S.Africa’s Richards Bay exports up 10% in 2024 amid rail improvement
Coal exports from South Africa's Richards Bay rose to 52.08 million tonnes in 2024, the highest in three years.
The Australian mining industry’s determination to reach its goal of zero harm is reflected in the latest safety performance statistics released by the Queensland Government and reported by the Queensland Resources Council. Lost time injury frequency rates for the State of Queensland fell again from 3.8 to 2.9 injuries per million hours worked in 2010-2011. Days lost to injuries were down from 14,325 days to 11,027 days while the lost time injury plus disabling injury duration rate fell from 34.4 days to 27.4 days per injury.
