Australian Robot Sent To NZ Mine

Published on November 23, 2010 by Technology Slice

Australian Robot Sent To NZ Mine – The West Australian government is sending a robot to New Zealand to assist in the rescue operation for 29 miners, including two Australians, trapped underground at the Pike River coal mine. An aircraft from New Zealand was expected to pick up the WA Water Corporation robot from Perth [...]

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Drilling Starts At Pike River Coal Mine

Published on November 22, 2010 by Technology Slice

Drilling Starts At Pike River Coal Mine – “The advice I have is that there is oxygen in the mine and there is every chance that those miners have managed to get to a pocket of that oxygen flow and therefore that they are alive,” Mr Key told Sky News this morning. Superintendent Gary Knowles [...]

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Rudd’s Mining Tax Explained

Published on June 18, 2010 by Technology Slice

The Government says the old tax system has failed to keep pace with the spiralling profits generated by the big miners. The miners believe the new tax is not a tax on “super profits” but on very mild profits. This is how the tax would work. Under the current system, mining companies pay 5 per [...]

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Russian Mine Death Toll Rises to 47

Published on May 11, 2010 by Technology Slice

Russian Mine Death Toll Rises to 47 – The death toll from a Siberian coal mine disaster at the weekend rose to 47 on Tuesday and dozens of workers were still missing in a maze of tunnels threatened by flooding, emergency officials said. Putin then walked above the Raspadskaya mine, where emergency workers used heavy [...]

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Big Tax Increase On Miners Earnings

Published on May 2, 2010 by Technology Slice

Big Tax Increase On Miners Earnings – Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has attacked the Federal Government’s announcement to impose a new tax on mining companies as part of its much-anticipated response to the Henry tax review. Companies will have to hand over hundreds of millions of dollars each year under the resource super profits tax [...]

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