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Shift Miner Magazine CONTENTS NEWS 4 Rural revolt over Galilee rail 5 Low-cost era sees surge in rebuilds 6 Layoffs a bitter 10 pill for workers 7 Moranbah miner flies to Brissy and back to work locally 8 Meteor mine ready for take-off 9 CSG to rewrite 5 11 property values 10 Gladstone says 20 no to port sale 11 Equipment suppliers see some green shoots R egulars 16 Stuff to the Editor 19 17 Frank the Tank 18 Miners Trader 19 Off Shift 20 Sport
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Shift Miner Magazine www.shiftminer.com News They wouldn’t have a clue: QRC the coal industry, spearheaded Queensland’s environment by Greenpeace. minister is taking some The document was first positives from UNESCO’s leaked to the media in 2012 and deferral of a decision. outlined a plan to stop the coal “[This] gives Queensland a industry by attacking new port big tick and the work we are developments and engaging in doing a big tick,” said Mr Powell. time-consuming legal battles “The decision is also a win over new projects. for logic and science rather than Mr Roche said there was rhetoric and scaremongering.” no doubt environmental Mr Roche said the resources activists were to blame for sector and the Queensland whipping up an international government had now launched storm in a teacup. its own reef campaign. “My belief is the activists “Our message is fairly will work very hard to keep the boring; it’s based on facts of Sword of Damocles hanging science,” he said. over us, to require us to keep “The alternative story has coming back [to UNESCO] year pictures of nemos and dugongs COUNTRIES voicing concern and Germany raised concerns commitment in legislation.” after year,” he said. and turtles and implies that about the impact of Queensland about the impact of dredging at The QRC’s chief executive “It would suit their purpose to ports and mining are somehow port developments on the Great the Abbott Point coal terminal Michael Roche said the countries scare governments, which would going to place those wonderful Barrier Reef are mouthpieces expansion near Bowen. raising concerns had been slow down approvals for ports.” animals at risk. for environmental activists that The Australian delegation said briefed by the environmental Mr Roche said a yearly check- “We have a much harder don’t have a clue about the local it was just “sand and silt” and group WWF, which was also up on reef health was not needed. story to tell.” assessment process. rejected suggestions the assessment given the opportunity to address “The world has every right to In this war over hearts and That’s the frank assessment process was inadequate. the committee. ask how we are managing the minds, Mr Roche said an economic of the Queensland Resources “The truth is that the “They [concerned reef but such intense scrutiny argument also rang true. Council’s Michael Roche, as Queensland government has countries] had in front of every year is not particularly “The prospect of an ‘in Australia was given a 12-month completed significant work them WWF briefing notes constructive,” he said. danger’ listing for the reef would reprieve from UNESCO, which to address those concerns and they seemed not to want “We need to be judged be devastating for Australia’s has deferred a decision on and deliver on UNESCO’s to listen to the Australian on the longer term, not year reputation,” he said. whether to list the reef as “in recommendations,” said delegation,” said Mr Roche. to year, by countries who “We know that it would rattle danger” until next year. Mr Powell. “Countries that wouldn’t know very little about how government and regulators Queensland’s environment “We have significantly scaled have a clue about port and what we do and how we and we would therefore expect minister Andrew Powell back the development at Abbott development - let alone port operate and expand ports.” the clamps to come down on travelled to Doha, Qatar, last Point and imposed more than development in Queensland Australia has until June next development approvals. week to convince The United 140 conditions on the project. - are falling hook, line and year to complete its Reef 2050 “We can’t afford that scenario Nations’ world heritage “We have delivered our Ports sinker for their arguments.” Plan, which includes input from to play out so the resources committee the reef was Strategy, limiting development It might seem like a wild both the resources sector and sector has to be ultra careful being protected. to existing port areas for a conspiracy theory, except for environmental groups like WWF. about everything we do in terms However, several countries decade, and we have outlined the existence of a $6 million A draft plan will be ready for of development and its impact including Jamaica, Portugal our plans to enshrine that funding plan to shut down public comment in a few months. on the reef.” Buoyant - not booming Rural revolt over Galilee rail THE mood of exhibitors and visitors was probably best described as IT might have reduced in size by 94 per “The state development area covers of the line to better suit the property buoyant but not wildly optimistic at cent, but local graziers are up in arms 106,000 hectares and directly affects 74 operations, to better suit the flood the Surat Basin Energy and Mining about the newly declared Galilee Basin landholders, far less than the 1.8 million damage potential that will be caused by Expo in Toowoomba last week. state development area (SDA). hectares and 1400 landholders affected by placing the line across the flood plain. According to the event directory, How rail development should proceed in the draft plan,” he said. “We’ve had no further discussion around 250 businesses were on the region to link the thermal coal basin to “And there will be further reductions with mining proponents, the only input display, which puts it on par with the port has been a contentious issue for years. to come. Currently the SDA is around 500 we’ve had from government is our expo in previous years. Back in 2011, there were five companies metres wide, however once more detailed rail opportunity to place a submission, we’ve However, speaking to exhibitors, vying to build six lines that criss-crossed line designs are finalised and approved by had no feedback from government. it seems the Surat Basin is not hundreds of kilometres of pastoral land. the Coordinator General, the rail corridor will “It’s a frustrating annoying position to be immune from the pessimism currently Dozens of landholders have been be reduced to about 60 to 100 metres wide.” in where we feel we have some valuable input enveloping the Bowen Basin. privately negotiating with individual However, graziers feel they have for both parties. We’re not being listened to The combined effects of the coal mining downturn, and nervousness mining companies to sort of out been left in the dark for too long, and and haven’t been for the last five years.” about ongoing work after the main complicated compensation agreements for the declaration does little provide Meanwhile, the federal construction phase in the CSG sector a number of years. certainty for the future. environment minister Greg Hunt is on people’s minds. Now, the state government has acted to Clermont grazier John Burnett from the has delayed his decision on whether Exhibitors have also been put an end to some of that uncertainty. Corridor to Coast group said landholders Adani’s massive Carmichael coal diversifying in the last 12 months, Two rail corridors totalling 690 still don’t know how the new SDA will project and associated railway will both in terms of what they are kilometres - one from the southern and affect negotiations with mining companies. get the go ahead in the region. offering the market and how far one from the central end of the Galilee “For the last 12 months we’ve heard nothing The minister had extended his afield they are prepared to travel to Basin - have been declared. from those proponents,” he told the ABC. deadline until August 1 in order to keep the cash flow going. Deputy premier Jeff Seeney said the “We’ve had no further negotiation on consider the large volume of material The event runs for two days. new SDA is also vastly scaled back. compensation or changing the position associated with the project. 