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The world’s most advanced environmental intelligence technology company Envirosuite Limited has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with SGS SA (‘SGS’), the world’s leading testing, inspection, and certification company. The strategic alliance agreement sets out terms that will see Envirosuite and SGS work collaboratively to promote, market, and sell bundled services that combine SGS’s testing, inspection, and certification services with Envirosuite’s ‘EVS Omnis’ environmental intelligence platform to provide complete compliance and operational optimisation solutions for companies in a range of sectors globally, including the Mining, Heavy Industrial and Oil & Gas sectors. This partnership and resulting bundled services is expected to expand global market opportunities, accelerate revenue growth, and increase customer value for both companies. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, SGS…

Epiroc has announced the release of Unigrout M2 Smart – the world’s first grouting rig which features Epiroc’s well-renowned Rig Control System. The Unigrout M2 Smart has come onto the market as the new digitalized grouting standard with full connectivity and control. The improved Unigrout M2 Smart continues to be the first choice in injection grouting for civil construction. The grouting platform configuration makes for excellent flexibility while the automated features bring optimization opportunities. The connectivity between Unigrout M2 Smart and the drilling unit, on surface or underground, creates a base for the digitalization of the complete process from hole to grout.

A greener future will require more mining than ever before, meaning collaboration and the adoption of new technologies across the industry’s entire value chain is no longer an option, but a necessity.

Applications are now open for the first round of a new fund set to turbocharge the critical minerals and high-tech metals sector and position regional NSW as a major global supplier. Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW Paul Toole said the Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Activation Fund would help diversify and accelerate mining projects in regional NSW. Mr Toole said the State is rich in critical minerals and high-tech metals, such as rare earths, cobalt, copper, antimony, and scandium, which are crucial to a range of emerging technologies including the defence space, the manufacture of electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines. “The NSW Government is investing more than $130 million towards the growth and future of the…

Global Drone Solutions founder and CEO Mahmood Huseein has taken out the 2022 Western Australian Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award was presented as part of the 31st annual Waitta Incite Awards, Western Australia’s longest running Tech Awards programme. Waitta Incite Awards chief judge Bob Cross said Mahmood met all the criteria of the awards. “Mahmood took a risk by funding the startup personally with help from family and friends, in an industry that was still developing approval processes. “He has made a difference by building a successful drone training business with the biggest names in mining and oil and gas as customers, and he is an inspiration as the media’s ‘drone guru’, developing primary, secondary and tertiary…

Weir Minerals and Eriez Flotation have announced a cooperative agreement to design and develop coarse particle flotation (CPF) systems. Course particle flotation facilitates more efficient separation, while also reducing water and energy consumption and producing safer tailings. “This cutting-edge technology is a step-change improvement over conventional flotation systems,” Eric Bain Wasmund, Ph.D., Professional Engineer, Vice President of Eriez Global Flotation Business said. “The cooperation allows both companies to better connect  the Eriez equipment  with the slurry classification and conveying expertise of Weir Minerals. As mining companies look to optimize their plant and processes while also reducing their carbon footprint, we’ll see CPF being more widely adopted,” Ricardo Garib, Division President of Weir Minerals said. “This agreement enhances Weir Minerals’ all-of-mine…

Servicing all areas in Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide headquartered Pipefreezer Pty Ltd is offering a specialist service that is providing major savings for mining companies in reducing costly downtime and improving water management. The Australian Mining Review recently spoke to pipefreezing specialist Richard Griffin about what makes the company’s services so valuable for companies with a pipe issue? AMR: How would you talk a potential client into using pipe freezing? RG: The main advantage of pipe freezing is that we can maintain a system’s uptime and the client doesn’t have to shut that critical pipeline down. Essentially, if people need to work on a pipeline, for example they may need to do a weld on a pipeline, the only…