Beaconsfield Trio Comes Up Trumps

LATEST exploration results are believed to have boosted Beaconsfield Gold's ambitions to become a copper producer in western Victoria.

Miners Urged To Become 'heroes'

BEACONSFIELD goldmine's shift bosses were told just before the fatal Anzac Day rockfall that they had a great chance to make heroes of themselves, by hitting a production target.

More Trouble At Mine

THE Beaconsfield inquest has heard of further trouble at the Tasmanian mine's fatal 925 level, where a heavy excavating machine bounced off the ground in a rockfall.

Mining Company Walks Out Of Accident Inquest

THE Beaconsfield Gold company dramatically withdrew from a long-awaited coronial inquest yesterday, saying heroes of the mining tragedy were being scandalously blamed.

Carey Traded To Queensland

The Port Melbourne apartment at the centre of Wayne Carey's run-in with police in January has sold for $2million. The 10th floor Rouse Street apartment, with views of Beaconsfield Parade and Port Phillip, sold for the former footballer's asking price. Carey (pictured) paid $1.4million for it in May 2006.

Beaconsfield Owners Still Seek Payout

ALMOST two years after a rock collapse at the Beaconsfield goldmine in Tasmania killed one worker and trapped two others deep underground, the mine's joint owners are still pursuing their insurers for $45.5 million.

Down By The Riverside, 'the Man From The Mine' Stays The Course

THE Beaconsfield mine disaster affords Bill Shorten a profile far beyond that of most candidates on the way to Parliament.

Beaconsfield On Track To Return To Full-scale Mining Production

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Beaconsfield Well On Way Back To Full Gold Production

GUNNS faces an almighty struggle to get its proposed kraft pulp mill up and running in Tamar Valley, Tasmania.

Up-tempo Preparation Will Fall Flat Unless Blues' Kick-chase Hits The Mark

WHEN NSW coach Graham Murray assembled his Origin squad in January, players involved in the previous year's failure demanded a more intense preparation. After all, they led 14-4 in the deciding match at Telstra Dome before Queensland's "great escape", cheered on by Beaconsfield miner Brant Webb.

Beaconsfield Report Finally Due Amid Rise In Mining Deaths

DESPITE the dramatic lesson of the Beaconsfield accident, mining industry deaths are rising in Australia, with 14 since July 1.

Miners Still Haunted By Pit Collapse

BEACONSFIELD miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb are still battling demons a year after the Anzac Day disaster.

Beaconsfield In Bid For Allstate

AFTER months of effort, Beaconsfield Gold - the minority partner in the Beaconsfield goldmine joint venture in Tasmania - looks set to simplify the complex ownership structure of the mine as it prepares to reopen it.

Safety Pledge As Beaconsfield Says Mine To Reopen By March

BEACONSFIELD Gold's northern Tasmanian mine, where a rock fall last year killed a miner and trapped two others for two weeks, will be reopened by March, almost 11 months after the accident forced its closure.

Pledges Still Safe

THE Australian Workers Union (AWU) says Hunter Valley money given to the family of Beaconsfield mine victim Larry Knight will reach its destination, after concerns were raised about the slow progress of the fund.

Triumph And Tragedy

From drought to the flooding rains of Cyclone Larry, the Beaconsfield mine to Steve Irwin's demise . . . it has been a helluva year for national news. Neil Jameson presents his take on 2006's highs and lows.

Bids In For Debt Of Beaconsfield Mine

BIDDING for Macquarie Bank's $48 million parcel of debts connected with the troubled Beaconsfield mine in Tasmania closed on Friday with at least two expressions of interest.

Bids In For Macbank's Beaconsfield Debt

BIDDING for Macquarie Bank's $48 million parcel of debts connected with the troubled Beaconsfield mine in Tasmania has closed with at least two expressions of interest.

Beaconsfield Reopens But Ownership Under A Cloud

MINING has resumed at the Beaconsfield goldmine in Tasmania where an Anzac Day rock fall killed miner Larry Knight and trapped Todd Russell and Brant Webb for 14 days. But questions about future ownership of the high-grade mine remain to be resolved.

A Miner Celebrity

IT'S been a six-month rollercoaster ride for Beaconsfield miner Todd Russell, but during a visit to Maitland yesterday the tough Tasmanian said he was starting to enjoy his celebrity status.