As the copper market makes the transition from a surplus to a deficit market next year, internationally respected CRU copper analyst, Vanessa Davidson returns to the Copper to the World conference in Adelaide in June.

While some companies in the extractive industries have developed policies for sustainable development, what many companies fail to incorporate is embedding sound approaches to social risk in all its operations.

The 2018 Queensland Mining & Engineering Exhibition (QME) will be showcasing its largest and strongest supplier and speaker presence in years when it returns to Mackay from July 24–26.

Bestech’s Arend Wieringa explains how sensors are assisting the mining industries in reducing downtime and operational costs. Australian Mining looks at how the Melbourne-based company has grown over the last decade and a half.

Professors Erik Eklund and Susan Lawrence teach Australian Mining about the importance of the first Australian gold rush in shaping modern Australia, and its comparison to modern mining.

Fields results show that the new Vulco R67 mill lining rubber compound from Weir Minerals delivers an increase in wear life of 20 per cent.

Australian Mining speaks with several tech luminaries working in the resources sector to discuss the increasing prevalence of tech collaborations that are slowly but surely unpacking the industry’s analytical quandaries.

Mining equipment supplier Hastings Deering has this year consolidated its position as one of Queensland’s leading trainers of apprentices.

FLSmidth’s service exchange program has enabled a leading open cut mine in the Hunter Valley to reduce the potential lead time for a replacement fine coal centrifuge from eight weeks to just 48 hours.

Australian Mining speaks to Will Smith of Bridgestone Mining Solutions Australia about how the company’s revolutionary new conveyor belt splicing procedure eliminates the need for hazardous rubber cement.

Victaulic, the world’s leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining systems, continues to strengthen its Australian offer by opening a new 3,205 square metre branch facility in Eagle Farm, Brisbane, due to be open before April 2018.

Komatsu’s aggressive expansion of its autonomous haulage system (AHS) is set to continue, 10 years after the first commercial deployment of the mining automation solution.

Epiroc’s Per Lindberg and Helena Hedblom describe the company’s plans in mining ahead of its split from Atlas Copco into a stand-alone business.

How the industry can ‘bring digital to life’ is the opening topic in Deloitte’s 2018 Tracking the Trends report, and one that remains a constant theme for Australian mining companies.

Australia has always been famously shy of nuclear power and construction of plants is prohibited to this day.