4 23rd June 2014 Shift Miner Magazine www.shiftminer.com News Low-cost era sees surge in rebuilds Qld exploration pushed EXPLORATION companies are exploration permit regulations struggling through a mining and examining further downturn, but Queensland still opportunities to minimise costs wants their business. to industry and I’m pleased The state mines minister to say the government has Andrew Cripps has made it already acted on some of the clear there is a plan to ramp committee’s advice. up resource exploration in “Queensland’s resources Queensland into the future. sector laws are currently being Mr Cripps has publicly modernised and simplified released recommendations and we have already delivered from a Ministerial Advisory changes to the Petroleum and Committee of Exploration Gas (Production and Safety) this week, and says the state Act 2004 to extend exploration government has already acted work programs and provide in several areas highlighted in more flexible tenure the report. relinquishment arrangements.” Before... After! “I thank the committee The Queensland Resources MINE equipment supplier “Refurbishment of bolter- refurbished bolter-miner will for helping identify ways Council’s Michael Roche has Sandvik said the current outlook miners is an important factor in be equal in productivity to a Queensland can attract more welcomed the commitment by in the coal sector is driving the economics of these machines, brand-new machine with the exploration investment and the minister to grow the sector. interest in the economics of particularly in the current same specifications and options, promote sustainable growth of “In Andrew Cripps, the refurbishment as an alternative climate where there is a need for and in addition, if a customer our mining and petroleum and government has a mines gas sectors,” he said. minister who clearly ‘gets it’ to buying new machinery. aggressive cost reduction while opts for the latest upgrade “The committee has advised with respect to the essential The refurbishment of maximising productivity,” he said. packages available, a refurbished the government to make more role that exploration plays in its bolter-miners - used in “Depending on the scope bolter-miner can deliver higher land available for exploration, underwriting the economic underground coal mining of work required and the productivity than it did in its deliver more high-level, world future for Queensland,” he said. - is becoming an attractive upgrade options specified by the original incarnation. class geoscience and grow and “We have the resources alternative as miners push to cut customer, a typical rebuild takes Sandvik has around 50 bolter- expand incentives to support the world needs in the 21st costs but not productivity, the around 9500 hours and typically miners working in the Australian greenfield exploration,” he said. century but without a vibrant company said. a refurbished bolter-miner will be coal industry, and says the rule of “There were also strong exploration industry there Sandviks’ Troy Robertson told around 40 per cent of the cost of thumb is that after about 15 years messages to cut exploration is no resources sector in the Shift Miner refurbishment can a new machine.” and three refurbishments further costs by streamlining long term.” make good economic sense. According to Sandvik a rebuilds become uneconomical.
Buoyant - not booming
23rd June 2014 5 Shift Miner Magazine www.shiftminer.com News New era at Clermont GLENCORE has taken over management of the Clermont thermal coal mine, after buying Adani on a deadline Rio Tinto’s 50 per cent stake last year. FEDERAL approval this month, granting of attention of those businesses has swung to the the businesses that deliver the coal-fired The $1 billion sale is now complete, mining lease in a year, and first coal in 2017. monumental possibilities of the Galilee Basin. power to Indian households. However, it with both companies issuing statements That is Indian giant Adani’s schedule for But with low coal prices expected in doesn’t intend to operate the mine, meaning a to confirm the change in management. its Galilee mine, and it intends to stick to it, the short term and a massive bureaucratic potentially massive avenue of ongoing work Glencore said the acquisition according to its project manager Ian Sedgman. process to be navigated, it does seem at times for Queensland’s biggest mining contractors. reflected its focus on identifying high Mr Sedgman was the keynote speaker at a the Galilee is going nowhere slowly. “We have 100 people employed in quality assets that complement existing Bowen Basin Mining Club event in Mackay Behind the scenes, however, Mr Sedgman Australia and we cannot execute this project operations and marketing capabilities. earlier this month, with 350 business people said an enormous amount of work has been without other people,” Mr Sedgman said. “It is a producer of high energy turning out to hear his commentary on the done, including a massive exploration effort with “We have studied the development of thermal coal, with minimal future proposed Galilee mine. more than 760 drill holes that had “proved” up similar mega projects around the world capital requirements,” a Glencore The record-breaking crowd bears an 11 billion tonne thermal coal resource. and one of the key points of failure has spokesperson said about the mine. testament to the importance Central According to Mr Sedgman, that resource been trying to do things themselves Glencore will now begin reviewing without the necessary expertise. operations and looking at how the new Queensland business is placing on the would be the largest single tenement in the site will fit into the company’s existing opening up of the new coal province. world, with open cut sections expected to “Most of the work will be delivered portfolio in Queensland. “Getting approval is a mammoth task, accommodate the biggest truck and digger through very large vertically integrated For its part, Rio Tinto says the sale of and for those not familiar with how much fleet in Australia. packages and we want to develop these mine delivered good value for shareholders. work goes into it I invite them to download “In spite of all the talk, the consistent partnerships to deliver the project.” “It demonstrates the Group’s focus the 600 page report we recently submitted,” message from the owner [Guatam Adani] has “We expect these to be put into place on strengthening its balance sheet and Mr Sedgman said. been get it going, get the coal moving,” he said. over the next 12 months.” taking a disciplined approach to allocating “The approval process has been a three-year In actual mining terms, Adani is With respect to employment on the site, the capital,” the company said in a statement. intensive study of the impacts on the natural working with seven coal seams 12 to 15 only thing Adani can say with any certainty is Rio Tinto says it remains committed and social environment, and we are about 80 metres thick, laid at a six degree decline. that all the workforce will be FIFO due to the to a long-term future in the Australian per cent of the way through that process. The majority is expected to be covered isolation of the site and the impracticality of coal industry, where its mines provide “But there is still a lot of work to be with a loose overburden to be simply dug driving to and from work. work for more than 5000 people in done to get the project over the line, out without the need for explosives, and “We will take capable workers from any Queensland and New South Wales. and we still have stakeholder and legal along the 40-kilometre strike length there region, although we are restricted by the A US$2 billion extension of the Kestrel processes to go through.” are plans for four major open cut mines and source airports that we are going to be able Mine was completed last year and studies The end of the growth and capital three underground pits. to use,” Mr Sedgman said. are currently underway into options to investment phase in