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This third annual sustainability report provides a summary of Wesfarmers Resources’ performance for the year ending 30 June 2011. It covers our divisional head office in Brisbane and the operations of our wholly owned and operated Curragh and Premier Coal mines. The Bengalla coal mine, in which we have a 40 per cent stake, is [...]
Wesfarmers Limited will donate $5 million to the Queensland Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal to assist with the massive recovery program following disastrous flooding across that state. This donation brings the [...]
Floodwaters from the Mackenzie River in central Queensland are now receding in the vicinity of the Curragh mine. The Mackenzie River peaked on Saturday, 1 January 2011 approximately 1.5m [...]
With the local access road from Blackwater to the Curragh Mine remaining open despite widespread rain and flooding, Curragh mine has been able to maintain limited dragline operations. Mine [...]
Following heavy rain from the aftermath of Cyclone Tasha, major flooding is occurring in Central Queensland. This is the second major flood event in the region following unprecedented rainfall [...]
RAIN IMPACTS CURRAGH OPERATIONS – 06 DECEMBER 2010 Curragh mine at Blackwater has been able to resume operations after approximately 200mm of rain cut off the main access road to [...]
RAIN IMPACTS CURRAGH OPERATIONS – 04 DECEMBER 2010 After a night of little rain, Curragh mine employees were able to access the site this morning (Saturday 04/12/10) and begin limited [...]
RAIN IMPACTS CURRAGH OPERATIONS as at 2.55pm – 03 DECEMBER 2010 Management at Curragh mine at Blackwater will suspend night shift operations as a result of continued flooding of local [...]
RAIN IMPACTS CURRAGH OPERATIONS – 03 DECEMBER 2010 Following heavy rain in the past 24 hours access to the Curragh mine at Blackwater has been cut and all pit operations [...]
Wesfarmers Curragh has picked up its second award for its overland conveyor when the Curragh North Conveyor project won the Queensland Engineering Excellence Products and Manufacturing Facilities category at [...]