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K2fly backs up Sateva acquisition with Decipher deal
K2fly is set to acquire Decipher’s mining business to strengthen the former’s growing suite in tailings and rehabilitation solutions, after nearly a year of partnership.
February 4, 2021 0 comment
New Century cuts Century rehabilitation bills
New Century Resources has secured a $14 million cost reduction for the rehabilitation of the Century zinc mine in Queensland.
January 20, 2021 0 comment
Prospect Awards: Metso Outotec Excellence in Environmental Management
The Australian Mining Prospect Awards Metso Outotec Excellence in Environmental Management award recognises a mine, company, or project that has developed or carried out an innovative, environmentally focused program.
October 29, 2020 0 comment
IGO on path to mine electrification
IGO has collaborated with Barminco to complete a pilot of a battery electric light vehicle (BELV) at its Nova operation in Western Australia.
September 23, 2020 0 comment
Glencore rehabilitation earns government certification
Glencore’s central Queensland open cut coal operation, Rolleston, has received Government certification for another 166 hectares of rehabilitated mined land.
December 10, 2019 0 comment
Century mine enters next phase of operations
New Century Resources head of corporate affairs and social responsibility Shane Goodwin recalls the surprise of a phone call in the weeks leading up to the 2019 Australian Mining Prospect Awards.
October 21, 2019 0 comment
Alcoa transforms Victorian coal site into Eden on earth
A former mine site will turn into a sight for sore eyes under Alcoa of Australia’s plan and partnership with the social enterprise Eden Project International.
October 18, 2019 0 comment
TerraCom reinforces Blair Athol rehabilitation commitments
TerraCom is one step ahead in fulfilling its progressive rehabilitation obligations at the Blair Athol mine in Clermont, Queensland, which is part of its condition for acquiring the mine from Rio Tinto for just $1.
October 4, 2019 0 comment
ERA confirms Ranger rehabilitation by 2026
Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has reinforced its plan for the closure and rehabilitation of the Ranger uranium mine near Jabiru in the Northern Territory.
October 2, 2019 0 comment
Western Australia releases standards for mine rehabilitation
Western Australia has introduced a guide for mine site rehabilitation that was backed by funding from mining companies such as BHP, Rio Tinto and Roy Hill.
August 21, 2019 0 comment
Hillgrove to transition Kanmantoo mine to hydro energy project
Hillgrove Resources is set to transform its Kanmantoo open pit mine into a pumped hydro facility in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia.
April 16, 2019 0 comment
Komatsu moves closer to fully autonomous dozer dream
Komatsu has unveiled the D375Ai-8 ‘intelligent’ dozer, the company’s first mining dozer featuring its Machine Control system.
March 28, 2019 0 comment
The top five mining stories last week
Australian Mining’s top five stories of the past week included an autonomous truck incident in the Pilbara, mining companies bracing for cyclones across Australia, rehabilitation plans in Queensland, and more.
March 25, 2019 0 comment
TerraCom breathes life into Blair Athol coal mine
TerraCom has announced an upgrade in marketable reserves at the Blair Athol thermal coal mine in the Bowen Basin region of Queensland to 23.5 million tonnes.
March 20, 2019 0 comment
Peabody praised for transforming Wilkie Creek site into grazing land
Peabody has received certification from the Queensland Government for rehabilitating nearly 90 hectares of the Wilkie Creek open cut mine in the Darling Downs region.
February 14, 2019 0 comment
New Hope helps koala population thrive at New Acland
Koala populations in the area of New Hope’s New Acland coal mine in Queensland have remained relatively stable over the past two decades, the results of an independent scientific study showed.
December 6, 2018 0 comment
Peabody’s Wilkie Creek rehabilitation creates jobs
Peabody Australia’s former Wilkie Creek coal mine has been transitioned to post-rehabilitation land uses, during which the company employed 100 per cent of its workforce from the local community of Surat Basin in Queensland.
November 8, 2018 0 comment
WA Government aims to reopen Ellendale diamond mine
The Western Australian Government is seeking expressions of interest to reopen and operate the Ellendale diamond mine in Western Australia.
August 27, 2018 0 comment
Future of Glencore’s McArthur River mine backed by NT EPA
The Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority (NT EPA) has returned 30 recommendations after rigorously assessing Glencore’s overburden management project at the McArthur River mine in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
August 10, 2018 0 comment
NSW mine suspended over failure to pay rehabilitation fees
A Port Macquarie based mine has been ordered to suspend all mining operations after failing to pay its environmental rehabilitation deposit.
April 13, 2017 0 comment