productivity and increase competitiveness.
12/09/2008
THIESS has used a pink Caterpillar 789C dump truck at the Burton coal mine in Queensland to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
03/11/2008
QUEENSLAND will host the first-ever Bobcat Ballet at the Mackay Festival of Arts, which will be held between 11 and 25 July 2009.
28/04/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Government has released documentation on “the myths versus the facts” of selling the QR assets, which will affect the mining transport industry.
27/10/2009
QUEENSLAND residents in Maitland are expected to be majorly impacted by loud equipment to build the proposed Queensland Hunter Gas Pipeline.
29/09/2008
RUSSELL Mineral Equipment (RME) says it is working with the Queensland State Government to ensure its business succeeds despite economic downturn.
16/03/2009
THE GOVERNOR of Queensland has awarded the first ever female haul truck driver at a central Queensland mine the prestigious Resources Award for Women — Operator Category.
09/04/2009
AN increase in Queensland mining vehicle fires has sparked the concern of coal mine inspectors.
27/08/2008
QUEENSLAND Mining and Engineering (QME) Exhibition director John Gorton has already met with key industry groups in preparation for the ninth event which will be held at the Mackay showgrounds from 27 to 29 July 2010.
16/07/2009
A GIANT rail grinder has been imported to Mackay from the United States to service the train tracks used by mining companies to transport coal.
15/06/2009
MINERAL and Mine Movers Transport has urged Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads to improve road safety.
13/08/2009
QUEENSLAND Mines and Energy Senior Inspector of Mines Tilman Rasche says vehicle collision avoidance and proximity detection systems were an important element in reducing the number of incidents relating to vehicles and mobile machinery in confined spaces.
27/08/2009
THE 2010 Queensland Mining and Engineering Exhibition (QME) will be held in Mackay from 27 to 29 July 2010.
17/07/2009
ROSLER has signed a one-year supply contract with Rio Tinto to deliver Schelkmann Precured Retreaded (SPR) tyres.
19/10/2009
A COAL miner is investigating an accident at one of its central Queensland mines after a dump truck ran over part of another vehicle.
17/09/2008
THE QUEENSLAND Mines Inspectorate has issued a safety alert after a series of inspections revealed miners were using incorrect bolts on forklift wheels.
26/11/2008
AN XSTRATA coal loading machine has blown of its tracks at the Abbot Point terminal, north of Bowen, Queensland.
02/02/2009
POWER Electric Switchboards (PES) has announced that is will be supplying a motor control centre for an upgrade of the Carborough Downs Coal Mine, Queensland.
17/03/2009
ASCIANO has secured a 10-year contract to haul coal exports for Anglo Coal in Queensland.
02/07/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accused two Queensland truck dealers of price fixing and market sharing Hino vehicles.
06/07/2009