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Mining & the mines, 1980

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Jan Raas grote winnaar Amstel Gold Race

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 18 April 1980 · page 8

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Mine Uranium Now!

Tharunka · Monday 21 April 1980 · page 2

Last Saturday, between 5 and 6,000 people marched from Central Station to Hyde Park in commemoration of last year's, accident at the nuclear reactor on…

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Miners' Action to Halve Coal Output --Moving on the South Coast bosses

Tribune · Wednesday 23 April 1980 · page 5

South Coast miners are moving on the bosses from every direction. Mass meetings last Thursday voted overwhelmingly to move to a three-day week, as part of a campaign for an extra week's annual leave…

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Townsville council to fight coal loader

Tribune · Wednesday 23 April 1980 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE: The city council will take "legal, political and community action" to stop…

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Wilderness Congress a South African & mining Companies" front

Tribune · Wednesday 30 April 1980 · page 13

Ecologists shouldn't be sucked in by the "Second World Wilderness Congress" to be held in…

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Miners Fight Lockout

Tribune · Wednesday 7 May 1980 · page 1

Workers at Australia's coal mines are determined to defeat the first lock-out in the industry since 1929. They are up against…

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Miners Fight Lockout

Tribune · Wednesday 7 May 1980 · page 5

NSW and Queensland coal miners are determined to defeat the first lockout in the industry since 1929. They are facing the big three multinationals] dominating the industry: BHP. Utah and Clutha as…

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Worth its weight in gold

Tribune · Wednesday 7 May 1980 · page 15

A few facts for those who think Trib isn't worth its weight in gold... Trib is hit by much higher…

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Security in Gold and Silver

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 May 1980 · page 23

To buy and hold gold or silver is to have the ultimate feeling of security according to the…

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Who’s Who in Gold Futures

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 May 1980 · page 24

Participants in the gold futures maiket may be classified into two general groups —…

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Boom Is Still on Gold Coast

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 May 1980 · page 18

Real Estate sales are usually relatively quiet during the months of January and February. This has not been the…

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Trade in Gold Only Since 1975

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 May 1980 · page 23

Since 1975 when Australians were legally allowed to trade and possess gold bullion, this investment has become more popular and better known each day…

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Gold Futures: Speculation or Clever Investment?

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 May 1980 · page 21

Very few investment opportunities afford low-risk returns of 20 to [?]0 per cent per annum. Yet the gold futures isrket, which is normally…

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Miners Return, But New Dispute

Tribune · Wednesday 14 May 1980 · page 5

SYDNEY: Workers at NSW and Queensland coal mines this week voted narrowly to return to work to allow an arbitration hearing into their claims for an extra week's annual leave and other demands…

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Ai & S Miners in History - Making Dispute

Tribune · Wednesday 21 May 1980 · page 5

Two thousand workers at Australian Iron and Steel (AI&S) mines in southern NSW have scored a massive victory against the bosses. The workers resolved to…

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AI&S mines dispute 'Biggest Victory for Many Years'

Tribune · Wednesday 4 June 1980 · page 4

This is a victory. No doubt about it. This is the biggest victory for many, many years. That's how Derek Beechey, a miner from Nebo Colliery, summed up the result of the campaign by…

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Miners' Wilderness Conference farce

Tribune · Wednesday 18 June 1980 · page 3

The World Wilderness Congress held in Cairns last week showed just what sort of wilderness is being…

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Australian Coal for All Israeli Plants?

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 June 1980 · page 12

TEL AVIV: Australia expects to supply coal not only for the Hadera power plant, “but also for the other three coal-powered electricity plants Israel is now planning,” John Gutteridge, commercial counsellor at the Australian embassy said last week…

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Coal Royalties Row

Tribune · Wednesday 2 July 1980 · page 2

SYDNEY: A first-class row is brewing over state government plans to divert private coal royalties to…

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Threats to Sue Miners' Newspaper for Safety Story

Tribune · Wednesday 9 July 1980 · page 4

WOLLONGONG: Government mine inspectors have threatened to sue the Miners' Federation newspaper Common Cause for libel. Common Cause has published a number of angry…

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