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The Australian Academy of Sciences has launched a comprehensive 10-year plan for Australian geoscience development.

Rio Tinto plans to sustain production of its high-grade iron ore products through a $2 billion investment in two Robe River joint venture projects in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Ausdrill subsidiary MinAnalytical has received accreditation to international standards for its PhotonAssay unit.

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has extracted and produced gold using a non-toxic chemical process free of cyanide and mercury use.

Northern Star Resources and Minnovare will collaborate on the development of drill and blast technology for use across the gold miner’s Western Australian operations.

Rio Tinto has approved $US146 million ($196 million) in preliminary funding for its first intelligent mine, the Koodaideri iron ore project in the Pilbara region, Western Australia.

New satellites from the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) project have been found to boost positioning capabilities in Western Australia, according to research from Curtin University.

MICROMINE will align its data management solution Geobank with IMDEX logging software to simplify and optimise the collection of data.

Alcoa continues to pioneer new ways of working with digital tools and is now utilising drone technology to perform its operations across Western Australia.

AngloGold Ashanti will use MinLog’s MineSuite system to provide an underground mine management system at the Sunrise Dam operation in Western Australia.

A new approach to boosting productivity at Australian copper mines is needed to keep up with rising global demand, according to U.S. technology expert Hal Stillman.

Downer has introduced FleetAR technology to track heavy mining equipment, trucks and light vehicles across eight of its locations in Australia.

Cloud-based analytics company Propeller Aero has received a major funding breakthrough, securing $10 million from investors for advancement and expansion of its drone-mapping analytics technology.

The mining industry continues to experience improved market conditions as we move to the midway point of 2018.

Lab-grown diamonds are becoming an increasingly viable alternative to their mined counterparts.

The materials handling specialist has significantly improved the efficiency of its system audits through a digital app.

Mining services company Ausdrill has launched operation of an x-ray technology that the CSIRO hopes will revolutionise a 500-year-old method for detecting and analysing unseen gold.

Volatile prices of commodities or raw materials is the major trend observed in the last few years, according to Grand View Research. The mining equipment market is also expected to witness the impact of this unpredictability.

Technology company ABB is a leading advocate of the value that forming partnerships can create when developing and optimising digital mining operations.

FLSmidth will realign the global group from July, with focus on the mining and cement industries.