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  1. 28th July 2014, 02:08 PM #1
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    FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR COAL NOW.....

    I have a feeling this will start an avalanche.

    Gina has been "trialling" her mine for a long time , but is yet to get approval to go into full production.

    Clive Palmer is certain to get his approvals now that he helped the govt repeal the carbon scheme.

    Just these 3 mines will directly/indirectly employ about 30, 000 workers.

    There are , as far as I know another 3 or 4 proposals for mines in the Galillee basin.

    The flowon will be huge including massive road upgrades to haul the necessary plant out there.

    There will be transient population of some 20,000+ workers needing to be fed , bed , and watered and transported 24/7 for the next 20-30 years.

    So, if you're young and want to get ahead in life here's a real big opportunity.
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-2...proval/5628584
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    wasnt it the talk that the workers were going to be fifo indian?
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    There are a lot being laid off from other mines and/or looking for work, so between that and any migrant workers I wouldn't be too hopeful for jobs for young inexperienced Aussies.
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    Be interesting on who they do employ, the indian and phillipino guys here in PNG are paid anywhere between $2US/hr to $11US/hr, they are cheap.....you do need an expat to guide them at all times though...

    I know a lot of aussie sites use Chinese labour currently, dude I know had 2 as Boilermaker T/A's on a project
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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    wasnt it the talk that the workers were going to be fifo indian?
    Lots of Indians here to, $4k US/month...same deal though, they generally need "guidance" and work quality standards are, well...interesting
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    I'm of the opinion, if we don't, some one else will. May as well be us to reap the benefits. As long as Australian domiciled workers are employed. Bob
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    Engineering place had thai[i think] workers here heavily subsidised for a while.They got rid of them after a while as their work was shocking
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    Looking at the records of the Indian company in relation to the environment I guess that we have to kiss good bye to the Barrier Reef
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    The actual mine workers are not the real beneficiaries of these projects.

    If you have any idea of the number of vehicles that need to be on site, this includes hundreds of dump trucks for each mine, plus support vehicles .....4wd utes, cranes etc.

    The workers eat thousands of loaves of bread and whatever else for sandwich fillings....drink millions of cups of coffee and milk each day.

    They wear hundreds of thousands of sets of protective clothing and boots and PPE like disposable safety glasses and ear defense.

    all of this has to be provided by someone....and it is surprising how much local input the mines do use.

    I agree with you Arthur as well and note that this approval came so soon after the carbon scheme was repealed.

    There are a huge number of projects held in obeyance by the big companies atm and I'm sure now there will a rash of applications for approval coming forward.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ramblingboy42 View Post
    I agree with you Arthur as well and note that this approval came so soon after the carbon scheme was repealed.
    And the mining tax. Has that been repealed yet?
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