All is quiet for now at Glencore Xstrata's northern Queensland Collinsville coal mine after outgoing managing contractor Thiess laid off 400 workers on Saturday, but a battle is brewing over the Swiss mining giant's plans to re-open the mine as a greenfields site with a new workforce.
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