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05/18/2012 06:48 PM
Unions announce plans to strike in Bowen Basin; while miners vote ... - ABC Online

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Unions announce plans to strike in Bowen Basin; while miners vote ...
ABC Online
The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union representing workers on the Bowen Basin coal mines in Queensland has just announced plans to take more industrial action next week. The Union has served mining giant, BHP notice that its workers in ...
Union says BHP workers will strike next weekABC Local

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05/10/2012 03:33 PM
Qld gets 1000 new coal seam gas jobs - Ninemsn

The Construction Index

Qld gets 1000 new coal seam gas jobs
Ninemsn
One thousand construction jobs will be created in Queensland after a deal was struck to build a gas gathering plant and water treatment facility. Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) on Thursday announced it had signed an $800 million deal with Leighton ...
Leighton Holdings envisions 1000 new jobs via Australia Pacific LNG projectsThe Australian
Leighton to add 1000 jobs in QueenslandThe Construction Index
1000 new jobs to be created in QueenslandAustralia & New Zealand Magazine
MarketWatch (press release)
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05/10/2012 03:54 PM
1000 new coal seam gas jobs - Brisbane Times

1000 new coal seam gas jobs
Brisbane Times
One thousand construction jobs will be created in Queensland after a deal was struck to build a gas gathering plant and water treatment facility. Australia Pacific LNG today announced it had signed an $800 million deal with Leighton Contractors to ...
Queensland's unemployment rate drops to 5.1 per cent, the lowest level in ...Courier Mail
Leighton wins $800m water, gas contractsNinemsn
1000 jobs in CSG ventureStock and Land

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05/11/2012 09:12 AM
Guard of honour as QLD mine closes - The Australian

ABC Online

Guard of honour as QLD mine closes
The Australian
MINERS will form a guard of honour for their work mates when they clock off the final shift at a central Queensland coal mine. Production will cease at BHP Billiton's Norwich Park coal mine when the afternoon shift finishes today.
Production to cease at BHP's Qld coal mineNinemsn
Norwich Park mine workers down tools for goodABC Online
Production to cease at BHP mineSky News Australia

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05/10/2012 12:09 AM
Flight lifts coal-gas hopes - The Australian

Flight lifts coal-gas hopes
The Australian
UNDERGROUND coal gasification proponent Peter Bond is confident he will be able to build a commercial gas-to-liquid plant within two years if the Queensland government fully approves the process by the end of the year. Mr Bond yesterday landed the Linc ...

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05/17/2012 11:59 PM
State debutants not lost for words - Courier Mail

State debutants not lost for words
Courier Mail
"His greatest achievements as premier was undoubtedly the opening up of the state's coal and bauxite industries and turning Queensland into a great ministerial exporting state as well as a great agricultural state, two of the four pillars that we are ...

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05/11/2012 02:31 PM
Palmer ends $40bn coal supply contract with Vitol, threatens to sue SMH - The Australian

The Age

Palmer ends $40bn coal supply contract with Vitol, threatens to sue SMH
The Australian
Mr Palmer plans to build the $8 billion coal mine, and associated rail and port facilities, in the Galilee Basin in Queensland. The first production is targeted for 2015. Vitol signed an agreement in late 2010 to buy around 20 million tonnes of thermal ...
Axed contract won't affect mine: PalmerSBS

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05/17/2012 11:15 PM
No skills crisis here, but America we need you - NEWS.com.au

No skills crisis here, but America we need you
NEWS.com.au
... weekend make an appeal to Texans to fill 650 vacant skilled jobs here. The mining, construction and oil and gas sectors are crying out for skilled workers - with unfilled vacancies spreading across South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland.
Houston, we have a skills problemAdelaide Now

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05/20/2012 06:14 PM
Clean energy finance, or gas industry handouts? - Green Left Weekly

Green Left Weekly

Clean energy finance, or gas industry handouts?
Green Left Weekly
Chinchilla is in the heart of Queensland's coal seam gas mining zone. A possible “low emissions” technology that could also qualify as less than 50% of current emissions would be tri-generation (trigen). Trigen is a gas power plant that uses its waste ...


05/18/2012 12:06 AM
No skills crisis here, but America we need you - Courier Mail

No skills crisis here, but America we need you
Courier Mail
The construction industry is one of the hotspots for jobs in 2012. Picture: Thinkstock Source: Supplied SOME of Australia's biggest employers will this weekend make an appeal to Texans to fill 650 vacant skilled jobs here. The mining, construction and ...

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