Big Coal-washing Plant to Be Tried Out Next
A £250,000 coal washing plant, which will have its trial runs at Newstan Colliery, Fassifern, oft Monday, will be only the third such plant to go into operation on the…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
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Pillar Coal Talks Miners Offer To Confer
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Miner's Federation was willing to resume talks with mineowners on the mechanical extraction of pillar coal, the General President…
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YOUR correspondent's suggestion ("N.M.H.," 9/3/'54) that the Joint Coal Board has been inconsistent in…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The commonwealth Government had made a grant of £5000 to the University of Technology, the Minister for National Development (Senator…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World's Biggest Coal Fire
THE biggest coal fire in the world has, for the past 14 years, been burning through an abandoned coalmine deep…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No McCarthyism, Miners Warned
LONDON, Mar. 12. A.A.P.—The President of the National Union of Mineworkers (Sir William Lawther) advised…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miner Hurt by Coal Fall
James Watson, 35, of Commonwealth Cottages, North Belmont, suffered a fractured shoulderblade and contusions…
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Stoppages at Northern mines caused a loss of more than 4000 tons of coal yesterday. The position at Abermain…
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NEW ZEALAND-BORN mining pioneer, James Wallace, who died at Weston recently, aged 82, was…
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The Local Coal Authority (Mr. M. Lydon), representatives of mining unions, the management of the mine and technical experts watched the trial today of the £250,000 coal washing plant at Newstan Colliery, Fassifern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Strikes Threaten Coal Production
A strike by members of F.E.D.F.A. has stopped coal haulage over the private Richmond Vale railway line, which serves the J. and A…
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A new coal washing plant at Newstan colliery began operation yesterday. TOP LEFT: The revolving cleansing cone…
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The first tests yesterday of full operations of the new coal-washing plant at Newstan colliery, Fassifern, were satisfactory. The giant £250,000 American plant operated without a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Have Worst Day 11,000 Tons Lost In Strike Wave
A wave of strikes, mainly on three major issues, gave the northern coalfields their worst working day of the year today, with nearly 11,000 tons of output lost…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State Cabinet to-day appointed Mr. R. Ashworth Director of the State Mines Control Authority for seven years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State's Big Coal Loss
The State's coal loss yesterday was the heaviest this year. Twenty-one mines were idle as a result of industrial…
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The coal preparation plant at Newstan could have a marked influence on fuel consuming industries in…
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Interstate shipowners, in consultation with the Australian Shipping Board, will reduce coal freights by from is to 5s per ton from Queensland and N.S.W. to Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and West Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheeler Hurt in Colliery
Kevin Burgoyne, 19, of Greta-street, Aberdare, a wheeler at Aberdare colliery, had his left foot injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Stand Down Move
A move was made yesterday for an order to stand men down at Hebburn No. 1 colliery. A conference called…
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