BRISBANE, Queensland, March 14 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Regional and Rural Development
The Honourable Dale Last
Australian-first coal extraction tech to drive jobs growth in Central Queensland
* Australian-first as high-tech HW300 Highwall Miner coal extractor powers up in Bowen Basin.
* Investment in thetechnology is a vote-of-confidence in the Crisafulli Government's agenda to support mining investment.
* The Crisafulli Government committed to creating jobs and opportunities for regional Queensland.
A Central Queensland mine has made history today as the first in Australia to deploy an advanced high wall mi...