the Bowen Basin has Significantly for Australian business, “However, ultimately our major extend the life of Hail Creek Mine, subject put a huge hole in demand for mining Adani has made a clear decision to own the contractors will be doing the to future investment decisions. construction services, and not surprisingly the mine, the rail, the ships, the ports and even recruitment drives.” Layoffs a bitter pill for workers THE steady shedding of jobs in the black, and Curragh mine near Blackwater need to reduce the labour force, and then of the operations moving from seven-day mining sector was bad enough, but many began shedding workers. they bring them back as labour hire. rosters to five-day operations from June contractors were being replaced by cheaper “Goonyella were one of the highest “It’s big enough pill to swallow when people 23,” the spokesperson told Shift Miner. labour hire, according to the union. producers last year and now they are getting lose a job, but it’s a bigger pill to swallow when “In addition to the roster changes, a recent CFMEU district president Stephen Smyth rid of people, particularly when they had people lose a job and are then replaced.” review of the organisation has identified a said labour hire workers were employed on another two years on their contract,” Mr Mr Smyth said in the late 1990s coal number of roles will no longer be required. a day-to-day basis and had little protection Smyth said. companies actually lost contracts and there “The changes are designed to ensure because most weren’t members of the union. Downer EDI was informed that its was a need to shed jobs, but he is unaware of that Curragh remains a competitive and “We will be back to the good old days overburden removal contract at the mine any companies losing contracts currently. sustainable business, which is well placed where people will soon be lining up at the would be terminated in September, almost at Curragh, it is unclear how many jobs to respond to the very difficult market gate to get work,” he told Shift Miner. two years ahead of its official expiry. will go while management commences a conditions currently being experienced.” He questioned why mines were cutting Mr Smyth said job losses were major restructure of its operations. One Curragh miner, however, told Shift jobs when they continued to post healthy happening at a time when companies were A Wesfarmers spokesperson said the Miner that jobs had already been lost. profits and had not lost their contracts. ramping up their production, and people miner was making a number of changes “They [management] began escorting Last week, BMA cancelled a key would still need to be employed. to its operations in response to continuing workers off site late Wednesday,” he said. contract at Goonyella Riverside mine “Generally companies are saying they challenges in the coal industry. “Many of the people who are disappearing to try and keep the mine’s books in the are in dire straights and to cut costs they “The changes will involve some aspects have been around for 20 or 30 years.”
6 23rd June 2014 Shift Miner Magazine www.shiftminer.com News Adani on a deadline Investors land by planeful Citimark spark EIGHTY businesses have closed their There is no airport within the region doors over the past 12 months, but there’s that can cater for such a demand, so all a renewed level of optimism in the Central proponents are looking to build their own. Highlands, according to business leaders. “We have already given some advice on Developers Citimark are moving how companies could look to do that because ahead with plans to develop a 15.62 they are greenfields sites,” said Mr Sandford. hectare site in Emerald, where over “It will require a lot of infrastructure 250 dwellings and a motel will be built and expenditure and it can either be done adjoining a shopping centre. initially at the start or the costs of creating “We are definitely seeing an overall boost in business confidence and optimism an airstrip spread over the construction with an increase in activity,” Central phase as they start to use bigger planes.” Highlands Development Corporation chief Mr Sandford said mining companies executive Sandra Hobbs said. would need to make key operational Alpha Airport will be key if the mines in the Galilee Basin get off the ground. However, it needs an upgrade and has missed out state funding. The corporation held an Investing decisions now to adequately plan for airports, In Our Future conference last THE coal sector in Central Queensland is optimistic outlook for the future of the because getting it wrong would be costly. month, and people left feeling a lot hurting, but if businesses look up there is Bowen and Galilee Basins recently. “It comes right back to how the mine roster more optimistic after hearing the reason for optimism. “Right now the prices aren’t terrific for will work, how many people you need and presentations, she told Shift Miner. Investors are once again flying into the region. getting projects up, but the medium-term how frequently because that will determine “We are being impacted like everyone “We’ve certainly seen a spike in investor view is very, very strong,” Mr Donaghy what aeroplanes will fly in there,” he said. else in the global market, and not just tours in the Bowen and Galilee Basins and told the Central Highlands Development “If you’re going to need 50-100 seater resources but across the economy.” they tend to give us an indication there is Corporation’s Investing in our Future planes it will need to be a substantial However, Ms Hobbs said local some movement,” Adagold Aviation chief conference in Emerald. runway with fuel facilities and businesses had restructured and were executive Mal Sandford told Shift Miner. In fact, 11 companies and as many infrastructure for handling passengers. actively looking for new opportunities. “The inquiry started coming through as 13 projects could have the necessary “That sort of thing can’t be built in a “In the resources sector, we are not before Christmas… and while it’s certainly approval to begin mining in the region in couple of weeks, and to get it wrong could seeing so much as a downturn but it is not a flood there have been regular tours the next two years, according to official be a multi-million dollar mistake.” more a balancing out of the past couple from a whole range of people. department predictions. The cost of building an airport is also of years where we had a massive peak. “So it is coming back to a standard “If you talk to anyone in the coal sector The Galilee Basin is creating a lot of hugely variable. level, and that has been pretty dramatic.” they say it’s still two years away from interest among local supply chain businesses, “It’s a bit like how long’s a piece of New businesses had suffered recovery so it is a little surprising really.” but a lot of its success will hinge on the sky. string,” said Mr Sandford. the most, because most long-term Despite a gloomy outlook for coal The coal mines proposed for the area “It could be between $10-15 million or businesses were aware of the cyclical prices in the short term, the Department are massive, and with no substantial local between $70-80 million and depend on nature of mining, she said. of Natural Resources and Mines central population to draw from, all will require a range of factors including soil type and “People are being cautious about region director Peter Donaghy gave an fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workforces. what sort of aeroplanes need to land there.” how they are looking at the future and it is no secret that mining companies are looking at cost reduction.” The recent conference revealed that there was still a positive outlook for the Moranbah miner flies to region in terms of proposed future growth and investment, particularly in resources. “Businesses in the Central Highlands are also well positioned to make the most Brissy and back to work locally of the projects occurring in the Bowen .Moranbah miner is flying to Brisbane the giant Red Hill mine and associated workforces,” said a spokesperson. and Galilee Basins, as long as they are and back and staying at a mine camp