INTERNATIONALLY recognised bird habitats will be destroyed if Newcastle's fourth coal terminal goes ahead, opponents of the proposal have said. The Newcastle Coal Terminal Action Group, which is made up of 14 of Newcastle's community groups, held a sit...
PORT Waratah Coal Services has authorised the spending of another $60million on its planned T4 coal-loader on Kooragang Island.A company spokesman said the $60million authorised by the PWCS board took the total spending to $110million. The spokesman sa...
Hundreds of people took to Australia's Port of Newcastle in kayaks and canoes on Sunday when protest group Rising Tide held its seventh annual blockade of the harbour.
Asian demand for Hunter coal should shield the region from a global financial crisis that is threatening Europe and the US.Chinese banking officials visited Perth last month and declared the country had $US1 trillion to invest in global resources
