Technology & Innovation

Images of flake (left) versus spherical natural graphite (right). Syrah’s BAM strategy will initially focus on precursor (unpurified, purified spherical graphite) and finished BAM...

Copyright © 2018 Rio Tinto. Image: Christian Sprogoe Photography.  BY REUBEN ADAMS  AUSTRALIA’S first nationally accredited courses in automation will be delivered for the first time...

Unearthed Perth 2018 winners Team Steel Ballers.   BY REUBEN ADAMS  MORE than 100 innovators gathered at CORE Innovation Hub over 13-15 April to tackle four real...

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...

Image: UNSW.   BY CAMERON DRUMMOND   SINCE its initial use in military applications, drone technology has evolved into a cost-saving and efficient tool for many industries, including...

Areas of technology investment in Australian mining. Image: Newport Consulting.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  MINING companies are embracing the transition to the ‘digital mine’ by investing in...

Mining and Energy Services Council of Australia (MESCA) national manager Alex Stanojevic. All images: MESCA.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  THE future competitiveness of Australia’s mining industry is synonymous...

A one-year old mine site restoration in WA. Image: Centre for Mine Site Restoration.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  TAILINGS dams are among the most ‘ecologically hostile’ by-products...

Image: Hitachi.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  WITHIN a decade Australian mines will be operated almost entirely by autonomous machines, according to global group Hitachi. Game-changing technologies such as...

Image: Cox Architecture.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  FORMER WA Government architect Steve Woodland has unveiled plans to build a $100 million mining museum in Perth to pay...