to accommodation camp near Moranbah. “FIFO workforces are one part of the responsive to these opportunities and are competitive and innovative. qualify for work at a local mine, federal It is up to the Coordinator General to overall mix of employment offerings “We have also started to see an increase parliament has heard this week. decide what conditions are imposed on across our operations.” in the number of start-up businesses in “A worker goes to the Moranbah the project, and whether it be allowed BMA has also made it clear it will not a range of professional services and airport, flies down to Brisbane, gets on to proceed as another 100 per cent FIFO bow to pressure and change tack. trades over the past 12 months.” another plane in Brisbane, flies back to the workforce site. “We made a careful and considered With the mining industry coming Moranbah airport, gets on a bus, drives Federal MPs across central Queensland decision to operate our newest mines, off its historic peak, businesses can now past the family home and stays at a mining have united in a campaign to see an end to Caval Ridge and Daunia with remote attract skilled workers with affordable camp for a week,” the Member for Dawson the practice, and intend to lobby the state workforce arrangements for a range of accommodation now available. George Christensen told the house. government for a change of policy at the reasons, including the ability to source “We do a fortnightly measure on “And [he] is not allowed in that time to LNP state conference next month. a diverse workforce and to share the vacancies, and there are about 400 go back and see his family.” “I believe that 100 per cent FIFO is a economic benefits of employment in the vacancies across the regions. It comes as the debate surrounding cancer,” Mr Christensen said, “BMA is mining industry more broadly across “But we had 250 houses and 150 BMA’s new 100 per cent fly-in fly- riding roughshod over the community Queensland with other regional centres units built over the past year and out (FIFO) mines escalates, as central that supported them. such as Cairns.” if we hadn’t we would still be in an Queensland grapples with the coal “BMA doesn’t need to keep with Mr Christensen said local mining towns accommodation crisis.” downturn in which many local miners this policy. They can drop it and do the were suffering as a result of the decision. Ms Hobbs said this was reflecting have lost their jobs. right thing by the communities that “There is no confidence and there is development. BMA made the decision to run two supported them by not having 100 per extreme fears for the future… families who Meanwhile, tourism is in the spotlight and the corporation sees this as of its new mine sites - Daunia and Caval cent fIy-in fly-out.” still have employment fear that their kids an untapped market with huge potential Ridge - with a 100 per cent FIFO workforce However, for its part, BMA points out will be unlikely to get jobs there in the “We are the gateway to the coast at the height of the boom. its 10,000 strong workforce in central future,” he said. as well as the outback, and we have The company also has an application Queensland is predominantly local. Shift Miner contacted the Deputy spectacular places to visit - Carnarvon before the state Coordinator General “BMA has seven operating mines in the Premier Jeff Seeney’s office for comment, Gorge and the largest gem mines in for a mining development that includes Bowen Basin and six of those are residential but has not heard back. the country,” Ms Hobbs said.
23rd June 2014 7 Shift Miner Magazine www.shiftminer.com News Meteor mine ready for take-off THERE’S a lot of negativity in the It’s expected the mine will use trucks Charter flights Queensland mining sector at the moment, to carry the coal the short distance to but not if you work for U&D Mining. rail and will either ship coal through the The majority Chinese-owned coal Gladstone port or the new Wiggins Island developer has just signed a joint coal terminal. skyrocket in Surat agreement with experienced Japanese “We are in the final stages of getting miner Sojitz that should see a new thermal our mining lease granted and we expect FOURTEEN of Australia’s fastest construction to production, Mr Sandford coal project in production next year. that to come late this year or early in growing regional airports are in predicts FIFO demand will continue to The Meteor Downs South project is 2015,” said Mr Edwards. Queensland, and it’s all being fuelled push up passenger numbers. “We are currently doing some mine 30 kilometres west of the small town of by fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers in the “I think the figures will probably Rolleston, and adjacent to Glencore’s plan studies and we are looking at Surat and Bowen Basins. continue to grow but from mid to late 2015 Rolleston mine. how to get production up as soon as While coal prices have continued to practically possible after that.” At Roma, in the heart of the Surat they will taper off or maintain,” he said. weaken, U&D Mining chief financial The company is also in the final gas fields, the recently upgraded airport Despite the downturn in the coal officer Peter Edwards says the timing is throes of negotiation for a compensation has seen a 64.7 per cent increase in industry, Emerald and Moranbah also right for this project. agreement with Glencore, which owns the total domestic passenger traffic in the recorded 25 per cent growth in air traffic “No mining operation can run pastoral business above the tenement. The last financial year. over the 2012-2013 financial year. independently of the market. If the market company (previously Xstrata) bought the Gladstone - the processing and port In the past six months, Mr Sandford says coal is only $50/tonne then that station back in 2011 for $20 million, so it hub for the CSG sector - has also seen a said there has also been a pickup in affects decisions,” he told Shift Miner. could extend its Rolleston mine. 25 per cent jump in passenger numbers. demand for charter flights in Central “But we are a very low-cost coal mine Mr Edwards said a lot of the Aviation industry expert and Adagold Queensland’s coal provinces. so subject to prices being at a reasonable pessimism in the coal sector was driven chief executive Mal Sandford said there “We’ve certainly seen a spike in level we are very able to move ahead. by multinational companies with high had been a virtual explosion of charter investor tours in the Bowen and “We have a low strip ratio and the production costs and the option to mine flights in the Surat Basin. Galilee Basins and they tend to coal doesn’t need to be washed. We are elsewhere in the world. “Airports like Roma and Miles have give us an indication there is some expecting a very simplistic truck-and- “We only have the one mine that is been upgraded and now they’ve gone movement,” he said. shovel operation with no draglines. relatively near production and because it “The deposit is only 16 million tonnes, so it is low cost the economics make a lot of ballistic. You only have to go out there to “The inquiry started coming is a low life of mine project of about nine or 10 sense,” he said. feel what it’s like,” he told Shift Miner. through before Christmas… and while years extracting a million tonnes per year.” “We’re not going to be producing all of “It has been pushed by the it’s certainly not a flood there have The planning, building and operation our coal up front, it’s over nine to 10 years, construction work but with that been regular tours from a whole range of the mine will be in the hands of Sojitz, so we’re hoping that towards the end of slowing down you might now see of people. which currently run the Minerva mine, the cycle the prices are more attractive passenger numbers in places like “If you talk to anyone in the coal located 65 kilometres from the Meteor and the joint venture partners can do a lot Taroom and Wandoan pick up as the sector they say it’s still two years Downs South site. better out of the project than at the start.” wave moves through.” away from recovery so it is a little As the CSG sector transitions from surprising really.”
