The cost of excavation

Before you start your excavation job, work out a cash estimate so you know what you are up for

Dealing with suspected stolen excavation equipment

The market for stolen excavation equipment may be bigger than you know, but you can protect yourself

MPs to question handling of Fromelles remains

THE British Parliament will raise questions about the exhumation of 300 World War I soldiers buried in a mass grave in France for more than 90 years.

Archaeology At C&a Mine Site

COAL & Allied began a major archaeological excavation near Singleton this month on a site that possibly dates back tens of thousands of years.

Rich Seam Of Artefacts Revealed

ABORIGINAL artefacts unearthed in a unique $1 million archaeological excavation at a Hunter Valley open-cut coalmine site may be up to 50,000 years old, it was revealed yesterday.

Search For Dead To Start At French War Site

EXCAVATION work will begin in April at what is believed to be a World War I mass burial site near Fromelles, France, which may contain the bodies of 400 Australian and British soldiers.

Doom For Mining Boom

A Monash University environmental engineer warns in a new report that mineral resources are limited, excavation costs are escalating and the environmental costs of mining are devastating. The Sustainability of Mining in Australia: Key Trends and Their Environmental Implications for the Future is written by Monash University researcher and lecturer Dr Gavin Mudd, in conjunction with the independent Mineral Policy Institute.

First Fleet Graveyard Unveiled

CLOVER MOORE finds the discovery of 20 possible First Fleet graves below Sydney Town Hall fascinating but not enough to join in with the excavation.

Helping Hand For Expansion

KURRI Kurri drilling and excavation company Arogen has received State Government funding for its expansion.

A Champion Of Native Land Rights

Bangardi nga-Derkolo Lee* IT WAS the height of the bitter controversy over mining at Guratba (Coronation Hill) in the early 1990s, with BHP poised to begin excavation on Jawoyn traditional lands north-east of Katherine in the Northern Territory.

Mining Threat To Island's Rainforest

Christmas Island is divided over plans to extend phosphate excavation, reports Melissa Fyfe.

Gully Fill Gets Council Nod

A NEWCASTLE City Council plan to fill a gully in King Edward Park, alleged to be a way of getting rid of fill from the excavation of cliffs near the Bogey Hole and South Newcastle Beach, has been approved.