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Australian-first autonomous excavators

AUTONOMOUS excavators have begun work in Queensland in an Australian first, digging pipeline trenches across the Surat Basin. It follows a successful trial by MPC...

Red 5 On Target With KOTH Mining Kick Off

Red 5 Limited’s (ASX: RED) mining contractor, Macmahon Contractors Pty Ltd has commenced open pit mining at the 100%-owned 2.4Moz, 16-year life-of-mine King of...

Ninety-Seven Per Cent Of Australian Mining Companies Optimistic About Year Ahead

Ninety-Seven per cent of Australian mining companies optimistic about the year ahead, according to research report The Equinix Mining Technology Report, a paper published today...

Brisbane mathematicians showing mining companies the path to net zero

 MINING’S most effective excavation tool in the future could be cutting-edge mathematics, which the industry is adopting to dig away at its emissions and...

Havilah directors resign after $100m block

SOUTH Australian gold miner Havilah Resources’ (ASX: HAV) non-executive directors Mark Stewart and Martin Janes have resigned. The announcement comes following the company’s Extraordinary General...

Polymathian Pushing Innovation Boundaries At Carrapateena

Polymathian has updated details on its collaborative industry project to automate OZ Minerals’ Carrapateena Mine, a sub-level cave operation in South Australia. Polymathian has been...

Queensland’s new $1b coal mine

THE Qld Department of Environment and Science has granted Pembroke Resources environmental authority (EA) for its 100pc owned Olive Downs coal project in Central...

TMZ acquires Australia’s highest grade undeveloped silver asset

The prices of precious metals (gold and silver) have experienced slight pull back in recent months. For many, particularly leveraged early stage stocks, this suggests...

BHP names new chief executive

MIKE Henry will replace Andrew Mackenzie as chief executive of BHP on January 1, 2020. Canadian-born with Japanese heritage on his mother’s side, Mr Henry...

Mass shooting at Burkina Faso mine

AN attack on a convoy of five busses carrying employees to the Bongou mine in Burkina Faso has left 37 dead and 60 injured. Workers...