Who works in the mines and what doing

[whishy]

I used to work in the Pilbara.. Its not worth the money when you compare it to being home with the family.

Engineer/Project Manager

[LyleXR8]

I hear you there, I'm residential and home at 5.30 everynight, even time roster, no eating from the pig trough!! Most people don't realize how remote wa iron ore mines are, they in the **** end of nowhere, no popping to the shop, no let's take a bus into town, you're on site for 2 weeks 24/7 with nowhere to go

[whishy]

Yep. I remember driving from marble bar to port headland for a cheeseburger. Leisurely 2.5hrs up the road haha.

[buggerlugs]

Whats with the massive drop in Iron Ore prices. Looks like coal is not the only mineral on the nose.............

[buggerlugs]

http://www.news.com.au/finance/busin...-1227068024836

[XCH00N]

Originally Posted by LyleXR8

I hear you there, I'm residential and home at 5.30 everynight, even time roster, no eating from the pig trough!! Most people don't realize how remote wa iron ore mines are, they in the **** end of nowhere, no popping to the shop, no let's take a bus into town, you're on site for 2 weeks 24/7 with nowhere to go

I hear that. I moved 3500kms to stop that yet here I am only 1month in and im getting sent to Tropicana for a few days already. hate when companies lie just to get you to work for them

[NAK302]

Originally Posted by buggerlugs

http://www.news.com.au/finance/busin...-1227068024836

we got the speech last night about how the company needs to offload about 25% of it's workforce to compete on the world market. the dropping Aussie dollar wasn't enough to save them.......apparently. time to say goodbye to real estate values around the central QLD region.

[Road Games]

My thoughts go out to all families involved fingers crossed for 2015

[Gambit]

Originally Posted by GT-0733

time to say goodbye to real estate values around the central QLD region.

Not to drag he thread off track but this bit got my attention. A mate has been going thru the process of getting plans done for his house. He's had the block for a while but because house prices have dropped they want it all valued again. He didn't need mortgage insurance before, possibly could now. Might just mean saving longer again but it's not just qld.

I'm in the hunter valley. We've just put 20 contractors on at work & our pit seems to be one of the few going against the trend atm. Hopefully things start pick up soon for everyone out there!

[Road Games]

Gallilee Basin has a heap of coal, Palmer just need's the railway infastructure approved to supply to the port and it will be all systems go ...

I just bought my own truck so i am not keen to work 4 n' 1 anymore, but never say never right ?

[GasoLane]

Is that a Truck with a capital T, or an American truck (ie, our ute) Daz ?

[Road Games]

8m Pantech UD

[GasoLane]

Ok, that's a Truck.

(can't fit much coal in a Pan though )

[Road Games]

That's the plan ....

[herbicide]

Originally Posted by Gambit

Not to drag he thread off track but this bit got my attention. A mate has been going thru the process of getting plans done for his house. He's had the block for a while but because house prices have dropped they want it all valued again. He didn't need mortgage insurance before, possibly could now. Might just mean saving longer again but it's not just qld.

I'm in the hunter valley. We've just put 20 contractors on at work & our pit seems to be one of the few going against the trend atm. Hopefully things start pick up soon for everyone out there!

Which pit mate? I did some time in the Hunter and Liddell was pretty good, Bengalla the worst. ZBut I still had a lot in Qld so I came back. I do kinda wonder how it'd be now if I stuck it out.

[Gambit]

Originally Posted by herbicide

Which pit mate? I did some time in the Hunter and Liddell was pretty good, Bengalla the worst. ZBut I still had a lot in Qld so I came back. I do kinda wonder how it'd be now if I stuck it out.

I'm at Mangoola mate, a glencore pit. Good place to be as far as I'm concerned. Plenty out the worse of than us. Drayton south is still awaiting approval if it gets up then mt thorley/warkworth.

Get plenty of people in the area complain about the pits but there wouldn't be the towns with people the way they are if they weren't here. The industry supports a lot of jobs that are totally unrelated

[Road Games]

Copy that ...

[herbicide]

Originally Posted by Gambit

I'm at Mangoola mate, a glencore pit. Good place to be as far as I'm concerned. Plenty out the worse of than us. Drayton south is still awaiting approval if it gets up then mt thorley/warkworth.

Get plenty of people in the area complain about the pits but there wouldn't be the towns with people the way they are if they weren't here. The industry supports a lot of jobs that are totally unrelated

Mangoola was very new when I was there 3 years ago. Back then I noticed that the Xstrata (now Glencore) sites were good places, up here in the Bowen Basin Glencore is a dirty word.

[NAK302]

Originally Posted by herbicide

Mangoola was very new when I was there 3 years ago. Back then I noticed that the Xstrata (now Glencore) sites were good places, up here in the Bowen Basin Glencore is a dirty word.

yep, ask about Glencore in Collinsville then run

[XCH00N]

Originally Posted by Gambit

Not to drag he thread off track but this bit got my attention. A mate has been going thru the process of getting plans done for his house. He's had the block for a while but because house prices have dropped they want it all valued again. He didn't need mortgage insurance before, possibly could now. Might just mean saving longer again but it's not just qld.

I'm in the hunter valley. We've just put 20 contractors on at work & our pit seems to be one of the few going against the trend atm. Hopefully things start pick up soon for everyone out there!

What pit are you at? I was struggling as a contractor there so I moved to WA a month ago and hate being away from all of my family

[wicksy]

I just got a Redeployment to Curragh North, still with Thiess start out there Tuesday, been at home for nearly a month not knowing what was happening, glad i got the crank, all my sick leave, time with Thiess will roll over, Lease car benefits kick back in next week yay!

[smoo]

http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/ne...re-mining-jobs

We haul in the same region, for a different mob.
We've been cut down from unlimited tonne per day first half of the year, to 8,000 from about May.
Last month all us contractors got knocked down to 4,000 tonne per day.
As a result we have about 20 road trains parked up and a lot single shifted... a lot of money not making money.
On the plus side a good excuse to eff off some of the dead weight, a one way ticket outa here.

[LyleXR8]

Originally Posted by XCH00N

I hear that. I moved 3500kms to stop that yet here I am only 1month in and im getting sent to Tropicana for a few days already. hate when companies lie just to get you to work for them

If you're working for CPC get used to it, they work at nearly every site in the goldfields doing shutdowns etc,

[buggerlugs]

Originally Posted by smoo

http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/ne...re-mining-jobs

We haul in the same region, for a different mob.
We've been cut down from unlimited tonne per day first half of the year, to 8,000 from about May.
Last month all us contractors got knocked down to 4,000 tonne per day.
As a result we have about 20 road trains parked up and a lot single shifted... a lot of money not making money.
On the plus side a good excuse to eff off some of the dead weight, a one way ticket outa here.

Some interesting comments on that link you put up...........

[buggerlugs]

http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/fly.../DO1300W001S00
Any one watch the first episode ?

[NAK302]

the sheep's back is now broken.

[Gambit]

Pac finally made their decision on drayton south. Not good from my point of view but anyway..

http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/ne...-drayton-south

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...021-3iicv.html

[NTF6]

Originally Posted by whishy

I used to work in the Pilbara.. Its not worth the money when you compare it to being home with the family.

Engineer/Project Manager

Really, best head start in life was Paraburdoo for me!

[Road Games]

Ipswich

Jeebropilly for me...

[buggerlugs]

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au...coal-/2427877/
BHP sack 700 then have record returns...........