So what happens when we introduce artificial intelligence (AI) into the mix? With AI, these devices can evolve their behaviour in response to changing contexts. Just like how living beings optimise their behaviour to their surroundings, even smaller IoT devices around us can run AI machines that evolve their software over time.

METS industry body Austmine discusses with VCI how innovation is changing the face of the resources industry.

NSW Minerals Council CEO Stephen Galilee outlines coal’s future, and where it may lead the Hunter Valley.

The ninth of a ten part series examining the trends that will define mining in 2016.

The U.S. coal industry is in rapid decline, a shift marked not only by the bankruptcy of many mine operators in coal-rich Appalachia but also by a legacy of potential environmental and social disasters.

Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s decision to use contractors for all external hires from now on will have impacts felt well beyond the pit.

This infographic explores not only the many industrial uses of gold, but some surprising ways the metal has been used throughout history.

The eighth of a ten part series examining the trends that will drive the mining industry in 2016.

Automation is seen as a panacea for all of mining’s problems, but can an over-reliance on the technology lead to complications?

New research indicates the small to medium enterprises which survived the pivot away from resources shared four qualities, irrespective of which sector they operated in.

The seventh of a ten part series examining the trends that will drive the mining industry in 2016.

Wood Mac’s Robin Griffin outlines how steel makers and miners must prepare for a transformed met coal market; one that is volatile, liquid and heavily consolidated.

The sixth of a ten part series examining the trends that will drive the mining industry in 2016.

Paul Mitchell, EY Global mining & metals advisory leader breaks down the upcoming productivity challenges for miners, and how to eke out gains.

Rare earth elements and their compounds are a crucial part of our everyday technologies. But our demand for these precious elements are growing, and the world’s supply is not evenly distributed.

An insight into some of the products and innovations at QME.

An Australian longwall development is cutting respirable dust levels and making mining safer.

An insight into how metals have performed the year to date, and how they move in the year ahead from Pallion Group and ABC Bullion general manager Nicholas Frappell.

Fears that the Chinese Australian Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) will lead to a flood of Chinese workers in Australia are unfounded. The amount that China invests overseas is not linked to the flow of Chinese labour and in fact Australia could stand benefit from the investment the agreement will promote.

A review for the Queensland government on the health assessment of miners has identified serious deficiencies at virtually all levels of the scheme.