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Coal hauls Asciano back into the black

Coal haulage has helped bring Asciano out of the red with the rail and ports operator posting a net profit after tax of $79 million for the first half of the year.

Can Queensland keep ignoring uranium?

The global debate on the carbon produced by fossil fuels is encouraging a world-wide review of the approach to energy sources, with many alternative sources still to provide a reliable base load supply.

Don’t lock industry out of QR sale: QRC

Queensland’s $40 billion a year coal industry should not be dismissed by the state government as a potential investor in the planned privatisation of QR’s coal rail business, according to the QLD Resources Council (QRC).

Texting the human voice in hostile conditions

An advanced system that will allow speech recognition in spaces filled with other voices, noise and echoes is being developed by an international team led by The University of Western Australia.