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A global challenge has been launched by three of the world’s largest mining companies for technology innovators to develop concepts for new large-scale haul truck electrification systems to reduce the time required to charge large trucks and increase overall productivity. BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale, the founding patrons of the Charge On Innovation Challenge, together with Austmine, Australia’s Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) industry body, are looking for innovations to deliver electricity to large battery-electric haul trucks quickly and efficiently. The mining industry requires multi-megawatt scale fast-charging concepts capable of delivering around 400kWh to charge and propel a truck within the truck’s haul cycle of load, travel, dump, return and queue. BHP Minerals Australia president Edgar Basto says he...

Mineral carbonation combats emissions at scale The WA Government is looking at ways to fast-track industry-scale mineral carbonation as part of its recently released Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Action Plan which highlights the process as a potential emissions reduction technology. Mineral carbonation is a naturally occurring carbon sequestration process that has the potential to lock up carbon emissions on a gigatonne (Gt) scale in WA. For context, 1Gt is equivalent to one billion tonnes. Global energy-related CO2 emissions in 2023 was 37.4Gt (or 37.4bt), according to the International Energy Agency. Australia, on the other hand, emitted 432.9mt CO2 e in the year to December...

GOLD peaked to a near seven-year high of US$1579.72 after the US launched a deadly attack against Iranian military leader Major General Qassem Soleimani. The destabilising effect on the international market was swift, and was the latest in a string of contributing factors that has continued to drive investors to gold as a safe-haven metal to protect against market downturn. The price spike has come after a momentary lapse in gold’s momentum in Q4 2019, surging to its highest price since April 2013. The assassination of General Soleimani has escalated international fears that tensions between Washington and Tehran could spill over into a new war in the Middle East. The targeted attack was given the go-ahead by US president Donald...

USING a combination of sustainable materials and construction principles, Aussie Modular Solutions (AMS) designs and manufactures modular buildings for the resource, commercial and residential sectors. AMS aims to meet the demands of the WA mining and resources industry’s housing and accommodation requirements, offering services and products that can be adapted to suit each clients’ unique requirements. For more than 20 years, the WA-owned and operated company has built a reputation as one of the state’s most trusted modular providers, manufacturing more than 2000 modules per year using about 300,000 square metres of fabrication space. AMS’s in-house steel fabrication facility is equipped to fabricate customised steel chassis and has the latest computer controlled, fully-automated roll forming machines to produce steel wall...