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OREFLOW is the culmination of more than 50 years’ experience in the Australian mining industry, and is still a proudly Australian-owned and family-operated business. While the company offers a wide range of services, from bulk material handling to air cannons and magnets, it specialises in the design and construction of ore screens, and has been selling them throughout Australia and to all corners of the globe since Mel King expanded Minspec to form OreFlow in 2013. With a team of 16 on board, OreFlow has the capacity to do the big jobs, and the agility of a small team of experts to create a tailored, personal experience. The team is small enough to be nimble, but big enough to do...

WESTERN Areas is bang on track to coincide production at its Odysseus project with the expected high demand for nickel in the electric vehicle market in 2022. The project sits within the Cosmos nickel complex, alongside Western Areas’ existing Forrestainia operation in WA, 28km northwest of BHP’s Leinster nickel operations. Western Areas managing director and chief executive officer Daniel Lougher said that early works on site were almost complete. “Early works was being done in parallel with the definitive feasibility study and included dewatering, creating evaporation ponds and doing some work at the camp plus the rehabilitation of the existing decline underground,” Mr Lougher said. “We’re now sitting fully rehabbed down to a vertical depth of about 500m below the...

ALLIANCE Mineral Assets Ltd has continued to set records for lithium production and shipping totals from the Bald Hill lithium and tantalum mine in WA. The Bald Hill hard rock lithium operation boasts a top quality +1mm spodumene concentrate (low mica, low iron) and a significant tantalum by-product production. Lithium production for the March quarter was 68pc higher than the previous quarter, with 38,291 wet metric tonnes (wmt) of high-grade spodumene concentrate produced, grading 6.1pc lithium carbonate. The company also achieved a monthly production record in March when 15,012wmt was produced with a recovery of 70pc of gross feed and 79pc of net feed, after removal of unprocessed fines. This follows record lithium production in January, with the company shipping...

HISTORICALLY, diesel, natural gas and grid electricity have powered mining operations in WA, but the demand for LNG is growing fast and for good reason. EVOL LNG has been supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel remote mines in WA since 2008. Its trucked LNG offering has become the preferred choice for remote mines that are located within 1000km of its Kwinana LNG plant, yet don’t have the power demand or mine life to underpin construction of a gas pipeline or powerlines. LNG offers significant cost savings and emission benefits compared to diesel, and is less capital intensive and less contractually onerous than lengthy gas pipelines or powerlines. Diesel-fuelled mining operations have been fully exposed to the volatile international oil...

ESTABLISHED in 1999, Rubbertex has consistently delivered superior surface protection solutions for steel structures to clients across mining and heavy industry sectors, throughout Australia and for remote overseas operations. Rubbertex director Stephen Cotton said the company’s key personnel had more than 70 years of combined knowledge and experience in providing protective coating solutions for chemical, corrosion, abrasion and impact issues and concerns. “Rubbertex has the ability to provide customised service with extensive problem-solving capabilities, rapid response and vast experience with protective coating solutions including rubber lining, ceramic tiling, sand blasting and painting services,” Mr Cotton said. “We are the acknowledged foremost authority in South Australia with the use of rubber for abrasion, impact and corrosion resistance.” Rubbertex has ongoing shutdown...

Renascor Resources recently received an enormous funding boost from Dutch export credit agency (ECA) Atradius for its Siviour graphite mine in South Australia. Emma Davies spoke with managing director David Christensen about how this unique support covers a large amount of the capital costs of the project and places the company in an excellent, low-risk position moving forward. Q. Can you please explain how Renascor was able to secure backing from the Dutch export credit agency (ECA) Atradius for its Siviour graphite mine in South Australia? Renascor Resources’ plan to turn Australia’s largest graphite resource into a producing mine by 2021 has been greatly boosted by Atradius’ recent funding support. We have received in-principle support for up to 60pc of...

ENDURACLAD International is an Australian-based company with an ISO 9001 Certified workshop facility located in WA, along with a large fabrication workshop in Queensland. The company manufactures liner plates used to protect mining equipment, with a distinct advantage of being able to produce overlay liners up to 50mm in overlay thickness. Enduraclad founder and managing director Jason Kell said this advantage was a world first for bulk manufactured overlay, giving customers a product that lasts longer than expected and reducing costly shutdowns. “Unlike other companies who supply similar products, Enduraclad is manufacturing all its overlay liners in Australia and has facilities to supply the finished product to the client. “We are a ‘one stop shop’ where the customer’s solution can...

THE production guidance for the Cloncurry-based Dugald River mine is set at 175,00t of zinc in concentrate for 2019, despite extreme wet weather and flooding events in North Queensland during the first quarter. MMG chief executive officer Geoffrey Gao said the impact of severe flooding events around Dugald River and the Cloncurry to Townsville rail corridor in February temporarily impacted production and concentrate transport during the quarter. “Alternate trucking arrangements and the opening of a temporary rail transfer facility at Hughenden has restored access to Townsville port,” Mr Gao said. MMG began loading onto rail at a temporary rail transfer facility at Hughenden, about halfway from Cloncurry to the Townsville Port, on April 15. Following track repairs, rail operations are...

AUSTRALIAN mining equipment manufacturer Roobuck specialises in electronics, mechanical, hardware and software design and systems integration for the resources industry. Head of business engagement and OVERwatch projects manager David Forshaw said the company is proud of its innovation and high quality standards for customers. “We supply to many mining companies including Australia’s largest underground mine, BHP Olympic Dam in South Australia, and to Australia’s most automated mine, Northparkes Mines, and the world's second largest copper and gold mine, Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi (OT) Mine, Mongolia,” he said. “Our wide range of products include intrinsically safe miners’ caplamps for coal mines, flameproof truck lights, as well as WiFi tracking systems for underground mines. The company’s innovative research and development team have...