Coal Sales on Private Contract
Durham open cut will supply 50,000 tons of coal a year for three years to the Victorian Department of Railways and South Australian Electricity Trust…
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Mining & the mines, 1955
112 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 6
Coal Company's Profit Floods Cause Drop in Production
Muswellbrook Coal Company's profit for the last financial year was £76,046. Dividend for the year was 10 per cent., absorbing £30,000. The directors reported that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The N.s.w. Coal Industry (To the Editor)
Sharp attention has been drawn to the future of the coal industry by the statements of Mr. S. F. Cochran, chairman of the Joint Coal Board, by the advice to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mall Coal Sets Problem [?]Ompetftion From Oil in Industry Chairman's Remarks
The oversupply of small coal from all fields was making if difficult to market Greta seam [?]lls, without which the production of large [?]reened coal was unprofitable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Optimism Expressed for Future of Coal Industry
Good leadership by the Miners' Federation could overcome the present coal crisis easily and swiftly, Ald. Brown said at Northumberland County Council yesterday, reports the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Report on Gasworks Undertaking New Coal Sets Problem; Works Expansion Urged
According to the Municipal Council's gasworks manager (Mr. R. Shepherd) the works was involved in an extra cost of £1280 per year as a consequence of the change in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Three Weeks' Holidays for
Muswellbrook miners will have three weeks' holidays next Xmas. All mines will close prior to Christmas for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways Call Tenders for Coal First Time Since 1943
A significant development in the coal industry this week was the announcement by the Railway Department calling tenders for supplies of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Home Again After 25,000 Miles' Travelling Mining Officials Back in Muswellbrook
Mr. H. J. Hill (managing director) and Mr. R. Gibson (colliery manager), of the Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd., returned to Muswellbrook early on Sunday last after five weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dismissal Notices Issued at Open Cut and Colliery Lack of Demand for Small Coal Blamed
The difficulty of marketing small coal at the present time has led to dismissal notices haying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Industry Needs Help
Competition from cheaper fuels is becoming a serious threat to the industry. Production and delivery costs of coal are too high. Unless the industry reduces its costs it will lose many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Coal Handling Plant at Pit
During the time the miners are having their holidays, the pit top at Muswellbrook…
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