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The Mining Chronicle Current Features

Made in Australia
The 2010 FIFA World Cup saw the new Australia Unlimited brand make its way onto the world stage, and Minister of Trade Simon Crean outlined the necessity for a reworking of Australia’s international image at a press conference in Sydney.
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Human Resources – Indigenous Opportunities
NRW, the specialist service provider, inked a major contract with Rio Tinto in December of last year, winning the $200 million joint venture contract for the design, development and operation of an iron ore mine and road haulage services.
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Montezuma Mining
Gold isn’t the only commodity on the cards for Montezuma Mining at its Murchison tenements in Western Australia. Manganese is also steadily becoming more of a strategic key player for the company.
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Mount Magnet South
A year after acquiring the Kirkalocka project, Mount Magnet South also acquired the Kirkalocka plant, a strategical must according to managing director Matt Shackleton.
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Boddington Gold Mine
Newmont’s Bodding Gold Mine was officially opened in February, four months after producing its first gold but well in time to benefit from the high gold price. The lavish high profile event was fitting for the Western Australian mine, which is still ramping up to full production and is set to become the largest in the country.
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Developing WA’s Mid West
Whereas 2009 was a year of grand announcements for the biggest resources infrastructure project to hit Australia for many years (the Oakajee Port and Rail project), 2010 is a building year.
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Iluka Resources

At the close of the 2010 financial year, Iluka Resources reported a cash position of about $78 million, with a gearing of 25.9 per cent. The mineral sands producer said it expects a significantly improved financial performance from 2011, with stronger cash flow, lower debt and potential for capital management options.
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Port of Gladstone
Australia – driven primarily by the state of Queensland – supplies over 60 per cent of the world’s metallurgical/coking coal, a high value product and one that is in short supply.
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Dredging and Dewatering
Two treatment plants capable of processing a total of nearly five megalitres of saline wastewater a day are being developed in Queensland to deal with one of the major by-products of Australia’s emerging coal seam gas industry – water.
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National Focus on Trucks

Safety is at the core of Australian trucking, says Stuart St Clair, chief executive of the Australian Trucking Association. And since the establishment of the Association 20 years ago, the industry has seen a great improvement in the number of fatal accidents involving heavy vehicles.
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WA Mining Services
Australian engineering company, Monadelphous Group, has acquired onshore pipeline constructor KT Pipeline Services for $10 million and an issue of 422,627 shares.

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