The Future Of Mining
After Indonesia’s Petrosea embarked on the digital transformation of its Tabang coal mine in Kalimantan in June 2018, it soon became apparent that initiatives like real-time performance monitoring and ...
Jobs Still Up For Grabs As BHP Opens Its Biggest Pilbara Camp
One of the Pilbara’s biggest mining camps was officially opened on Friday, marking the next milestone in BHP’s US$3.6 billion South Flank iron ore project.
The ...
Lawyers Fear Australia More Open To Hacks, Leaks After High Court Ruling On Glencore
Could Australia become a more desirable place for hackers to leak stolen and legally privileged documents?
And are Australians about to see their fundamental right to have lawyer-client information protected ...
Nickel Mines Boosts Ranger Stake To 60 Percent
Nickel Mines (ASX:NIC) has successfully boosted its stake in the Ranger nickel project in Indonesia from 17 percent to a whopping majority share at 60 percent.
In an announcement ...
High Coking Coal Prices Could Weaken The Prospects For Indian Steel Sector
High raw material prices including coking coal and iron ore, coupled with weak demand and softening of prices, are set to weaken the prospects for the growth of the steel ...
China Extends Domain With Fifth Deep Sea Mining Contract
As the International Seabed Authority (ISA) convened last month to continue work on regulations to allow the industrial mining of the ocean floor, China extended its domain over the deep ...
Mining Town Celebrates 50 Years
The Pilbara mining town of Newman is set to dig deep and celebrate its 50th anniversary with five days of events and a trip down memory lane, starting August 15 ...
Gruyere JV Moves Ramp Up In Positive Direction
Gruyere joint venture partners Gold Road Resources and Gold Fields have successfully ramped up production at the gold mine near Laverton in Western Australia.
The Gruyere mill has completed 96 ...
Australia's Newcrest Mining Annual Profit Jumps On Robust Cadia Output
Newcrest Mining Ltd (NCM.AX) said on Friday annual output at its Cadia mine will be lower than fiscal 2019 after it posted a 22.2% increase in annual profit ...
Kurtarra Cape JV To Install Optic Fibre Along Rio Tinto’s Koodaideri Mine Rail Spur
The Kurtarra Cape Joint Venture (KCU) has announced it has secured a contract to install 170 km of optical fibre as part of the construction of a new rail spur ...
Russian Mining Giant Reveals Name For Rare 14.83-Carat Pink Diamond
Alrosa, the Russian diamond mining and marketing giant, has named the largest pink diamond ever discovered and produced in Russia, “Spirit of the Rose,” after a legendary short ballet of ...
Gold Fields Moves Into Cash Flow Positive Territory
Gold Fields said its first-half net cash flow of US$49 million compared with a net outflow of $79 million in the first six months of last year. "Gold Fields ...
Lynas Granted Licence Renewal For Malaysian Operations
Lynas Corp’s operating licence in Malaysia will be renewed by the country’s government for six months following extensive consultation with regulators.
The licence renewal will take place before ...
Hustlers Reef Gold Miners Heritage Walk To Be Unveiled
City of Greater Bendigo Mayor Cr Margaret O’Rourke will tomorrow officially open the Hustlers Reef Gold Miners Heritage Walk, which celebrates the historic landscape where one of Bendigo’s ...
Critical Minerals To Drive Investment In Australia
World advances in computing, manufacturing, energy and transport are being made possible by critical minerals found in Australia.
From rare earths to high performance metals, Australia is well positioned to ...
Venus/Rox Target More High Grade Gold Near Youanmi
Venus Metals and Rox Resources have recommenced reverse circulation drilling to follow up on some exciting, ultra-high-grade gold hits at the Currans Find North prospect near Youanmi in Western Australia ...
China’s Coal Spending Boom Contrasts With Industrial Slump
While China’s industrial sector crashes, one corner is booming. Oddly enough, it’s probably bad news for participants.
Fixed-asset investment in mining increased 27.4% from a year earlier ...
Greater Asia Home To Half Of The World’s Biggest Mining Companies
Mining companies based in the greater Asian region now make up almost half of the world’s largest players according to a new industry report.
With Indonesia-based coal-mining company PT ...
Hitachi Launches EX3600-7 Excavator
Hitachi has unveiled the EX3600-7 mining excavator, which delivers increased efficiency, reliability and durability for customers in North and South America. The new model is the fourth machine in Hitachi ...
Platinum-Catalysed Fuel Cells Can Cut Mine Ventilation Costs – HYSA
Replacing diesel machines with zero-emitting fuel cell electrical equipment can reduce the cost of underground mine ventilation and lower health risk, says Hydrogen Infrastructure (HySA) director Dr Dmitri Bessarabov, who ...
Agnew Mine Battery Storage & Windfarm Electrical Plant Works Awarded To SCEE
EDL Agnew Pty Ltd has awarded SCEE the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and the electrical balance of plant for the Agnew windfarm near Leinster in Western Australia. The works ...
Breathing Quality Air Underground
The daily contact underground workers have with harsh mining environments requires that companies consider all essential parts of mine ventilation. With 20 years’ experience, Minova provides the optimum protection mining ...
Gold Rush-Era Rules To Stop Mining Pollution Are Still In Use But They're Failing
Wet, orange mud covers everything: streets, houses, cars, animals, trees, fields. The violent force of a torrent of mud has overturned cars and left them hovering on top of buildings ...
Kakadu Tourism Lifeline For NT Mining Town
Residents in the struggling Northern Territory mining town of Jabiru have been told their community will be saved and turned into a tourist town by during a visit by federal ...
Machines Replace A Third Of Workforce At Giant Copper Mine
Machines are taking over a giant Chilean copper mine, replacing about a third of the workforce as owner Codelco struggles to keep its title as the world’s largest producer ...