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Sedgman awarded $123m CHPP design and construct contract at Daunia Mine in Queensland

Sedgman Limited has been awarded a $123 million Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP) design and construct contract at Queensland’s Daunia Mine.

BHP approves $367m investment to cover share of coal handling facility expansion at Newcastle

BHP Billiton has approved a $367m investment that will cover its share of the continuing expansion of a coal handling facility in Newcastle.

QR National signs agreement to construct $900m Wiggins Island Rail Project linking new terminal

Rail freight giant QR National has signed an agreement to construct the $900 million Wiggins Island Rail Project (WIRP) to a new export terminal at Gladstone.

Monadelphous secures maintenance and construction contracts in Queensland worth $250m

Engineering group Monadelphous has secured major maintenance and construction contracts in Queensland worth a total of $250 million.

Proposed $1.3b Cobbora Coal Mine could be revived and fast-tracked to produce coal by 2015

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UGL secures maintenance services contracts worth $400 million in oil and gas, coal and alumina

Asset service manager and Projectory subscriber UGL has secured more $400 million in new works and contract extensions with clients in oil and gas, coal and alumina.

Feasibility study into $3bn thermal coal mine in Galilee Basin expected to start within months

A feasibility study is likely to commence in the second half of 2011 on what could be a $3 billion thermal coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin.

Development of longwall hard coal coking coal project in Bowen Basin to cost $1.2 billion

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Contractor awarded $222 million contract extension to continue operations at NSW coal mine

A major construction, mining and services contractor has been awarded a $222 million contract extension to continue mining operations at a coal mine in New South Wales.

Projectory investigating report of proposed $3 billion thermal coal mine in Galilee Basin

Projectory is investigating a report about Chinese coke producer Meijin Energy planning to build a $3 billion thermal coal mine in in Queensland's Galilee Basin.