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Safety, Strength and Shotcrete: The Incycle Advantage EPCA advancing mining electrification Building skills, building communities Industry-leading dust suppression systems get an upgrade Clean solutions for cleaner air Psychosocial wellbeing to have the biggest impact on Australia’s resources workforce First-of-its-kind automated lab technology at Onslow Iron Queensland company wins Australia’s top safety innovation award Conveyor idler failure got you (shut) down? Australia unlikely to embrace deep-sea mining Aquila mine named innovation award finalist Sandvik launches surface drilling training simulator High-performance polyurethane lined pipe: Built for durability Turnkey dredging systems for Australia’s mining sector Powering forward Port of Brisbane delivers strong trade for FY25 Wind turbines begin 1000km journey to St Ives All Civil makes the switch to Komatsu Pilbara Ports unveils climate action plan BHP greenlights $1.4b Port Hedland investment Understanding motor reliability From aging to agile: Getting sustaining capital right Westrac inspires next generation at RTS Built for strength: ITM Mining’s solutions for hydraulic mining excavators The first intelligent oil-water separator Securing operational technology in mining Specialised engineering for complex mining challenges Mining Matters Cancer researchers unlock ‘DNA code’ of critical minerals The missions making asteroid mining a reality Fosterville expansion gets the green light VHM lays the building blocks for Goschen project CTTW2025 highlights innovation and global partnerships Turning battery waste into a local resource E-Plas champions mining’s quiet achievers Keep your crew cool Tough enough to thrive in the harshest of environments Steuler expands your horizons Think change. Think Breight All-electric forklift. Mine-ready. Built for heavy loads Gold, gold, gold WT Hydraulics and Festo Join Forces to Revolutionise Mining and Industrial Automation Closing the loop: How Acu-Tech supports mining with ESG in action Tecweigh: The Future of Heavy-Duty Bulk Material Weighing Your partner in strategic asset management Driving the future of the mining industry MLT New Generation Super-Screw® FRAS/Oil Resistant Oli Group: Driving innovation and reliability in mining & quarrying Titeline Drilling: Automating the future Billions of Litres, Zero Compromise: Inside Banlaw’s Fuel Management Revolution Lighting Up the Underground Engineering innovation at scale: How Innovative Mining Services is redefining safety, productivity and reliability in materials handling How DTN APAC’s inversion and blast dispersion forecasting help the mining industry Emtivac Engineering: The vacuum powerhouse behind Australian industry A simple solution to a complex problem Powering progress through innovation Leader in Manufacturing Innovation Powering Mining with Practical Solutions Eagle Forklifts: Powering Australia’s mining logistics with smarter, safer machinery The cable management specialists Australia’s spare parts distribution centre Securing global supply chains at CMC2025 The reality of Australia’s EV uptake The world’s first carbon-neutral lithium product Aussie mine boss – a true Australian success story Practical project support from strategy to delivery Improve worker wellbeing with a new toolkit from Edith Cowan University Liontown’s lithium liftoff Has Australian lithium been left in the lurch? A rocky reporting season for Australia’s resources sector ACE: Fast. Safe. Unstoppable. ADT Commercial Security Drill, Baby, Drill! Caman Engineering Australian Floating Decks Professional Services Maximise Your Productivity Bruce Avery Transport The updated 2024 Isuzu D-MAX Introducing the ARB multi-purpose jack base for safer vehicle lifting The updated 2025 Isuzu MU-X Eastern Guruma integrated services Australia’s original lockout tagout manufacturer since 1992 Australia’s most trusted bulk spring water supplier 20 years of excellence Beltscan Systems and Belt Guard VMS Engineering | Precision. Power. Performance. Your Workforce. 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Dredge pumps in Australia’s mining industry TOMRA’s transformative ore sorting technology Broons’ Graderoll just keeps rolling out the door Weir’s new backfill technology From fabrication to full-scale construction, Murchison Mining Services delivers exceptional results Exactly what you need when you need it Bringing you our world of expertise Quest Maritime Services delivering confidence at sea Dy-Mark mine marking toluene free Oli Group: Driving innovation and reliability in mining & quarrying Transmission repairs and replacements made easy Industrial and marine solutions hire fleet with purpose-built winches and power units How DTN APAC’s inversion and blast dispersion forecasting help the mining industry Steuler expands your horizons Gold, gold, gold Donaldson powers up mining filtration with new dust extraction and air solutions For the next generation of mining The industry leader in OTR and LME tyre management ISUZU FX range squares-up for heavy-duty battle Aerial solutions for mining and exploration The value of experience Driving drilling innovation for more than 40 years Leading Australia’s seismic future with eVibe innovation Supporting smarter mining decisions New technology for near surface exploration Precision drilling Australia’s latest rig rebuild PDR05 Driving excellence in exploration and mine site geoscience Innovators in geophysical exploration Innovative high-tech modular plants Bringing home the medal Protoblast – Take control of your blasting process Coral Sea Resort – Real Rewards for Real Work Titanium prospects Building an empire The titanium titan How can investment grow amidst supply chain woes? TechConnect Coal Comfort Turning waste into wealth ASPEC Engineering and the Amrun Project Australia’s specialised electrical experts The creative construction company World-class material handling solutions Cape-ital gains Australasia’s premier geoscience event AusIMM’s parallel conference debut Digitalisation in mining explored Uranium miner looks to produce with ‘invisible mining’ method For the next generation of mining The Australian Mining Review September 2025 Edition

Titanium prospects

Titanium prospects

Avonbank mineral sands project

Overview: The Avonbank project is WIM Resource’s flagship project, with a proven and probable reserve of 311.8mt that underpins a 36-year project life.  Avonbank is a tier one world-class zircon-rich heavy mineral sands project located near Horsham, Victoria.

