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Bravus Mining and Resources’ Community Partnership Program is helping provide a home away from home for the families of seriously ill regional Queensland kids receiving care at Townsville University Hospital. The Community Partnership Program offers not-for-profit businesses, groups, or associations in central and north Queensland grants of up to $10,000 for projects that enhance communities through education, skills development, health, sustainability, environmental stewardship and social welfare. Bravus Mining and Resources head of community Kate Campbell says the business is delighted to announce Ronald McDonald House Charities North Australia’s Townsville Family Room as one of the successful recipients in the latest round of Community Partnership Program funding. So far in 2024, more than 14,500 people have made use of the in-hospital…

TASMANIAN Resources minister Bryan Green admitted that historic mining activity has contaminated about 40 of the state’s rivers. At a budget estimates hearing in early June, Mr Green was asked for an update on government plans to remediate old mine sites and tackle the heavy metals contamination of the state’s rivers and streams. Mr Green told the hearing committee the government was doing what it could at the legacy sites, while tightening environmental laws for new and existing mines. “We’ve got a fund, not a huge amount, that allows us to mitigate when we can,” he said. “We admit that there is a large task to undertake. “New mines have a far more stringent arrangement in place with respect to…

Boston-based instrumentation company SciAps recently opened a location in Australia. The company specialises in handheld portable analytical instruments that measure any mineral, any element, in any place on the planet. It’s industry-leading X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and laser-based (LIBS) analysers are hard at work across every major industry, including the new specialty field of geochemistry. As the only handheld instrumentation company to offer both XRF and LIBS for the geochemistry and mining industry, SciAps gives asset owners complete visibility when it comes to research, exploration, grade control, block modeling, process optimisation, and much more, all via a handheld device. SciAps has 35 years of combined experience with elemental handheld technology across the United States and Australia. This is backed by a…

BUSINESSES around the Mackay region have long thrived on work provided by US company Peabody’s Coppabella, and the other mines in the vicinity. Its strong culture of community engagement and corporate responsibility provides ongoing support to community services, local emergency services, education, safety and environmental management. Coppabella celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018. Peabody Australia president George Schuller said that over its two decades in operation, Coppabella had provided benefits for the Moranbah and Nebo townships and the Mackay region as a whole. The comments were echoed by Queensland Regional Council director Ian MacFarlane. “Coppabella has exported coal to Japan, Korea and Taiwan, paying royalties to the State Government which are used to build the schools and hospitals,” he said.…