Autonomous drone startup raises $3.5m

The Emesent team. Image: CSIRO.   BY ELIZABETH FABRI   DRONE technology developed by CSIRO Data61 spinoff Emesent has received a $3.5 million boost to bring its autonomous...

Automation training in Pilbara schools

THE Resources Challenge, an initiative aimed at teaching school kids coding and automation skills for jobs in the mining sector, was signed this week...

Exploration drilling on the rise

Exploration drilling has taken off since the COVID-19 pandemic.A raft of measures by the Federal and state governments to increase mineral exploration, along with...

BHP and Rio Tinto to collaborate on tailings technology

BHP and Rio Tinto to collaborate on tailings technologyBHP (ASX: BHP) and Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) have announced their intention to collaborate with technology providers,...

Lithium Australia teams up with CSIRO

ASX company Lithium Australia’s subsidiary VSPC has been selected to be part of the Australian government’s $5m research program to develop fast-charge lithium-ion batteries...

Argus proves the wheel deal

AFTER 18 months of successful field trials conducted across three WA mine sites, MineWare has announced the launch of its Argus Wheel Loader (WL)...

UK grant funds Talga’s battery push

TALGA Resources’ UK subsidiary Talga Technologies has gained funding under the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) Faraday Battery Challenge to develop the...

International Women’s Day campaign

AUSIMM has launched an International Women's Day campaign to celebrate the successes and raise awareness of the challenges women face in the resources sector, ...

Independence Day – The time for a proven, alternative autonomous haulage...

Independence Day - The time for a proven, alternative autonomous haulage system is at handThe Roy Hill project in Western Australia, is about to...

Anglo adapts to stakeholders

ACCORDING to Anglo American’s chief executive officer metallurgical coal business Tyler Mitchelson, the mining industry needs to present a sustainable future to ensure continued...