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Epiroc releases the new DM30 XC blasthole drill rig

Epiroc releases the new DM30 XC blasthole drill rig

Next-gen drilling power Epiroc releases the new DM30 XC blasthole drill rig Epiroc just released the new DM30 XC blasthole drill suitable for various multi-pass rotary and down-the-hole (DTH) drilling applications. Built off the same proven, reliable platform as the Epiroc DM30 II, the new DM30 XC offers customers 33% more power and many benefits. The DM30 XC is designed for maximum productivity and efficiency due to increased rotary torque, increased pulldown, and a larger hole range capability. The DM30 XC is built to handle a 101 - 159 mm (4- to 6¼-in) drill pipe with a weight on bit up to 20,000 kg (44,000 lb). The heavy-duty, crawler-mounted, hydraulic top head drive drilling rig features a 9.1 m (30...

2022 Federal Budget: Resource CEOs Weigh In On Their Expectations

2022 Federal Budget: Resource CEOs Weigh In On Their Expectations

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will hand down the 2022 Federal Budget later today as Australia continues its uphill battle for economic recovery. Below some resources CEOs with projects across the nation weigh in on their expectations for the 2022 Budget and how the government can most effectively address issues pertaining to their sector. Andrew Sparke, Executive Chairman of QMines Currently, there is no government support nor incentives for businesses in going green or carbon neutral, and, in some ways, it is disincentivised by the government with no fuel rebate when using 100% renewable fuel. There isn’t a proactive approach to addressing climate change but rather a reactive approach. If the Government expects businesses to be carbon neutral, then they should model...

Weir Minerals and AVEVA in agreement

Weir Minerals and AVEVA in agreement

Weir Minerals and AVEVA have signed a digital business framework for strategic cooperation. The objectives of the agreement include: Digitally enabling the mining industry by simplifying data access and data sharing with easy and secure on-premises or cloud integration between Weir Minerals and its customers. Establishing the data foundation for technologies, such as artificial intelligence, to optimise equipment and processes and thereby maximising sustainable performance. Pioneering new and innovative digital solutions supporting our common customers digital transformation and adoption of intelligent solutions. Weir Minerals will utilise the AVEVA PI System to collect, contextualise and analyse data streams, which will become the data foundation of its Synertrex digital ecosystem. This – along with AVEVA Data Hub, a cloud-native hub for aggregating...

Breaking new ground at Fortescue’s Iron Bridge

Breaking new ground at Fortescue’s Iron Bridge

Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) has signed a six-year contract with Dyno Nobel to use its DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY™ blasting technology at Iron Bridge in Pilbara, WA. The performance-based contract, which began last month, will see Dyno Nobel, a business of Incitec Pivot Limited (ASX: IPL), provide 25,000tpa of DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY emulsion for use at magnetite project by mid-decade. Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific President Greg Hayne welcomes the contract win, which builds on the company’s existing relationship with Fortescue in the Pilbara region. “Customers are increasingly coming to appreciate how DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY can reduce downstream capital and processing costs, whilst improving productivity and reducing emissions from blasting,” he said. In 2019, Fortescue operations managers visited Dyno Nobel’s operations in the Iron...

Thiess launches standalone rehabilitation business

Thiess launches standalone rehabilitation business

Global mining services provider Thiess has launched a standalone business – Thiess Rehabilitation – to cover the full lifecycle of mine rehabilitation services and help mine sites reach their environmental, social and governance (ESG) outcomes. This new business will support clients from the design stage to development and delivery of rehabilitation work in order to achieve the best land use results after mining, including progressive mine rehabilitation, mine closure and infrastructure removal, abandoned mines and contaminated land requirements. Thiess Rehabilitation group manager James Anderson says Thiess has been exploring avenues to be more active in rehabilitation beyond simply delivering services as part of a wider mining contract. “Launching this new business is a great milestone and we have the support...

