Technology & Innovation

A diesel-powered bogger at Newcrest’s Cadia East mine. Image: Newcrest Mining.   BY AMY BLOM   EMERGING technologies may be set to change the way Australian mines are powered,...

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...

BHP vessels near Port Coloso in Chile. Image: BHP.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  BHP has begun trialling drones across its ocean freight operations in an effort to...

MinEx CRC chief executive Andrew Bailey, South Australia Energy and Mining minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan , and MinEx CRC chairman Chris Pigram.   BY JESSICA...

The University of New South Wales' mine simulator. Image: University of New South Wales.  BY AMY BLOM THE benefits of virtual reality for miners are growing...

The old pit at Kapunda. Image: Environmental Copper Recovery.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  A GROUP of researchers and miners have joined forces in a two and a...

BY ELIZABETH FABRI  GROWTH has returned to mining, with demand for workers once again rising as new or mothballed operations are given the green light,...

Image: Glencore.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  HOW can mining companies better plan for mine rehabilitation and restoration? It’s the million dollar question that has prompted a Federal...

Lithium mica concentrates will be tested in a SiLeach pilot plant. Image: Lithium Australia.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  LITHIUM Australia will commence testing lithium mica to determine...

Image: Rio Tinto.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  AUSTRALIA’S mining sector has an opportunity to cement itself as a world-leader in the robotic space, according to new research...