8 23rd June 2014 Shift Miner Magazine www.shiftminer.com News CSG helps to keep weeds out of Chinchilla facility and recycle as much The new washdown station water as we can.” at Chinchilla replaces a smaller Since the coal seam gas facility with two heavy vehicle industry entered the region, a wash bay and a four-wheel- renewed emphasis has been placed drive bay that provides access on weed and pest management, underneath vehicles for cleaning with local landholders now seeing and inspection. an unprecedented level of traffic It’s the fourth for the region: on and off properties. the council owns and operates a “Landholders need the washdown station in Wandoan assurance that if an CSG worker, and is considering building one cattle truck or stock and station in Dalby, and a private company agent turns up on their place that runs one in Miles. their vehicle is clean.” QGC’s vice president of Cr Brown said it had sparked sustainability Brett Smith said a whole new industry in the company was committed to certification. improving washdown facilities “Most landholders demand for the whole community. a certificate to show a vehicle “QGC, like all others who has been inspected, and learning travel through properties in the about weed and pest management region, shares the responsibility now happens in all induction to prevent the spread of invasive QGC’s Brett Smith and Western Downs mayor Ray Brown try out the new facilities. courses in the energy sector.” weed species,” Mr Smith said. Cr Brown would not be drawn “We work hard every day CHINCHILLA is now armed with a paid for by the Western Downs The hidden cost is how to on whether the CSG traffic had to minimise our impacts by key piece of machinery to fight the regional council, state and federal manage the waste that flows created weed or pest problems in identifying risks and adjusting spread of weeds in the Surat Basin. governments and Powerlink. down the drain. the region. our work practices. A new weed washdown station “These are very expensive “We can’t just put it down the “I do think that it is very “On top of that, this facility has been opened at a staggering items,” Western Downs mayor sewer - it’ll choke it. We have difficult to determine,” he said. will help to ensure that QGC cost of $1.3 million, with half Ray Brown told Shift Miner. cattle trucks that use it and we “I certainly think it’s something employees and contractors, other of the money coming from “This is not a car wash, it’s not have to try and put the sludge the entire community needs to be businesses and the general public gas company QGC and the rest just about hosing down a vehicle.” and solid effluent in a waste vigilant about.” are able to play their part, too.” Death at Cobar CSG to rewrite property values INVESTIGATIONS are continuing into how THE value of gas wells on rural property accurately identify the true impacts of CSG That means direct sale for sale a miner died at an underground copper mine remains nearly impossible to quantify development on rural properties. comparisons are at best going to be in Cobar in New South Wales last week. in Queensland despite the CSG industry “There remains very little market evidence conditional, and at worst just wildly The 26-year-old man was attempting now maturing into the production of property sales with gas development inaccurate. to remove debris from a pipe when he phase of its lifecycle. other than those acquired by the companies As an example, many people discuss was trapped and killed. At the heart of the issue is how to put themselves,” he told Shift Miner. the value of gas wells on a farm according Allan Hayes from the Australian a dollar value on the cost or benefit to a “Partly the lack of sales is because of to the royalty that a single gas well Workers Union told local media the rural enterprise when gas wells and other the general depressed state of the rural generates for the landholder. death underscores the ever-present infrastructure are built on it. property market overall, with low liquidity However, take the case study that two danger on a mine site. Further, what compensation should the throughout the Surat Basin. adjoining farms are on the market: one has “It just drives home the message that landholder be entitled to receive over time, “From a compensation point of view 10 wells earning $10,000 a year and the whilst a lot of time and effort and money is and how should that value be factored into every property is unique and the impact of other has 50 earning $10,000 a year. put into training and implementing safety the sale price if the farmer ever wants to sell? gas well development must be treated in On face value it might appear the measures within the industry and any The Bush Telegraph is clogged with the same context. second property is more valuable - but industry for that matter, individuals - when rumours about which landholder is doing “With gas development now well and what if the first property has just 10 well they go to work - have just got to keep it at back flips about the new cash flow he truly under way various opinions have service roads while the second has 50 and the forefront of their mind that they have got has negotiated with a CSG company and emerged about how CSG is impacting on they severely restrict the operation of the to be responsible for their own safety,” he said. which one hasn’t. property values. farming business? “We certainly encourage people that But it’s the rural valuation profession that “Those opinions will vary between “As valuers, we don’t get too tied if things happen, report them and learn has the unenviable task of trying to come those landholders waiting for gas down in the money received per well,” Mr from them and hopefully we can get up up with an evidence-based system to value companies to approach them about Cameron added. in the morning without being greeted Queensland’s gas and agricultural lands. development, those presently in “The end compensation amount is with the news where another young Recently a group of specialist rural compensation negotiations and those obviously important, however there must person has been killed on the worksite.” valuers operating in the Surat Basin met that have had completed development on be an understanding of what are the It is the second death in two years at with the Gasfields Commission to discuss farm and receive annual compensation physical impacts to the property and how the Glencore owned CSA mine and the this very issue. payments.” they will affect the ongoing operation of fourth death in NSW in as many months. One of the valuers at that meeting was In theory, as more sales occur involving the business. Meanwhile in Queensland, the Stephen Cameron with Herron Todd White rural property with gas infrastructure on it “This will vary across country types, Mines Department has completed in Toowoomba. - the more evidence there is about how the development and the style of the business its investigation into the death of He says while it was a constructive market values it. operation that exists, therefore as no two 34-year-old electrician Paul McGuire meeting and allowed valuers to discuss However, each property and the rural business operations are identical, it at Anglo American’s Grasstree mine various aspects of the industry, it still conduct and compensation agreement is important to treat every compensation near Middlemount last month. remains a very immature market to (CCA) attached to it is unique. matter on its individual merits.” 