The Latest Breaking News from Aurizon

Record Dragline Relocation Speed: Engineers jack and carry 3,100-tonne machine; ground-bearing capacity, not horsepower, sets limits

In an impressive accomplishment, Mammoet successfully relocated a massive dragline 27 kilometers within just ten days at the Peak Downs mine operated by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance. Weighing in at an astounding 3,100 tonnes, this giant was maneuvered using hydraulic jacks and SPMTs. A temporary ramp, completed in 72 hours for…

The Times of India · Sep 12

It's doable for the NSW government: we should have a Cessnock rail service

An invaluable Hunter passenger train service is ready and waiting.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 23, 2023

Viterra, Aurizon push for Eyre Peninsula rail freight's return with government financial support

One of Australia's largest rail freight operators has teamed up with grain handler Viterra to urge the federal government to bring rail freight back to the Eyre Peninsula for next year's harvest.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Coal train derails in Australia's Queensland state, no injuries

A coal train in Australia's Queensland state derailed after it hit a freight train late on Sunday night, haulage operator Aurizon Holdings said on Monday.

Reuters · Jan 30, 2023

Teen boy, 15, dies after he's electrocuted by power lines and flung 30 feet into river

The teenager was climbing on a line close to a train bridge in the city of Gladstone in the Australian state of Queensland when the power pole exploded and sent him flying into the creek below

Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2023

Teenage boy dies after electric shock in Gladstone, central Queensland

A central Queensland boy died at Gladstone after he came into contact with live electrical wires and fell.

ABC News · Jan 19, 2023

Rail giant Aurizon to increase fees to transport non-coal commodities in central Queensland

Millions of taxpayer dollars were spent on a stretch of central Queensland rail line which could soon be too expensive to use.

ABC News · Jan 8, 2023

ATSB finds Queensland Rail missed flood warnings for 40 minutes before freight train derailed by rising water

The driver of a train that derailed in floodwaters outside Gympie during the February floods should have had almost an hour-and-a-half to stop, but he was never told.

ABC News · Nov 23, 2022

Coking coal production set to increase in Queensland despite clean energy plan

Queensland's 10-year energy plan aims to move away from coal-fired power reliance by 2035, but huge amounts of coal will still be produced and exported, and applications for new and extended mines show no signs of slowing.

ABC News · Oct 13, 2022

Oz Minerals rejects BHP takeover bid, while ASX climbs after lacklustre session

Copper and nickel miner Oz Minerals rebuffs an $8.3 billion takeover bid from BHP, while the Australian share market gains on the first trading day of the week.

ABC News · Aug 8, 2022