QME 2018: Think Innovation

All images: QME.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  AN uptick in mining activity, advances in automation, and improved collaboration; the industry has many reasons to celebrate at this...

Iron Ore 2017: Building Resilience

All images: AUSIMM.   BY ELIZABETH FABRI   AFTER iron ore prices experienced 12-month lows in June, the theme of this year’s Iron Ore 2017 event ‘Building Resilience’ is...

Customised Australian-made dewatering pumps out-performing and out-lasting overseas pumps

Customised Australian-made dewatering pumps out-performing and out-lasting overseas pumpsThe typical outback Australian has largely been characterised as someone who is as unique as the...

Koodaideri Project: Breaking ground

THE $3.5b Koodaideri iron ore mine in WA is progressing to plan with engineering, procurement and construction activities on schedule for first production in...

Round Oak Minerals: doing the rounds

THE ambitious diversification and rebranding of CopperChem to Round Oak has been no small task. The unlisted subsidiary of Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company...

Dampier Salt: White gold

DAMPIER Salt is one of the world’s largest exporters of seaborne salt and one of Rio Tinto’s oldest businesses, having grown pure salt for...

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...

Blue hydrogen may hold decarbonisation key

As the worldwide movement towards a zero-emission global economy gathers momentum, hydrogen is increasingly being thrust into the limelight as the new pathway to...

Mount Thorley Warkworth: Steady as she goes

FOR almost 40 years, Mount Thorley Warkworth has been producing coal just out of Singleton in the Hunter Valley region of NSW.The two open...

Industry welcomes 2016 Budget

By Cameron DrummondTHE allocation of government funding for mineral exploration and company tax cuts in this year’s Federal Budget has been welcomed by mining...