23rd June 2014 9 Shift Miner Magazine www.shiftminer.com News Mining wastewater turned into rainwater and iron – in one step. Dr Douglas and his team developed the technology after discovering that hydrotalcites could be formed by adjusting the concentrations of common wastewater contaminants, aluminium and magnesium, to an ideal ratio and then by increasing the pH. “By using contaminants already present in the wastewater we have avoided the need for expensive infrastructure and complicated chemistry to treat the waste,” he said. “If required, the treated water can be purified much more efficiently via reverse osmosis and either released to the environment or recycled back into the plant, so it has huge benefits The new treatment in progress to remove a range of metal contaminants. The mine pit following the release of treated water. for mining operators in arid regions A NEW cost-effective technology Sludge is a semi-solid by- “Reducing the amount of sludge “The technology can produce such as Australia and Chile. to treat mining wastewater and product of wastewater treatment is beneficial because the costly and a material high in metal value, “It is a more efficient reduce sludge by up to 90 per and reducing the amount timely steps involved to move and which can be reprocessed to and economic way to treat cent has been used for the first produced has huge environmental dispose it can be reduced.” increase a miner’s overall wastewater and is enabling the time at a commercial mine. and economic benefits. Given the Australian mining recovery rate and partially offset global mining industry to reduce The technology, called Virtual “Our treatment produced only industry is estimated to generate treatment costs,” Dr Douglas said. its environmental footprint and Curtain, was used to remove metal a fraction of the sludge that a hundreds of millions of tonnes Virtual Curtain utilises extract wealth from waste.” contaminants from wastewater conventional lime-based method of wastewater each year, the hydrotalcites, which are minerals The licensed technology, at a Queensland mine and the would have and allowed the mine technology opens a significant sometimes found in stomach which can be applied to a range equivalent of around 20 Olympic water to be treated in a more opportunity for companies to antacids, to simultaneously trap of industrial applications, is swimming pools of rainwater- environmentally sound way,” CSIRO improve water management a variety of contaminants – available through Australian quality water was safely discharged. scientist Dr Grant Douglas said. practices and be more sustainable. including arsenic, cadmium, company Virtual Curtain Limited. Gladdy votes not to port sale “It’s very disappointing. I have a Car boss happy community that has been very tolerant of industrial impact, and Gladstone is recognised as being a key to our prosperity, but the state will still go ahead with a with boom end decision that goes against the community.” TWO years ago, car dealership Autocorner perception problem. Many customers Ms Cunningham said it was important Mackay turned over nearly $250 million concluded - incorrectly in Mr Glanville’s the state retain ownership of assets, such and employed 350 people. opinion - that mining demand was as electricity and water because there But if the business had another 12 inflating prices in Mackay and they started was a real rise of price increases and rural GLADSTONE residents have been months like April this year, turnover would shopping elsewhere. communities would be disadvantaged. ignored as the state government pushes fall to $108 million, according to its owner In the wake of the boom, Mr Glanville She said while she recognised the ahead with plans to lease the Gladstone John Glanville. is calling for a new era of fairness and budget deficit, she would prefer to see port if it wins the next election, So it might come as surprise to hear cooperation among all businesses engaged in the debt to be dealt with over time, and according to one community leader. that Mr Glanville does not wish for the the coal mining sector in Central Queensland. in manageable chunks. State independent state MP Liz mining boom to return. He has called on mining companies to “But this government seems to want Cunningham said she has never “In reality our turnover is down 46 per give Mackay businesses a go and to not to do it in one term.” supported privatisation or long-term cent on the boom…. but I hope it doesn’t treat subcontractors as dispensable. Ms Cunningham said the public made go back to boom times,” he told the Bowen “Many of us are still in business leases and it would have a negative it clear in the government’s Smart Choice Basin Mining Club in Mackay last week. today, but many of us know some of our impact on the people of Gladstone. programme that they would prefer a hike “During the boom good people were competitors aren’t and we feel for them “Gladstone is different to other ports in resources royalties over asset sales. difficult to find and keep. We were using because we all know just what is required because it’s right in the city, and what Meanwhile Gladstone Regional the pulse method of employment - if you to stay in business,” Mr Glanville said. happens to the port impacts on the Council Mayor Gail Sellers, who was had one, you got a job.” “I hear people saying ‘when is it going people living in this community,” she outrightly opposed to the leasing of the He said staff costs had spiralled and to be like it was two years ago?’ But we told Shift Miner. port in May last year has changed tack. “I don’t support it because it’s an “I have to look at it this way - Gladstone some employees were less than ideal. need a new model; we need to restructure income generator for the state and on the Regional Council is a part of Queensland “The boom affected loyalty and around the new business environment. horizon we have an increased income and if our leaders are telling me that we need performance,” he said. “We need to demand better output from with LNG, and coal will come back. to sell the port for the good of Queensland I “Wages were out of control and our people, we need to work together and “Here is an income we would sell off.” will have to listen to that and I will have to expectations were out of line with the level make it imperative that large companies Ms Cunningham said the community support that,” she told local media. of service employees were willing to provide. have no choice but to deal with us. had made it very clear they were not “It might not be what I like but if “On the other end we had tight margins “We need to become tribal and help supportive of privatisation through a that’s what is needed for Queensland, I and the lowest per vehicle gross in the state.” each other so as many coal-related long-term lease. will have to come on board.” Adding to this already difficult businesses as possible can thrive environment, Autocorner faced a and prosper.” 10 23rd June 2014 Shift Miner Magazine www.shiftminer.com News Traditional owner AND miner Equipment suppliers of his mother and father who worked at the mine before him - see some green shoots for 28 and 32 years respectively. QUEENSLAND’S mining has a lot of that work. “My family and I have strong and construction However, the oil and gas connections with the land on equipment suppliers are sector - particularly CSG - which the business operates, and cautiously optimistic about continues to offer opportunity, I feel a responsibility to build the future, with order with the major CSG upon the foundation my parents books filling up again. companies pushing ahead and elders created many years The Construction and with upstream infrastructure ago,” he said. Mining Equipment Industry in places like Chinchilla, Miles “The broad range of careers Group (CMEIG) Queensland and Wandoan. available with a world-class vice president Andrew Despite this, Mr Wheeler operation right on our door-step Wheeler says there are says there is a squeeze on provides a unique opportunity to some bright spots in the margins with a large number develop local talent in a remote Queensland economy. of businesses competing for Australian community.” “While it is fairly mixed, the same work. Ray Ahmat has won a top Indigenous award in mining. Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa general our order book is quite full, One segment of the market A Yupungathi Traditional mine’s workforce is Indigenous, manager, operations, Gareth but it is generally the smaller that has been hard hit is Owner and Weipa-based mining the highest participation rate Manderson said that Mr Ahmat is stuff, up to 30 tonnes,” he articulated trucks. Typically superintendent has won top honours across all Rio sites in Australia. a key part of the mine’s told Shift Miner. these vehicles are used for civil at the Queensland Resources “Winning the overall leadership team, and a great “I am sure most of our construction projects, both in Council’s Indigenous Awards. Indigenous award is very ambassador for the business. members are drawing up and out of the mining sector. Ray Ahmat took out the humbling, and I am very proud to “Ray and his team played strategic plans all the time “The artic [articulated] prestigious Overall Indigenous be representing an integral part in helping to and then changing them, market is as small and quiet Award for his exceptional not only the business, but the achieve a 50 per cent increase in but certainly things are as I have ever seen it,” Mr contribution as a role model in the Yupungathi Traditional Owner production rates during a ramp looking healthier than they Wheeler said. Queensland resources industry. Group,” said Mr Ahmat. up phase of the operation,” Mr did last year.” “I just happen to know that As the first local Aboriginal Mr Ahmat has worked at the Manderson said. CMEIG members are there is a large oversupply. superintendent at Rio Tinto mine for 15 years, starting out “His commitment to diversity heavily exposed to the There are a lot of used and Alcan’s bauxite mine in Weipa, Mr as a truck driver and working as one of the key focus areas of downturns in construction, rental machines available and Ahmat leads a large operational his way up to mine development our business has resulted in a 30 so as the construction boom that is pretty much eliminating team of over 170 people. superintendent in 2012. per cent Indigenous participation of the mining sector fades, so the market for new vehicles.” More than one fifth of the He followed in the footsteps across his team alone.” CQ ground-breaking clean technology one step closer Car boss happy phase with Futuregen in the US is is the cost reflected? Is it on the transport and injection in completed, the technology will be price of electricity or the general the Surat Basin, mainly near applied to a 300 megawatt power cost of society?” Wandoan, Chinchilla and Taroom. plant - and then it is ready for “The fundamental premise These areas have been selected with boom end commercial use. This could be as of this technology is that we are because of its geology and stone soon as 2020, Dr Spero said. going to be burning coal for a aquifers and the ability for gas to “As engineers, we like to work long time. The renewal markets be sealed under the surfaces. in a series of steps,” he said. are increasing, and that’s fine, “Socially and environmentally it The International Energy but we still utilise a lot of coal to raises eyes more in because people Agency, which works towards produce electricity so it makes don’t understand it, but from an TUCKED away in Central plant emissions, which are then clean and affordable energy for good sense to produce it cleanly. engineering point of view it’s pretty Queensland is a small project transported to an appropriate its 29 member countries, has “That is what this project is straightforward,” Dr Spero said. about to do big things for clean location and injected deep under identified CCS as being central to about. Work on it, release it when “It’s about understanding coal coal technology. the earth’s surface for storage. limiting the earth’s temperature it is viable rather than waiting.” and following good engineering The $245 million Callide “It’s been very successful, rising by 2 degrees, and the Community questions have been and coal practice and it needs to oxyfuel project wraps up this and our target is 10,000 hours of industry has been working raised as to the safety of carbon be proved at each stage.” year, but it has demonstrated that firing and four hours of carbon towards bringing this to fruition. storage, and Dr Spero said this is one Dr Spero pointed out that in carbon capture technology does dioxide capture, which are simple In Western Australia, Chevron is of the safest aspects of the project. the US, carbon dioxide has been work, producing almost zero targets,” Dr Spero said. spending over $2 billion on a its own The Callide project has facilitated used for decades as a means of emissions when applied to an “It works and it’s reasonably CCS project starting in 2014/15. the bulk storage through studies and pushing oil to the surface. existing coal-fired power station. reliable. On oxyfuel, we passed 6000 Green groups, however, have collaborations and it used Cogan “It’s millions of tonnes per year Project director Dr Chris Spero hours and with carbon capture, we remained sceptical, pointing out Creek in Queensland as a model site. injected every year in US for oil said the project, which works on have passed 3000 hours.” the high cost of the technology. “We looked at the storage of a recovery, so it’s not really a new a 30 megawatt power plant, will At the end of the year, the Callide Dr Spero does not agree. 500 megawatt power station and thing. Storing carbon dioxide for now upscale to a 167 megawatt facility will be closed and the “We have the basic electricity looked storing one million tonnes it’s own sake is a new thing.” plant in the US. equipment sold off, but this is part price, but we talk about climate per year in the Surat Basin.” The project was awarded “We have fairly close ties with of an international joint venture change, which is having a very The pre-feasibility study has $63 million from the Australian the Futuregen project in the US, between multiple companies: negative impact with flooding and been published by the National government under the and that’s the next scale up and CS Energy, ACA Low Emissions storms, and the costs are huge. Energy Development Organisation. Low Emissions Technology it’s in its final planning stages,” Technologies (ACALET); Glencore; “If that is not picked up in The project also carried out Demonstration Fund. It has also he told Shift Miner. Schlumberger Carbon Services; and electricity price, it is picked up two studies with the Carbon received financial support from Carbon capture technology Japanese participants, J-POWER, by government. So in the end, Capture Storage Institute that the Japanese and Queensland and storage technology (CCS) Mitsui and IHI Corporation. the cost of burning coal really looked at the environmental and governments and technical works by capturing all power Once the next demonstration cleanly costs the same. But where social cost of carbon dioxide support from JCOAL. 23rd June 2014 11 Shift Miner Magazine www.shiftminer.com Around Town SURAT BASIN EXPO... A buoyant but not “booming” mood in the Surat Basin
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Locally Owned & Operated www.shiftminer.com FROm THE EDITOR BRIGHT MAGAZINE FUTURE Environmental ignorance IS THERE STILL LIFE IN COAL? MICHAEL Roche is on the money when surfaces directly into waterways. And Stuff » special report page 4-5 he says environmental activists like how many people use phosphate-free Greenpeace don’t have a clue when it laundry detergent (I do)? to the Editor PERSONAL INJURY EXPERTS comes to the health of the reef. The mining industry is now facing its All accidents and personal injury claims: • Motor Vehicle Accidents • Public Liability Claims • Workers Injury Claims • Total and Permanent Disability• Mining Insurance Accident Claims Claims • Boating and Holiday Accident Claims Our front page story on the future Darren Sekac is available for consultations at the When you have a campaign to shut own fear campaign about the reef. Whitsunday and Proserpine offices on Thursday, by appointment only.
