News
Newcrest credits company resilience to copper
March 03, 2021Comments 0Newcrest Mining chief executive Sandeep Biswas has observed increasing market interest in the company’s copper assets, saying the base metal is a commodity of the future…Read More
Rio Tinto disputes Australian tax bill
March 03, 2021Comments 0Rio Tinto plans to argue a $406.5 million tax bill from the Australian Taxation Office following its denial of reductions in interest from money borrowed in…Read More
Strandline locks in Coburn final offtake
March 03, 2021Comments 0Strandline Resources managing director Luke Graham is confident the company will become a world-scale mineral sands producer after signing its final offtake agreement for the Coburn…Read More
Rio Tinto chairman to step down in 2022
March 03, 2021Comments 0Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson has signalled he will step down from his role due to the destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters in Western…Read More
St Barbara puts Gwalia in the hands of Macmahon
March 03, 2021Comments 0St Barbara has awarded a $500 million mining services contract at the Gwalia gold mine in Western Australia to Macmahon Holdings.Read More
Glencore denies intention to damage NT heritage site
March 03, 2021Comments 0Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority (AAPA) chief executive Benedict Scambary has told the Australian parliamentary inquiry about the concerning impact of Glencore’s expansion at the McArthur River…Read More
Fortescue powers towards electrification with Williams Advanced
March 03, 2021Comments 0Fortescue Metals Group has signed an agreement with Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) to develop an electric mining haul truck in a commitment to further decarbonise the…Read More
Australian Potash loan facility to advance Lake Wells development
March 02, 2021Comments 0Australian Potash has received a $140 million loan facility to further develop the Lake Wells Sulphate of Potash (SOP) project near Laverton, Western Australia.Read More
Features
Pilbara miner selects layflat hose for rapid deployment
March 03, 2021Comments 0A Western Australian mining operator has adopted a new method for mine dewatering to replace the burdensome use of a large polypipe. Crusader Hose’s Hamersley layflat…Read More
The future of Australia’s mid-tier sector
March 02, 2021Comments 0PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia (PwC) suggests that Australia’s mid-tier mining sector is in a strong position to contribute to the country’s economic recovery.Read More
Total steps ahead of the hydraulic fluids game
March 02, 2021Comments 0Total has introduced the fire-resistant HYDRANSAFE HFC-E hydraulic fluid that not only reduces fire hazards in underground mines, but also delivers higher equipment reliability.Read More
A futuristic mining method for a mineral of the future
February 25, 2021Comments 0As an essential component for technologies such as electric vehicles and wind power turbines, copper is a critical element of the future. Salomae Haselgrove finds out...Read More
Products
R. STAHL LED floodlights: Compact LED floodlights in a robust stainless steel enclosure
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Emerson RXi2-BP industrial PC: Next-gen ruggedised computing
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Load volume scanning: A game-changer for mining
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Liebherr T 236 trucks to run on trolley mode
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Resources
Unprecedented cooling delivery helps bauxite mine avoid shutdown
March 03, 2021Comments 0Rio Tinto’s bauxite mine in Queensland, Australia, was threatened with water shortage as drought season left its mark on the nearby dam serving the mine site…Read More
Geared for individual purpose: SEW-EURODRIVE introduces Generation X.e gear units
March 03, 2021Comments 0The Generation X.e is not only perfectly suited to heavy industry – these industrial gear units are adapted precisely to the operating and environmental conditions of…Read More
Driving digital fleet into the future
February 25, 2021Comments 0Smart asset automation, backed by geospatial intelligence, robotics and machine learning, are rapidly transforming mine operations and the spotlight is on telematics and MICROMINE’s Pitram 5…Read More
Case Study: How LKAB deployed autonomous mapping technology to assess earthquake damage
February 24, 2021Comments 0After being struck by a seismic event in May 2020, LKAB called in remote sensing specialist AMKVO who utilised drone autonomy and mapping solution Hovermap, to…Read More