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Coal hauls Asciano back into the black — by Rail Express — last modified Mar 02, 2010 08:59 PM

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

First train leaves Rio Tinto’s newest iron ore mine — by Rail Express — last modified Mar 02, 2010 09:04 PM

Rio Tinto has started producing iron ore from the US$901m Mesa A/Warramboo mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with the first full length (163-car) train leaving the mine late on February 19th.

The place of trams in the 'transportation mix' — by Rail Express — last modified Mar 03, 2010 09:24 AM

With the world’s cities now growing by more than one million people every week and car ownership growing two times faster than the population, we are rapidly heading towards a billion-car planet.

The Copenhagen Accord: what actually happened and how? — by Rail Express — last modified Mar 03, 2010 09:29 AM

What do you do when you have a two-track negotiation framework that stalls? You open up a third track. That is effectively what happened in Copenhagen at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

QR completes staff placement — by Rail Express — last modified Mar 03, 2010 09:30 AM

QR has reached the completion of staff placement for more than 16,000 employees throughout Australia.

News in Brief – 24 February-2 March 2010 — by Rail Express — last modified Mar 03, 2010 09:36 AM

 

Shares drop as Toll hit by revenue and profit fall — by Rail Express — last modified Mar 02, 2010 09:50 PM

Toll Holdings’ after tax profit slumped 32% in the first half of 2009/10 and the transport and logistics operator forecasts that its second-half performance will be much the same.