Darren Sekac* *Personal Injuries Law Accredi ted Specialist (MA Call 4944 2000ckAy) down an industry, why let a few facts Did you know 11 ports existed in of the coal industry in Queensland www.macamiet.com.au MACKAY get in the way of a good story? the Great Barrier Reef footprint when it had a lot of you talking: And it is far easier to blame a was first declared a World Heritage site group rather than taking on personal in 1981? So the area has always been Of course there’s a future in coal. Our story on the growth spurt in responsibility. multi-purpose and, lets face it, industry BMA still employs 10,000 people in the Surat region, and in particular The agriculture industry has been using the sea is not a new idea - we are CQ. It’s still the biggest employer in Toowoomba, also caught your interest: taking a hit for years, with fertiliser an island nation after all. CQ by a country mile. TR, Mackay run-off blamed for increased levels of Meanwhile, we have the mining What no one seems to know is what nitrogen and phosphate in the ocean. industry putting money into new Why does everyone act surprised CSG will be like when they stop (This in turn has created an environment technologies, like the Carbon Capture when mining follows a boom bust building and hit the big green button. crown of thorns starfish thrive in.) and Storage at the Callide Oxyfuel Plant, cycle? Someone’s pain will be How many jobs? Where? Will they It’s so much the case, that many and the CSIRO developing new ways to someone else’s gain when it all booms be local? It’s all pretty quiet on down scientists have taken this as a given clean up mine water. again in the future. DS, Bucasia here at the moment. RS, Miles without testing the theory. I don’t see environmental groups However, several well-respected coming up with any solutions - and New companies are out looking for viable Toowoomba’s getting a big, new studies have found that one of the what are they doing to reduce their coal mines. There’s still money to be made; airport. Will it get used? That remains biggest contributors to nitrogen and own environmental footprint as their it’s just that the big miners have been so to be seen. TD, Toowoomba phosphate levels in the reef has been the campaigns use products (like big boats wasteful and can’t explain themselves sewerage run-off from Brisbane. It was and computers) that are a direct result of Frank the Tank has his to shareholders. WS, Rockhampton responsible for a quarter of increased mining somewhere in the world? usual legion of fans: levels up to Gladstone - not including I am all for minimising our impact on Oh boo hoo people of CQ. It’s about any towns or resorts along the coast. the environment, but I have no tolerance Frank on holidays? I’d like to know where… time a little bit of reality was injected On top of this, there is the run-off for hypocrites like Greenpeace and WWF. but I’m guessing, Bali. GS, Gladstone into the region and people got used from fertilisers used on lawns, pesticides Inga Stünzner in the garden, and the fact we live in a to having to work hard to keep a job. Classic Frank. I laughed the first time. Comment or The sense of entitlement in this region concrete jungle so water runs off hard SMS 0409 471 014 And I laughed a second time round too. is out of control. AP, Walkerston Best column in the mag. David, Mackay Photos to THE EDITOR
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Mitch Powers was difficult for both teams. This led to a more forward Bluff to victory orientated match and resulted in a Posted June 16: A PLAYER’S player few unforced handling errors. and man-of-the-match performance Nonetheless Byrne heaped by fullback Mitch Power delivered the praise on his forward pack. Bluff Rabbitohs a victory in their top- “Both sides made some cheap of-the-table clash against Clermont on handling errors, but the Clermont the weekend. forwards are widely considered the best The win puts them in first place pack in the competition,” he said. in the Central Highlands rugby “But I think we more than league competition and sends a matched them in that department. strong signal about Bluff’s grand “Forwards Chris Conway and final ambitions for 2014. Brendan Porter both had excellent The 29 point to 28 victory was defensive and running games. hard fought for Bluff, who were “It was a very physical game, just able to withstand a late rally everyone had to stand up.” from Clermont who no doubt were Other players mentioned for their energised by their vocal home crowd. performances were Mitch Wyatte Midway through the second and Keegan Freeman who had half, Bluff led Clermont 28 points strong games in the back line. to 18, but Clermont then scored two The big downside for Bluff, is that it tries - one of which was converted looks like second rower Dale Rice will be bringing the teams back level. out for the season with a shoulder injury. However with just two minutes “Dale will be a big loss, but it to go, Mitch Power kicked the looks like everyone else made it winning field goal for Bluff. through OK, it was a good bus ride “It was something we had home, it’s been a while since we beat practiced a bit at training,” says Clermont at home,” Byrne added. Bluff coach Josh Byrne. “Mitch Power had a great game, Topsy turvy CQ league not only did he kick the winning field Posted June 13: IT’S going to be an goal, he also scored our first two tries. interesting two weeks in the Central “Clermont are not defending Highlands men’s rugby league premiers for no reason, and to beat competition. them at home on a wet and windy There is a top-of-the-table clash night took a massive effort, and to this Saturday and bottom-of-the- get the points is very pleasing.” table-clash the weekend after. While it didn’t rain during the This weekend Bluff play second placed game, the ground was wet from Clermont who are just one point behind earlier storms which meant handling them on nine points. Sitting further back
Blackwater was too strong for Brothers, winning 24 points to five. Blackwater currently sits in fifth position with three wins and three losses in the central Queensland rugby competition.
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on the table are Emerald Tigers on seven on how badly beaten you points, Cowboys and Blackwater on six were in your away game. points, Springsure on two points and the Sitting on top of the table unlucky Middlemount side on none. on 21 points are the Moranbah Every team has now played each Bulls, followed by Capella on 18, other once, but according to competition Emerald on 15 and Clermont and secretary Cameron Stallard, that doesn’t Rolleston together on 14 points. mean anyone is any closer to knowing who will be around on grand final day. On first glance that could seem like teams aren’t travelling with a full Emerald roll compliment of players, but president of the Central Highlands competition Rolleston in rugby Eddie Shaw, says it speaks more to the Posted June 16: DESPITE the defeat on evenness in this year competition. the weekend, the Rolleston rugby side “Yes it is an incredible result; every remains upbeat about their prospects for home team has won their game,” he said. the 2014 Central Highlands rugby season. “Everyone is proud of their little Their loss by 17 points to Emerald means they are currently sitting home fortress and everyone can on four losses from five games. win when they are playing there. Rolleston centres (and brothers) “In most cases teams are travelling Kelani and Kendall Hecke are both with a full side, or close to it, so it in the U19 Country representative doesn’t say rosters are preventing team. Joining them there is players from playing, but it just reflects Rolleston hooker Joey Marshall. how even the competition is.” Meanwhile local miner Sam “At this stage any two teams Fairweather is in the senior shadow can make the grand final.” Country team and several more players However Mr Shaw does say table have been away trialling for the CQ side. leaders, the Moranbah Bulls, have to be considered competition favourites Win away from winning given how well coached, organised Posted June 16: IN theory the team that and strong they are at the moment. can win away from home will race to the But having said that, he points top of the table in the Central Highlands out that Rolleston on the bottom of rugby union competition. The trouble is no team has been able the table - but just a bonus point win to do it yet, meaning that after six games away - are a team to be watched. the points table is decided completely by Rolleston have had six players how big the margin has been when you selected in Country squads this won at home. month, meaning they have the youth Or put another way, it depends and enthusiasm to go all the way.
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