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Hazelwood rehabilitation will face significant challenges, expert warns
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A Victorian engineering expert is warning the rehabilitation of a coal mine the size of Hazelwood is unprecedented in Australia.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, water, morwell-3840
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US coal wars fuelling support for Donald Trump
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In the early 1920s, the largest labour uprising in US history took place in Logan County, in West Virginia's rich coal country. Today, writes Chris Uhlmann, US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is at the centre of a new rebellion as the region struggles to cope with the industry's downturn.
Topics: us-elections, coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
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Hazelwood closure means costs will go up, Energy Minister says
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The closure of Australia's dirtiest coal-fired power plant in Victoria next year could force up prices interstate and will have a "major impact on supply", Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg says.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, morwell-3840, vic
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How should $85m in assistance be spent post-Hazelwood?
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How should millions going into Victoria's Latrobe Valley after the Hazelwood power plant shutdown be spent?
Topics: unemployment, coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, morwell-3840
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ENGIE Australia CEO Alex Keisser says the company looked at all other options before deciding to close the plant Video
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Hundreds of workers will lose their jobs after the announcement that Hazelwood power station, Australia's dirtiest coal-fired power plant, will officially close by the end of March.
Topics: industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, morwell-3840
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Topics: coal, mining-industry, helensburgh-2508, wollongong-2500
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Peabody Energy enters into agreement to sell NSW mine
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A subsidiary company of Peabody Energy is selling its Metropolitan coal mine at Helensburgh to South 32.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, helensburgh-2508, wollongong-2500
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S32 builds its coal assets with $260 million deal for Peabody's mine
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BHP's cashed-up spin-off S32 has made its first significant acquisition with a big bet on the coal rally maintaining its strength.
Topics: coal, company-news, mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, morwell-3840
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Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, morwell-3840
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Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, morwell-3840
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Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, morwell-3840
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Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, morwell-3840
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Hazelwood power station closure the latest blow for coal Analysis
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Hazelwood will be the fourth big coal-fired power station to close in Australia's east over the past three years.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, alternative-energy, morwell-3840, vic, australia
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'Heartbreaking' Hazelwood closure to leave hundreds jobless
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Hundreds of workers will lose their jobs after the announcement that Hazelwood power station, Australia's dirtiest coal-fired power plant, will officially close by the end of March.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, morwell-3840, vic
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Queensland town divided over New Acland coal mine expansion
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A farmer whose property borders the New Acland coal mine on Queensland’s Darling Downs warns of job losses in the agricultural sector if a mine expansion is blocked.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, coal, agricultural-crops, beef-cattle, land-management, land-pollution, courts-and-trials, acland-4401
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Ruling to allow mine wastewater into NSW catchment appealed
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A conservation group launches an appeal against a NSW court decision that allows a coal mine near Lithgow to release wastewater into Sydney's drinking catchment.
Topics: water-pollution, coal, industry, mining-industry, water-management, pollution, environment, nsw, sydney-2000, australia
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Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, mining-industry, work, churchill-3842
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Topics: coal, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, morwell-3840
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Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, mining-industry, churchill-3842
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China coal mine explosion death toll rises to 33
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The death toll from a gas explosion in China earlier this week rises to 33, state media says, as work safety officials vow to punish those responsible.
Topics: accidents---other, coal, china
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Why fast-tracking the Carmichael coal mine is a bad idea Opinion
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Queensland's planned new coal mine could impact the climate, the Great Barrier Reef, water, and local species. Yet still it has been declared as "critical infrastructure" by the State Government.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, federal---state-issues, qld, mackay-4740, whitsundays-4802, bowen-4805
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Miners and farmers join forces to oppose water bill they say will ruin livelihoods
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Darling Downs coal miners and farmers picket outside Queensland Parliament in Brisbane to protest against a water bill they say will threaten hundreds of jobs.
Topics: state-parliament, coal, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, agribusiness, dairy-production, beef-cattle, brisbane-4000, toowoomba-4350
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Calls to reduce NSW coal mine extension west of Blue Mountains
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A planning panel hears concerns about a planned mine extension that could hamper efforts to create an international tourist destination north of Lithgow.
Topics: coal, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, lithgow-2790, capertee-2846
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Wesfarmers shares tumble on cooling sales
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The renewed war in Australia's supermarket aisles takes its toll on Coles, with the supermarket chain reporting its weakest sales increase since 2009.
Topics: retail, company-news, coal, stockmarket, australia
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