BHP vice president technology global transformation Rag Udd has highlighted how leadership, education and the link between humanity and automation are shaping the future of the company and mining industry.

Mining maintenance spending in Australia is expected to rise by more than 60 per cent annually to $12 billion by 2022, according to fastener manufacturer Segnut.

Horizon Minerals has completed an $8 million sale of its Menzies and Goongarrie gold projects in Western Australia to Kingwest Resources.

Meteoric Resources has unearthed ‘bonanza grades’ at the Juruena project’s Dona Maria Prospect in Brazil.

The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission has rejected a request by Kepco Bylong to develop an open cut and underground coal mine near Mudgee.

Barrick Gold has flagged a significant gold discovery that could deliver at least one more Tier 1 gold mine at its Goldrush-Fourmile project in Nevada.

BHP has slashed the salary of chief executive Andrew Mackenzie in response to operational issues and a fatality involving a coal miner in Queensland last year.

WestStar Industrial subsidiaries SIMPEC and Precast Australia have continued to pile up top tier contracted works such as the South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Oil prices have spiked after 10 unmanned aerial vehicles attacked the world’s biggest crude-processing facility and its second-biggest oil field, both in Saudi Arabia.

Minnovare and Maptek have partnered to deliver streamlined drill and blast solutions to underground miners.

New Hope Group is set to make 150 New Acland workers redundant by Friday as its stage three project continues to be in abeyance pending final approvals.

The opening of the Byerwen coal mine in North Queensland has been welcomed by the resources industry given its anticipated contribution to the state’s economy.

According to Walkabout Resources, a previously reported “sudden and material decrease” in spot prices for all graphite flake sizes in China has not occurred.

The adoption of new technologies in the mining, oil and gas sectors could bring $74 billion to the Australian economy by 2030 and over 80,000 jobs creation.

Evolution Mining has formed a joint venture with Musgrave Minerals over the Lake Austin portion of the Cue gold-copper project in Western Australia.

BHP’s bottom line and the wider Australian economy have benefitted off a year of high commodity prices and solid operational performance.

Australia’s mining industry will require around 21,000 new onsite operational employees by 2024 in order to meet the demand for new mining projects.

Titan Minerals is set to make an offer to acquire Canadian-based Core Gold in a bid to create an “emerging Latin American-focussed gold explorer, developer and producer.”

Vysarn subsidiary Pentium Hydro has won a $800,000 purchase order for hydrogeological borefield and construction services from Fortescue subsidiary – Chichester Metals.