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Key rail line back in business after extended cuts

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Logistics.

The Townsville to Mount Isa rail line reopened yesterday after severe flooding saw parts of the key route closed since December 29.

Queensland Rail said crews had been working around the clock to repair 13km of track and more than 50 individual track defects, ranging from culvert damage to ballast replacement, across a vast and isolated area.

“Despite ongoing wet weather conditions, our teams have pushed through to ensure this vital freight and passenger link is back in operation," Queensland Rail head of regional Scott Cornish said. . .

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View of Ardmore site showing four drying pads in the foreground. Centrex

Patchy rain upsets some operations, leaves others alone

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Gold.

The remnants of tropical cyclone Kirrily are confounding locals in north-west Queensland.

Falls of up to 600mm have been recorded on some parts of the McKinlay Shire where mining operations including Cannington and Eloise are isolated by floodwaters.

Directly west at Centrex’s Ardmore mine, the falls can be counted in the early two digits since the cyclone crossed the coast on Thursday night, (25/01/2024).

Main image: View of Ardmore site showing four drying pads in the foreground.

“That's funny, the Dajarra area, we can have 10mm on site and you think. . .

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Flinders Highway expected to be cut

Written by dev on . Posted in Copper, Gold, Processing / Manufacturing.

Authorities are preparing for floodwaters to cut the Flinders Highway between Julia Creek and Cloncurry.

The remnants of tropical cyclone Kirrily have been sitting south of the towns and flooding has cut off regional mines including Cannington and Eloise, which have around 1200 staff between them. Operations have been scaled back. Aerodromes on the sites are functional.

The system was sitting over the south-east of Cloncurry Shire and the southern section of neighbouring McKinlay Shire, Cloncurry Mayor Greg Campbell said.

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Communities caught in ‘explosion of water’

Written by dev on . Posted in All News.

“An explosion of water” has hit Far North-West Queensland’s remote Gulf communities, with some residents facing potential isolation for another two months, Member for Traeger Robbie Katter said.

The Katter's Australian Party leader was commenting after a visit on Friday to affected areas along with Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter.

The extensive flooding saw Burke Shire Council issue an emergency alert today to residents in Burketown.

It called for all remaining residents to leave Burketown immediately, particularly elderly and those with children, as sewerage systems and power systems went down. The last evacuation flights were leaving. . .

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La Niña alert status raises flooding, cyclone risk

Written by dev on . Posted in All News.

Australia is likely to be facing a wet year with increased tropical cyclones as the Bureau of Meteorology raises its El Niño-Southern Oscillation Outlook to La Niña alert status.

This status means the chance of a La Niña occurring this year has increased to 70 per cent, roughly three times the normal likelihood. 

Bureau manager of climate operations Dr Andrew Watkins said La Niña typically resulted in above-average winter-spring rainfall for Australia, particularly across eastern, central and northern regions.  

"It typically also brings cooler and cloudier days, more tropical cyclones, and an earlier onset of. . .

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