Record Gold Prices Create Insurance Headache For Vault Keepers
Surging demand for gold means business is booming at the companies that store and protect the world’s bullion. But record prices come with a catch: All those piles of ...
At Least 50 Killed In Collapsed Gold Mine In East Congo
At least 50 people are thought to have died when an artisanal gold mine collapsed near Kamituga in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday afternoon, a ...
NSW To Help Coal Miners Experiment With New Explosives At Underground Test Facility
Australia’s only independent underground mine explosives testing facility has opened on the New South Wales Central Coast, paving the way for improvements in mine safety and innovation in the ...
Gold Fields Reviewing Approvals Given At Australian Sites After Rio Cave Blast
Miner Gold Fields said on Friday it was reviewing the approvals given to each of its Australian sites after Rio Tinto destroyed historically significant Aboriginal rockshelters which led to the ...
Hillgrove Gold And Antimony Mine In New England Aims To Reopen By Year's End
Red River Resources has unveiled plans to restart operations at the disused Hillgrove gold and antimony mine by the end of the year.
The mining company took over the site ...
How Australia's 'White Gold' Could Power The Global Electric Vehicle Revolution
“Where are you going to find experienced lithium miners? That’s like finding unicorns,” laughs James Brown, the managing director of Western Australian resources firm Altura Mining.
Brown is the ...
Mining Giant Rio Tinto Puts 300 Well-Paid Jobs Up For Grabs - And You Don't Need Years Of Experience To Apply
Rio Tinto has announced 300 new jobs, with generous relocation packages on offer for new employees moving to Western Australia from interstate.
So far this year more than 1,500 ...
Innovation Drives Mining Efficiency, But Also Accessibility For Women
Even though the mining industry has come a long way in providing more opportunities for women, women still only make up 12% of the industry’s workforce.
The adoption of ...
Queensland Border Restrictions Mean Newcastle FIFO Father Can’t See His Newborn Baby
A Newcastle man doesn’t know when he will be able to see his newborn daughter due to harsh Queensland border restrictions.
Fly-in-fly-out worker Chris Bennett, who is based in ...
Great Migration West As Resource Giants Follow BHP's WA-Centric Hiring Policy
BHP’s WA-first hiring policy is being replicated across mining, oil and gas companies but the sector has warned that when construction ramps up on major new iron ore mines ...
Greatland Gold Provide Drilling Campaign Update
Greatland Gold plc, a precious and base metals exploration and development company, is pleased to provide an update on Newcrest’s drilling campaign at Greatland’s Havieron deposit in the ...
Kin Mining Non-Executive Director Shows Faith In Gold Strategy With On-Market Purchase
Kin Mining NL (ASX:KIN) non-executive director Nicholas Anderson has demonstrated his confidence in the company’s gold strategy by purchasing shares in an on-market transaction.
Anderson purchased 257,144 ...
Coronavirus Crisis: Eastern States FIFO Workers Unlikely To Be Given Quarantine Relief In WA
Western Australia’s government has played down the likelihood of mining workers being allowed to serve shorter COVID-19 quarantine periods.
WA’s Chamber of Minerals and Energy has called for ...
Queensland Rolls Outs Mackay Port $17 Million Capital Program
The Queensland Government has revealed its latest capital program from Mackay’s port, which includes a $17 million investment, which will provide a boost for local jobs.
The announcement comes ...
Nu Scientific Safe Proofs Underground Mines
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas, which comes from the radioactive decay of uranium, the source of radon and is an extremely abundant element found in over 2700 rock ...
Carbon Emission Curves For Iron Ore, Copper, Met Coal And Nickel
Skarn Associates is pleased to announce the first release of its Carbon Emission Curves for the mining industry. These curves and underlying mine-by-mine data are available for iron ore, copper ...
Adani Launches Own Rail Company To Haul Coal From Carmichael Mine
The Adani group has launched its own rail business to haul coal to its Queensland port, while avoiding any public mention of the parent company or the controversial Carmichael mine ...
PROK Sets Its Sights On Pilbara Iron Ore Sector With Newman Service Centre
Global conveyor components OEM PROK has opened a new specialist conveyor service centre in Newman, Western Australia, to provide local conveyor solutions and products to the Pilbara region.
As one ...
BHP To Axe Interstate FIFO Work As Mining Industry Conforms To WA's 'Hard Borders'
BHP will shift much of its interstate FIFO workforce to Western Australia in the face of the state's border restrictions, requiring new operational employees to live in the state ...
Deep Dig For Mental Health
A new partnership aimed at addressing the mental health challenges facing workers in WA’s mining sector has kicked off in Kwinana.
Mineral Resources Limited announced a three-year partnership with ...
New Century Backs Out Of New Caledonia Mine Project
Australian miner New Century has abandoned plans to buy mining giant Vale's nickel and copper mine in New Caledonia, leaving the struggling asset's future and thousands of jobs ...
Safety Watchdog Puts Underground Miners On Notice After Fatal Goldfields Accident
Western Australia's workplace safety regulator has put the underground mining industry on notice with the release of preliminary findings into an incident that claimed the life of a young ...
Tesla Joins Fair Cobalt Alliance In Congo
Tesla has recently appeared on the list of members on the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) website. It joins companies including the mining major and trader Glencore and the Chinese cobalt ...
CR Launches New Mining Equipment
CR Mining has launched a new cast lip for large mining wheel bucket loaders, the DecaEdge 9-station lip.
The company developed the DecaEdge for bucket wheel loaders of between 14 ...
NSW Leads Nation In Mine Safety Development
Australia’s only independent underground mine explosives testing facility has opened on the NSW Central Coast, paving the way for improvements in mine safety and innovation in the mining industry ...