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Coal drives Qld growth despite uncertainty

OVER the past decade, the value of Queensland’s resources has tripled and the state has reported an $8 billion increase in exports, driven principally by strong price increases for coking coal and thermal coal, according to the most recent Queensland Resources Council CEO quarterly sentiment survey.

Lou Caruana
Coal drives Qld growth despite uncertainty

However, the impact of poor or uncertain regulation continued to “act as a wet blanket” for industry and had been the number one concern for member CEOs for five consecutive quarters, who warned that the...

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