METS

Seven engineering and technology companies have been granted significant financial awards totalling $4.1 million through METS Ignited’s project funding program.

Australia and Canada share a lot of similarities as two of the world’s leading mining nations. Peter Diekmeyer tells Australian Mining of the links between the two countries at at the PDAC convention in Toronto earlier this month.

METS Ignited is responding to mining’s many challenges through close collaboration with technology companies.

METS Ignited’s accelerator program is back with an expanded program for mining and energy resources scale-ups.

Recruitment agency Hays expects skills shortages in mining to be a major concern as the sector competes with other growth industries around Australia.

World’s top copper producer Chile has experienced a climb in non-copper exports in recent years. With its longstanding mining history, the country is looking at bridging METS collaboration with international markets.

Wolff Mining has received the Contract Miner of the Year Award for its innovative work at the Curragh mine in Queensland.

Two joint partners Unearthed and Newcrest Mining as well as Core Resources and Mineral Technologies have won the METS Ignited Collaboration Award for 2018 because judges were blown away by the calibre of their entries.

Rio Tinto is engaging the company’s team of global experts to develop a new chemical procedure to process a mineral known only to occur at Jadar in Serbia.

As digitisation continues to disrupt the mineral processing space, Austmine members Ausenco and PETRA Data Science explore the future process plant in operation.

Carlton is better known for its boutique retail and dining than the production of niche mining equipment, but a locally owned and operated business is forging ahead in the earth resources sector, and it’s getting noticed.

The Queensland Government, together with METS Ignited, is funding a series of programs to help regional METS businesses showcase their products or services.

Gold miner Evolution Mining will play a key role in mining technology event Unearthed Sydney 2018.

Austmine talks to its collaborative partners and members about how the Australian mining industry is becoming a digital environment.

Three Australian mining equipment companies are to embark on a two-week immersive course in Chile as part of government-funded body METS Ignited’s METStech Passport program.

Minister for Jobs and Innovation Michaelia Cash has announced funding to the tune of $1.5 million for four mining business in Mackay, Queensland.

Australian manufacturer Deep Exploration Technologies CRC’s (DET CRC’s) prototype RoXplorer coiled tubing (CT) drill rig has come closer to market after acquiring a licensing agreement with mining equipment, technology and service (METS) major IMDEX.

Following on from the acquisition of Surtech Systems and WellServ announced in May, georesources-focused Qteq has secured a contract for environmental logging in the Northern Territory.

Eight mining equipment, technology and services (METS) companies have received a total of $7.14 million from the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science to tackle METS sector priorities.

The CSIRO has released a technology roadmap to increase the growth of Australia’s mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector.