Immersive Technologies launches LX6

The LX6 shares the same underlying technology as the PRO4 and IM360 but with a smaller footprint platform.   SURFACE and underground mining equipment supplier Immersive...

Automation qualification accreditation

RIO Tinto, in collaboration with the WA government and South Metropolitan TAFE, has launched Australia’s most advanced automation qualification to date.The Certificate IV in...

Appealing career paths

BRIDGING the gap between university graduates and careers in the mining industry was high on the agenda at the recent Association of Mining Companies...

Rio invests in EdTech

MINING giant Rio Tinto has announced it will invest its considerable resources in a new approach to tackle a looming skills gap in the...

Cutting red tape for resources

WA Premier Mark McGowan has jumped on board the Prime Minister’s plans to fast track environmental approvals for resource projects.In his recent speech at...

Korean recycled battery deal

LITHIUM Australia (ASX: LIT) has confirmed an offtake deal with Korean battery recycler SungEel Hitech Co via its 24pc-owned subsidiary Envirostream Australia.The companies signed...

Blast automation step closer

ORICA and Epiroc Rock Drills are jointly developing a semi-automated explosives delivery system, enabling safer and more productive blasting operations in underground mines.As mines...

Unearthing the hidden riches

RESEARCHERS have developed new methods for recognising potential mineralisation hidden beneath barren cover rocks in under-explored areas of WA.A major collaboration between the Minerals...

Tech-based solutions during COVID

 MINERAL processing experts from the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s (SMI) Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) have embraced 21st century technology to maintain site engagement...

$6.3m funding for Lithium Australia

LITHIUM Australia has secured up to $6.3m funding from New York-based institutional fund manager, The Lind Global Macro Fund, under a convertible security and...