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The short, medium and long-term future for mid-tier Australian copper-gold producer Sandfire Resources seems fairly assured. While not immune to the fluctuations of the market, its high-grade, high-margin DeGrussa project lies in a region that boasts well-established infrastructure. The world-class DeGrussa project, in the northeast part of Sandfire’s Doolgunna project tenements and about 900km east of Perth, began first production from both open pit and underground operations in February 2012, less than three years after its first exploration holes were drilled. The project’s copper-gold resource was one of Australia’s more exciting greenfield discoveries in recent times, with Sandfire expecting copper production of 77,000 tonnes per annum during the first three years. The company expects that about 143,000t of direct shipping...

SINCE 1985, Townsville-based exploration and mining services company Gnomic Exploration Services has specialised in placing highly motivated and talented geoscience experts with clients throughout the international resources industry, for both short and long-term contracts. In the past two decades Gnomic general manager Chrissy Maguire has built the company’s reputation for reliability, efficiency and personal service. The business is now the longest-standing geoscience contracting group in North Queensland. The Gnomic team offers excellent training and development opportunities to people in the industry, and many graduate geologists who begin their careers with Gnomic go on to become highly valued clients and industry leaders. The services offered by Gnomic’s new consultancy branch include: tenement data compilation reviews; mineralogy, petrology and microanalysis; map production...

THE new waterproof, shockproof, snowproof, mudproof, dustproof and sandproof iPhone 4 case developed by Proteus Protective Technologies allows users to take photographs and record video under water, during a blizzard, on dusty work sites or during muddy hiking trips. The Proteus PRO-Case is sleek and lightweight (only 150g) and allows iPhone users access to all normal functionalities, including their phone’s touch screen and cameras, with a scratchproof lens. The case has three quick lock-in screws and five inner impact-absorbing rubber bumpers to ensure that it is lock, block and shock-proof. Studies have shown that 3.43 million Australians use iPhones and, as a nation with a great love of the outdoors, the protective iPhone case has the ability to save customers...

A new system that detects belt damage and breaks in the steel cords of conveyor belts was recently introduced to themarket by Veyance Engineered Products. Known as Cord Guard, the scanning system enables continuous monitoring in real time and delivers a report that is easily understood and accurately interpreted. Earlier scanning procedures produced a report as a wave form graph line that could be left open to interpretation. The new system, however, produces a coloured image that easily enables accurate belt assessment and leaves no doubt about whether a belt requires maintenance or repairs. The technology also allows for accurate planning of belt changes and dates for repairs and maintenance. The Veyance system has the advantage of monitoring belt speed...