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Stage one Flat Rocks Wind Farm hits construction milestone Stage one of the Flat Rocks Wind Farm in WA has hit a milestone with more than half of the 18 wind turbines in place. This wind farm is part of a power purchase agreement (PPA) between BHP and Enel Green Power — a leading multi-national renewable energy company. Once complete, stage one of the Flat Rocks Wind Farm will provide enough renewable energy to fully power BHP’s Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter and Kambalda Concentrator every year, based on current requirements. Nickel West Asset President Jass Farrell says it’s impressive to see the scale of the wind turbines and the co-existence of power...

Revo Group bringing a high-tech approach to NDT solutions Non-destructive testing (NDT) plays a critical role in the safe and reliable operation of many products, transportation systems and resource industry structures bring used every day around the world. A range of industries now accept that NDT is a crucial part of quality control and is necessary wherever there is the need to be sure of the safety, reliability, and dependability of daily operations. A local NDT specialist, Anthony Lima of Revo Group, says it can also save lives. We caught up with Mr Lima recently and asked him what would be the worst-case scenario if an item failed after not being regularly inspected or tested. “There are a number of...

NTA helping Australian mining companies refine their present and future fuel needs The Australian resources sector has a major push across the country to improve its Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) standards. A key to successfully integrating the industries’ strategies in that direction is ensuring the right fuels, lubricants, technical services and management systems are incorporated into a site’s environmental and operational footprint and a Brisbane-based specialist firm is helping Australian mining companies with a number of key outcomes in that area. Owned by former Shell downstream business executive Graham Box, NTA is pointing its mining clients in the direction of what fuels lubricants...

Raiden Resources executes Native Title and Heritage Deed for Andover drilling Raiden Resources (ASX:RDN) has executed a Native Title and Heritage Deed with the Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation (NAC) across its recently acquired Andover tenements. This deed adds onto the existing Native Title and Heritage Exploration Agreement (NTA) which allows Raiden to engage proactively with the Traditional Owners through the NAC to conduct heritage surveys across the area. Raiden has prepared a program of work for submission to the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) for a drilling program targeting the outcropping discovery pegmatites. Mapping has defined swarms of outcropping pegmatites, defined within a pegmatite field which extends up to 3.5km along strike...

iDrilling Australia on solid business growth path Drilling services specialist iDrilling Australia is ramping up its environmental focus as it prepares for a growth in new activity. The Australian Mining Review recently caught up with the company’s managing director, Shannon Harding, to gain a run down on the company’s future plans and past successes. “The real focus at the moment is a to work closely with our clients and their sustainability and safety focus,” he said. “We are also improving our own green footprint and we are really benefitting from having a great management team with a dedicated path forward which is utilising technology and sustainability trends to help improve the work we do.” For example, to help “green” its...

Bellevue Gold pours first gold bar at namesake project Bellevue Gold (ASX:BGL) has poured the first gold bar at its namesake project in WA. The gold bar weighed 8.3kg and was poured in the first smelt on October 25, 2023. Further, other project milestones have been achieved with the crushing circuit operating at 250tph at times during the six days of start-up operations to date and the ball mill has achieved a throughput of 125tph during the start-up period. Ramp-up optimisation activities are continuing across the crushing, processing and plant services areas. Pleasingly for Bellevue, the start of production and cashflow has been achieved...

Northern Territory Government introduces reforms to strengthen environmental regulation The Northern Territory Government has introduced reforms to improve the Territory’s environmental management of mining activities and provide greater certainty for industry. The new Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment (Mining) Bill 2023 reforms will implement a modern, streamlined and effective system to support the ecologically sustainable development of the mining industry in the Territory. The Bill introduces a new legislative framework for managing the environmental impacts of mining, based on the environmental risk. It: Introduces a new three-tier risk-based licensing system to manage mining activities Extends existing compliance and enforcement powers under the EP Act Provides impacts previously managed through multiple regulatory...

South32 converts first coal-fired boiler to natural gas at Worsley Alumina South32 (ASX:S32) has converted the first of its coal-fired boilers to natural gas to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at Worsley Alumina in southwest WA. In alumina production, boilers are essential for the generation of steam which is used in the refining process. Work to convert the first boiler began in May 2023 and operations began in late September. Conversion of a second boiler is planned for 2024. The conversion of Worsley Alumina’s boilers supports South32’s medium-term target to reduce GHG emissions by 50% (from 2021 levels) by 2035 and the company’s longer-term goal to achieve net zero operational...