The Australian Mining Review September 2025 Edition

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(Image source: Bravus) RACE Live uses real-time intelligence to collect data from dozens of points in the supply chain, including other rail network managers, coal loading facilities, port operators and planned maintenance works.

Bowen Rail Company leads the RACE with tech innovation

Bowen Rail Company’s (BRC) RACE Live will be showcased as an example of excellence in innovation at the 2024 Australasian Rail Industry Awards. RACE Live was developed in partnership with Brisbane-based software developer Polymathian to improve safety and productivity when railing coal from the Queensland Carmichael mine to port for export. BRC general manager Brendan Lane says RACE Live’s shortlisting as a finalist in the Freight Rail Excellence category at the rail industry’s national awards reflects the company’s commitment to continuous innovation and improvement. “Our aim since establishing our business in Bowen in North Queensland in 2020 has been to do things a little differently to advance the safety, environmental and economic standards of the rail industry,” he said. “We’ve…

(Image source: Weir) Weir at MINExpo International 2024.

Showcasing Weir’s all-of-mine capabilities at this year’s MINExpo INTERNATIONAL

Exhibiting at this year’s MINExpo INTERNATIONAL conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, Weir showcased its market-leading brands and unveiled a range of new innovative technologies and solutions. Weir launched its ESCO® NEXSYS™ GET Lip System for rope shovel dippers, which lowers lip maintenance requirements, extends tooth and adapter life, and ultimately provides miners with longer uninterrupted shovel operation. Additionally, Weir unveiled its double-deck banana screen, ENDURON® ELITE Screen. Available in a range of sizes, the largest of which has a deck measuring 4.3m by 8.5m and weighs nearly 50t, the screen is driven by two exciters, whereas competitor machines of a similar size require three. These two technologies form an integral part of Weir’s commitment to deliver transformational flowsheet solutions in…

(Image source: Bravus) (L-R) Bowen Rail Company (BRC) general manager Brendan Lane, Don River Dash secretary Wanita Sparr, and BRC rollingstock maintainer Trent Williams at BRC’s rail provisioning yard north of Bowen’s Don River.

Bowen Rail Company revs up as naming rights sponsor of Bowen’s Don River Dash

Bowen Rail Company is revving up as the new naming rights sponsor of the Whitsunday’s favourite event, the 2024 Don River Dash off-road race. The Don River Dash 300 is a two-day off-road race that sees motorbikes, buggies and trophy trucks tackle a rugged “desert style” course through the dry riverbed of Bowen’s famous Don River. The event injects more than $4m into the local economy as thousands of competitors and motorsport enthusiasts from across Australia descend on Bowen and the Whitsundays each September. Bowen Rail Company general manager Brendan Lane said the company was delighted to partner with an event that showcased Bowen and the Whitsundays to the world. “This is the sixth year of the Don River Dash…

Northern Star doubles profit

Northern Star doubles profit

Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) reports a record-breaking FY25 marked by high gold prices, steady production and the acquisition of De Grey Mining’s (ASX: DEG) Hemi development project. FY25 has seen several miners report record-breaking years, thanks largely to similarly remarkable gold prices. Gold has surged multiple times throughout the year, thanks in part to global uncertainty around aggressive tariffs driving investment into the industry. Northern Star has reported $6.4b in revenue, up 30% from FY24’s $4.9b, as well as an underlying net profit of over $1.4b after tax, which has more than doubled from last year. The miner has also reported a record group underlying free cash flow of $536m, with shareholders seeing fully franked dividends of 30c/share. Whilst…

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NSW GOVERNMENT OFFERS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SUPPORT FOR CRITICAL MINERALS PROJECTS

The NSW Government is offering grants of up to $10 million for key infrastructure needed to progress new mining and processing projects to accelerate the critical minerals sector. Stream Two of the NSW Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Activation Fund provides between $2 million and $10 million for key enabling infrastructure, such as heavy haulage modifications, road upgrades, water or power upgrades, and processing facilities, to help explorers and mining companies set up and operate in NSW. Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for resources Paul Toole said the unprecedented investment would help secure an ongoing pipeline of critical minerals and high-tech metals into the future, positioning the State as a major global supplier. “Critical minerals represent the future of mining…

New drilling at Sandstone Gold

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New drilling at Sandstone Gold

MIDDLE Island Resources starts 2020 with the announcement of a major drilling campaign at its Sandstone gold project in central WA. A wholly-owned subsidiary situated 400km NW of Kalgoorlie, Sandstone was acquired by Middle Island in 2016, which had a major interest in its 600ktpa gold processing plant. Originally opened in 1890, the site was acquired by Troy Resources in 1990, which worked the 4.4t open pit of ore grad 3.6g/t until 2010, producing 508,000oz of gold. With near record Australian gold prices, the company has made the decision to target 17 identified prospects and deposits, mainly located on existing permitted tenure and all within 5km of the processing plant. The campaign comprises a sequential series of aircore (AC), reverse…

Iron Sharpens Iron

Iron Sharpens Iron

Image: The Russian Presidential Press and Information Office. BY REUBEN ADAMS MINERS are confident that China’s unprecedented $US1.3 trillion infrastructure investment program, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is the vehicle to drive massive medium to long term demand for iron ore. Short term forecasts, however, paint a less-than-rosy picture. “Among the range of possibilities we consider, our base case remains that Chinese steel production is yet to peak,” BHP Market Analysis and Economics VP Dr Huw McKay wrote in September. “The most likely timing of the peak is the middle of next decade.” Australia’s iron ore majors have a consensus positive outlook – and a key driver is the Belt and Road Initative (BRI), a China-led strategy to increase…

Copper in focus: Cu at the top

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Copper in focus: Cu at the top

BY ELIZABETH FABRI COPPER is in favour as demand picks up in China, while electric vehicle and the renewables boom looks to build sustainable price momentum into the future. Yet the base metal, as is the case for many commodities in 2017, has also been defined by its volatility. Will the good time continue? Copper has been a particularly interesting commodity to watch throughout the 2017 year. On the back of sudden price gains in late 2016, the base metal had a volatile start to the year, continuing its upswing in the first few months, (due to supply disruptions at three of the world’s largest mines), before plummeting to three-month lows in April. As analysts predicted, the slump was short-lived…