Granny Smith: sunny side up
SINCE 2001, the Wallaby deposit has been delivering ore to the Granny Smith mill, marking 30 years of continuous production; and in 2019, Granny...
Greenbushes Mine: Green Shoots
Image: Talison Lithium.
BY ELIZABETH FABRI
TALISON Lithium’s mammoth Greenbushes mine in south-west WA is entering its next phase of growth with a $320 million expansion to...
Coal In-situ Conversion
COAL IN-SITU CONVERSION (ISC)
A Commercial Challenge ReviewIntroductionIn-situ conversion (ISC) of coal, also referred to as underground coal gasification (UCG) and in-situ coal gasification (ISG),...
Peering beneath the surface
AS Australia’s greenfield outcropping and sub-cropping deposits become increasingly scarce, miners are digging deeper than ever before, exploring new options on green and brownfields...
Port Waratah: Safety First
PORT Waratah Coal Services owns and manages both the Kooragang and Carrington Coal Terminals, which have a combined capacity of 145mtpa, and employs about...
Illawarra Metallurgical Coal: a flying start
BOTH the 2019 half year results and March quarter results for South32 bode well for the year ahead, with chief executive Graham Kerr confident...
Mt Morgans: growth potential
WITH production well and truly underway at Dacian Gold’s Mt Morgans project in WA, the company was now turning its attention to exploration to grow...
Olympic Dam: A precious year ahead
AS the largest single deposit of uranium in the world, and one of its most significant deposits of copper, gold and silver, BHP’s Olympic...
Bald Hill: Next Cab off the Rank
The Bald Hill processing plant took just seven months to be commissioned. All images: Tawana Resources.
BY CAMERON DRUMMOND
AUSTRALIA'S newest lithium mine, the Bald Hill joint...
South Flank: Ore-Some Start
BHP conducted the first blast at its South Flank project in September. Image: BHP.
BY AMY BLOM
MINING giant BHP is on time and on budget...