KiwiRail has announced the Christchurch-Greymouth line between Cass and Springfield will be closed for as long as six weeks after it was damaged in a major bushfire.
The operator said this week the
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Fluor wins Guinea Alumina mine, rail contract
US firm Fluor Corporation has won an engineering and program management consultancy contract for a major bauxite mine, rail and port project in the Boke region of Guinea, Africa.
The Texas-based engineer,
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States don’t support Turnbull’s view for coal in future
State governments have voiced their concern over Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s determination to continue Australia’s heavy reliance on coal in energy generation.
The Queensland and Victorian Governments
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Contract signed for Hurstbridge Rail
A $395 million deal for the removal of a pair of level crossings, the duplication of the Hurstbridge line, and construction of a new Rosanna Station has been signed.
After naming a consortium of Laing
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Labor makes $3bn Metronet key election issue
Western Australian Opposition Leader Mark McGowan has put the Labor Party’s election hopes behind a $3 billion plan to dramatically expand and improve Perth’s rail network.
McGowan this week provided
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Hinchliffe resigns, ‘sweeping reforms’ announced after Queensland Rail report
Former Rio Tinto executive Phillip Strachan will be the new chairman of Queensland Rail, and Stirling Hinchliffe has resigned as transport minister, after a report recommended significant changes be made
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Major CRL tender talks begin
Tender documents have been distributed for candidates looking to design, procure, install and commission all tunnel track work and rail systems for the City Rail Link project in Auckland.
Two new stations
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Rio sells Australian coal mines to Yancoal
Rio Tinto has announced a deal to sell its Australian coal assets to Chinese state-owned mining firm Yancoal for more than $3 billion.
Rio said on January 24 it would send its Coal & Allied subsidiary
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Brockman railway study put on hold
Pilbara iron ore hopeful Brockman has secured a multi-user agreement and stockyard land lease for use of facilities at the Utah Port Bulk Handling Facility at Port Hedland, WA, but says progress has stalled
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Melbourne’s first skyrail columns in place
The first columns from the Andrews Government’s controversial elevated railway through Melbourne’s south-east have been erected.
Two 6.7-metre concrete piers were lifted into place overnight on January
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