ACCORDING to Louise Bell and Rechelle Brost from Deacons, a recent court case shows engineers and maintenance personnel need to be thorough in performing seemingly inconsequential or minor services.
BILFINGER Berger Services says it has extended its operation and maintenance contract with Millmerran’s coal-fired power station.
RIO Tinto subsidiary Coal & Allied has reported a four percent output drop for the third quarter of 2008 due to scheduled plant maintenance.
A RESEARCH team from Swinburne University is bringing a robotic laser to Adelaide in September to maintain a turbine at the TXU Torrens Island power stations.
THE FEDERAL Government is granting $750,000 to upgrade equipment and pay for construction and electrical renovations at a Telarah coal industry training plant.
CSIRO Minerals has developed an acoustic emission monitoring and alarm system for use in coal handling and preparation plants, said to allow early alerts of separation problems.
KEY Solutions Group is offering refurbishment and repair services for mining and processing machinery and their sub-components.
DEVILBISS has released a pre-saturated preparatory wipe for finalising surface preparations prior to painting.
LOY Yang Power has agreed to undertake a site-specific feasibility study into carbon capture for its Latrobe Valley brown coal power station.
SIEMENS has upgraded the rail capacity infrastructure of Queensland’s Goonyella coal system.