Ardea’s Kalgoorlie Nickel Project Awarded Major Project Status

Ardea’s Kalgoorlie Nickel Project Awarded Major Project Status

Ardea Resources Limited’s (ASX:ARL) Kalgoorlie Nickel Project (KNP) has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Federal Government. Managing Director, Andrew Penkethman, said this is a major breakthrough in the development of the project. “The Ardea team thank the Australian Federal Government and its agencies for the award of Major Project Status to the Kalgoorlie Nickel Project. “This recognition will assist in advancing the KNP towards development through stream lining the approvals process and providing access to additional sources of potential project funding. “Globally significant nickel-cobalt projects like the KNP, combined with a benign environmetal setting are a rareity. “With the award of Major Project Status, Ardea is well placed to provide a significant sustainable and ethical supply chain...

Emerson PACSafe Integrated Safety Controller

Emerson PACSafe Integrated Safety Controller

A scalable, flexible, and reliable Configurable Safety Controller Available from Control Logic is Emerson’s PACSafe Configurable Safety Controller for integrated Category 4, Performance Level e, SIL3 machine safety applications in the packaging, food and beverage, life sciences, and manufacturing industries. With an extensive library of TÜV-certified SIL3 function blocks, and icon-based, drag-and-drop configuration, the PACsafe controllers enable quick deployment and a safe state reaction time of 15ms, so you’ll no longer have to choose between performance and flexibility. Emerson’s PACSafe solutions easily scale from small to complex machines, with the intuitive graphical-based software, complete with an extensive library of TÜV-certified SIL3 function blocks. This can enable quick integration of e-stops, pull wire, interlock gates, optical sensors, two-hand controls, safety mats...

Go To Filters Plus

Go To Filters Plus

Quality Filtration of liquids and air is without question a key part of maintaining an asset in the harsh environments found in the Mining, Quarry and Tunneling industries and any maintenance manager worth their salt is very aware of the vital importance of high-quality filtration and its ongoing maintenance for the protection of the high value assets entrusted to their care. From the highest collapse, lowest micron hydraulic filter that protects a key component or the high efficiency extended drain engine oil filters that provide long life protection to the lubricated engine internals and the multiple 99.999% efficient engine intake air filters that work hard to keep that dreaded “handful” of dust from the diesel engines to the cabin air...

Boosting Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy

Boosting Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy

The Australian Government today launched its 2022 Critical Minerals Strategy today as part of a package of measures to develop the sector, while the nation’s resources and energy exports is expected to reach a record high of $379b this financial year. The updated Strategy builds upon the first one published in 2019, which aims to put Australia at the centre of meeting the growing demand for critical minerals by 2030, and is part of the 2022-23 Federal Budget. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia’s resources companies were leading the world in developing new critical minerals markets. “As the global economy changes, there are exciting new growth opportunities emerging in areas such as rare earths and critical minerals that ultimately mean...

AVL Awarded A$49 Million In Australian Critical Minerals Collaboration

AVL Awarded A$49 Million In Australian Critical Minerals Collaboration

Australian Vanadium Limited (ASX: AVL) has been awarded a A$49 million grant under the Australian Government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative Collaboration Stream towards the development of the Australian Vanadium Project near Meekatharra and Geraldton, to create an Australian green fuelled vanadium industry. Managing Director, Vincent Algar, said the Project, supported by the grant, enables new critical mineral production through the establishment of an integrated onshore Australian vanadium supply chain for steel and battery markets. “AVL is delighted to have been awarded this grant from the Australian Government. Our project will create hundreds of jobs in Australia and help to build the critical vanadium industry both locally and internationally,” Mr Algar said. “We have developed an innovative and collaborative approach to building...

Arafura Resources Awarded A$30M In MMI Funding

Arafura Resources Awarded A$30M In MMI Funding

Arafura Resources Limited (ASX:ARU) has been awarded grant funding of A$30 million under the Federal Government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) which will contribute to the construction of an $90.8m rare earth separation plant at its Nolans Project in Australia’s Northern Territory. The A$1.3 billion MMI forms part of the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Processing Roadmap that aims to develop Australia as a regional resources technology and critical minerals processing hub within 10 years. The MMI continues to build on broad Australian, Territory and export partner government support for Nolans. The grant awarded to Arafura falls under the MMI’s Collaboration Stream, which provides funding to a small number of transformational projects that will create and facilitate collaborative ecosystems. Nolans, 135...