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Buchanan, New South Wales

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Buchanan is a locality in the City of Maitland and City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately half farmland and half forested. It was notable as being the intersection of the roads between Maitland, Beresfield, Kurri and Edgeworth. It is the preferred location for a regional freight hub. In 2016, the population was 197, median age was 41 and 85% were born in Australia.

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Buchanan, New South Wales
John Renshaw Drive Offramp, Cessnock City Council

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John Renshaw Drive Offramp
2323 Cessnock City Council
New South Wales, Australia
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2NUR

2NUR is an Australian radio station, licensed to, and serving Newcastle and its surrounds. It is a community radio station, licensed to the University of Newcastle. It operates at 103.7 megahertz on the FM band. Its callsign, 2NUR, stands for Newcastle University Radio, and the 2 is a standard prefix for radio stations in New South Wales. On-Air Schedule Weekdays Breakfast with Todd Sergeant 6:00am to 9:00am Mornings with Mark Rorke 9:00am to Midday Drive with Kev Kellaway 4:00pm to 8:00pmMondays Wellbeing with Jack Hodgins 12:05am to 12:35am Gardening Talkback with Scott Sharpe Midday to 1:00pm Greg Richard 1:00pm to 4:00pm The Dungeon 8:00pm to 10:00pm Music overnight 10:00pm to 6:00am (Tuesday)Tuesdays The Muster 8:00pm to 10:00pm Music overnight 10:00pm to 6:00am (Wednesday)Wednesdays Pet Chat Midday to 1:00pm Classic Folk 9:00pm to 10:00pm Round These Parts with Greg Richard 10:00pm to 11:00pm Music overnight 11:00pm to 6:00am (Thursday)Thursdays All That Jazz 8:00pm to 10:00pm Music overnight 10:00pm to 6:00am (Friday)Fridays Health Naturally with Denis Stewart 12 noon to 1:00pm Talking Travel with Sally Lucas 1:00pm to 2:00pm Bluesnight 8:00pm to 11:00pm Affected 11:00pm to 3:00am (Saturday)Saturdays Saturday Morning with Greg Richard 7:00am to Midday 12 O'Clock Rock with 12:00pm to 4:00pm 2NUR Music 4:00pm to 6:00pm Party Mix 6:00pm to 12:00amSundays Sunday Sunrise with John McGahen 6:00am to 12 noon Casey Kasem's American Top 40 12:00pm to 3:00pm 2NUR Music 3:00pm to 4:00pm Sunday Afternoon Country 4:00pm to 6:00pm Polish w/ Basia & Tony 6:00pm to 7:00pm alternating with Vinyl Vibes w/Jack Hodgins Macedonian 7:00pm to 8:00pm Tongan 8:00pm to 9:00pm Samoan 9:00pm to 10:00pm Brass Encounters 10:00pm to 10:30pm Hunter Rostrum 10:30pm to 12:00am

Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter
Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter

The Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter was located in Kurri Kurri, Australia and operated from 1969 until 2012. Developed by Alcan Australia Limited, the smelter experienced a change of ownership three times during its operations. Through gradual expansion, the smelter increased its production capacity from 30,000 tonnes per year (t/y) to 180,000 t/y of aluminium by the 1990s. The Kurri Kurri Smelter was engaged in operations in four areas; potlines for the melting of alumina, a cast house for casting of molten metal, a carbon plant for baking anodes, and anode plants for the manufacturing of carbon anodes. Environmental concerns were raised over the smelter's production and expansion, resulting in the establishment of emissions reduction technologies and ongoing environmental monitoring over the lifetime of the smelter. Challenging industrial relations have been documented throughout the smelter's operation, mainly during the 1990s and 2000s due to changing management and structure of the plant. The smelter's official closure in 2014 has since been followed by ongoing developments to remediate the land for its use for residential, industrial and conservation reasons. The land and some remaining power infrastructure from the smelter was sold in 2020 to developers. The smelter was part of the local culture and identity of Kurri Kurri and its closure resulted in the direct loss of hundreds of jobs and the indirect loss of thousands of jobs.