Rio Tinto Suffers Fire Damage At Port Of Dampier
Rio Tinto has confirmed a fire broke out at the Port of Dampier in the Pilbara in Western Australia.
The fire started at a screen house at its East Intercourse ...
Newcrest Mining Mobilises 3500 Workers With 36 Apps
Large-scale productivity drive to keep field workers away from desks.
Newcrest Mining has created 36 mobile apps to get its 3500 remotely-based mine workers away from their desks and more ...
Cat’s R1700 LHD The First To Get Battery-Electric Treatment
Following the development of a proof-of-concept battery-electric LHD in 2017, Caterpillar has confirmed at the Bauma fair that its first environmentally-friendly commercial machine will be a version of the recently ...
Iron Ore Price Rally Could Give BHP, Rio Tinto 30% Earnings Boost
Spot iron ore prices rose from $75 per tonne to $95 per tonne in the weeks following the Brumadinho dam disaster at Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Feijao iron ore mine ...
How Much Does Supply And Demand Influence Gold?
Gold is an enigma. Certainly, gold has practical applications. It conducts electricity, does not tarnish, can be drawn into wire and hammered into thin sheets.
However, it is the perceived ...
Bridgestone Opens New Mining Solution Centre In Australia
Bridgestone’s mining tyre service subsidiary in Australia has established a second solution centre in the country. Bridgestone Mining Solutions Australia Pty. Ltd. (BMSA) opened the Hunter Valley Mining Solution ...
Germany’s Coal Plants May Be Converted To Giant Batteries
Germany’s dirtiest power plants may avoid the scrap heap in the nation’s coal exit by getting refashioned as giant batteries for storing wind and solar power.
The Energy ...
New Reports Says Aussies Still Think Coal Is A Gold Mine
New research says that more Australians are getting behind the mining industry and believe coal is the nation’s most important resource.
It comes as Environment Minister Melissa Price this ...
New Century Resources Records 50% Jump In Zinc Production
New Century Resources (ASX: NCZ) has posted record quarterly zinc production and a significant increase in metallurgical recovery from its namesake zinc mine in Queensland’s Gulf of Carpentaria.
The ...
Chinese Steel Output To Grow 3-4%, Says Fortescue CEO
The head of Australia's Fortescue Metals Group, the world's fourth-largest iron ore supplier, expects Chinese steel production to keep growing despite an economic slowdown as government stimulus stokes ...
Mining Automation Market Worth 3.29 Billion USD By 2023 Scrutinized In New Research
According to the new market research report "Mining Automation Market by Technique, Type (Equipment, Software, Communications System), Equipment (Autonomous Hauling/Mining Trucks, Autonomous Drilling Rigs, Underground LHD Loaders, Tunneling Equipment ...
Ironbark Dewatering Could Lead To Depressurisation: Report
BOTH bord and pillar mining and longwall mining at Fitzroy Australia’s Ironbark Number One mine in Queensland will involve dewatering the underground workings, which will result in depressurisation of ...
Australia’s Battery Industry $25 Million In Funding For Curtin University Consortium
Perth will host a $135 million scientific push to grow Australia’s battery industry after the Federal Government kicks in $25 million today.
Federal Minister for Industry, Science and Technology ...
China To Cap 2019 Coal Imports To Help Domestic Producers
China’s government will cap coal imports this year at 2018 levels, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, to support domestic producers.
The world ...
Adani Wins Key Approval For Plan On Coal Mine In Australia
Diversified conglomerate AdEnterprises said on Tuesday it has won a key approval for its groundwater management plan to construct a thermal coal mine and rail infrastructure project in Australia.
Adani ...
Terramin Advances Historic Adelaide Hills Gold Mine Restart
Terramin Australia’s restart of a historic gold mine within the Adelaide Hills project area in South Australia has taken a step forward following the completion of a $1.1 ...
Australia's Wollongong Coal Shuts Down Last Operating Mine
Wollongong Coal Ltd said on Wednesday it was suspending its last operational mine after putting its Wongawilli colliery under "care and maintenance," likely increasing the financial challenges the company faces ...
WestStar Set For Funding Boost To Support Tier 1 Contracts
WestStar Industrial is set to support its strong project pipeline with top tier customers including Rio Tinto, MSP Engineering, Talison Lithium and Tianqi Lithium with a funding boost.
The company ...
Venus Metals Partners With Rox Resources At Youanmi Gold Mine
Australian mineral explorer Venus Metals (ASX: VMC) has joined forces with fellow junior Rox Resources (ASX: RXL) in what it describes as a “transformational deal” to unlock the potential of ...
More Australians Support Our World-Class Minerals Industry
Community support for Australia’s world-class minerals industry has grown markedly since last year, with 55 per cent of Australians backing the industry, up from 46 per cent in May ...
Albemarle Chooses Metso Equipment For World-Class Lithium Project In Western Australia
Albemarle chooses Metso equipment for world-class lithium project in Western Australia
Metso has been awarded a major contract to supply pyro-processing and comminution equipment for a new lithium hydroxide processing ...
Will Simandou Settlement Kickstart Guinea’s Iron Ore Sector?
Simandou, located 550km from the capital Conakry in southeastern Guinea, is among the most biologically diverse stretches of vegetation in the world.
However it is the battle for the resources ...
New Machine To Preserve Jobs, Enhance Mine Safety
The province is investing $2.6 million to replace a machine in Sudbury that tests ropes for use in mines.
“Rope safety is essential for mine operators to ensure their ...
Groundhog Day For Rio In Mongolia
Renewed Mongolian political discord over the standing of the investment agreements that support Rio Tinto’s $12 billion worth of current and future investment in the Oyu Tolgoi copper bonanza ...
Swick Rigs Find Work In US, Australia
Australian drilling contractor Swick Mining Services is redeploying eight drill rigs to the US to work at a Northern Star Resources’ mine