10mtpa of ore will be mined from a shallow, low strip ratio, open pit mine using dry mining with a rapid rehabilitation method, that will return land back to its pre-mining state within four years

Status: WIM has completed successful phases of trial mining and trial demonstration-scale processing and rehabilitation. The Avonbank project definitive feasibility study completed in 2021 demonstrated attractive economics for the project. A favourable environmental effects statement (EES) assessment decision was provided in 2024, and Avonbank secondary approvals and engineering studies are on track to bring the project to a shovel-ready stage by late 2025. A trial mine & demonstration scale wet concentration plant has successfully confirmed that the ore is amenable to conventional mineral sands gravity separation to produce about 500ktpa heavy mineral concentrate containing zircon, titanium and rare earths elements (REE). Detailed downstream demonstration and product quality assessment trials have also been successfully completed.

Potential: When developed, Avonbank will be the single largest zircon mine in Victoria, and will be a tier one zircon mine globally, based on its mine life, with exceptional revenue to cost ratio and return on investment, according to WIM.

The Project will support nearly 1000 full time equivalent jobs, generate $15b in gross revenue and $3.5b to the gross state product. WIM welcomes discussions regarding product offtake or financing of Avonbank.

WIM has built a strong social and environmental license, having successfully rehabilitated the Avonbank trial mine within two years of mining, back to a productive broad acre agricultural crop.

Copi

Overview: RZ Resources is developing the world-class Copi critical minerals project in southwest NSW, along with an upgrade of its downstream mineral separation and processing plant (MSP) in Brisbane. RZ is pursuing a strategic drilling program with a clear strategy to build reserves and resources to support a mine life to 20 or more years.

Located in a tier one mining jurisdiction in the Murray Basin, the Copi project will use proven dredge mining of about 24mtpa ore to be processed on site using gravity separation to produce a heavy mineral concentrate with certain separated minerals (ilmenite (primary), ilmenite (secondary) and rare earths ready for direct export and other minerals being transported to RZ’s MSP, currently under care and maintenance.

Non-magnetic concentrate will be upgraded at the MSP to produce high-value products for export. The MSP (previously owned/operated by Sibelco and CRL) will be upgraded to produce high-grade titanium and zircon products for export.

Status: Attractive returns are demonstrated by the Copi definitive feasibility study (DFS) completed in January 2024, with enhancements expected by Q4 CY25. Environmental approvals are expected by early 2026 (environmental impact statement lodged with no significant environmental issues) and no Native Title issues identified. RZ has a large proportion of production under memorandum of understanding and is exploring offtake and strategic opportunities.

Potential: RZ’s strategic resource, combined with its integrated final-product processing capabilities provide a competitive advantage over industry peers.

Cyclone zircon project

Overview: The ‘shovel-ready’ Cyclone zircon project is considered one of a handful of major zircon-rich discoveries of the past decade, according to Diatreme Resources (ASX: DRX). The project has significant potential as one of the largest undeveloped, zircon-dominant heavy minerals projects in the world-class Eucla Basin with a 13.2-year mine life. The 2018 feasibility study was based on shallow free-dig mining using a bulldozer and dozer trap and progressive rehabilitation, with sand processed in an on-site wet concentrator via several stages of gravity concentration to produce a life of mine production of 1.94mt of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC), containing 936kt of zircon and including 772kt of final zircon product. The project is currently being re-evaluated based on the production and export of HMC.

Status: Following completion of a feasibility study on the Cyclone zircon project in 2018, metallurgical test work using the latest processing technologies is underway using bulk samples from recent drilling. The project is well advanced with primary approvals and permitting in place, including environmental and First Nations approvals.

Diatreme is engaging in discussions with a range of potential project partners including offtakers and technical partners, with the aim of either selling the project or funding development of this high-grade zircon project located in WA’s zircon-rich Eucla Basin.

Potential: Cyclone is an attractive investment opportunity amid the lack of suitable high-grade zircon supply, according to Diatreme. With shrinking zircon supply and rising demand, Cyclone is an attractive opportunity for a development partner to advance Australia’s zircon production for the global market, supporting the growth of this critical mineral industry.

Cyclone has the potential to become a significant global supplier of zircon, accounting for an estimated 6% of global zircon supply. The project also contains titanium minerals such as leucoxene, rutile and ilmenite and has potential for supply of the rare critical mineral hafnium within the zircon component of HMC

Medcalf

Overview: Audalia Resources (ASX: ACP) is developing the Medcalf project located 470km east of Perth, WA. The July 2022 pre-feasibility study (PFS) on the Medcalf project was based on mining about 1.5mtpa ore from three shallow (<50m depth) open-pit mines over an initial 6-year life, with no dewatering requirements.

Ore will be crushed and screened to produce about 975ktpa high grade titanium lump ore (HTLO) (10-60mm sizing) at 12.4% titanium dioxide, .7% vanadium oxide, and 59.2% iron oxide, with about 65% lump recovery. HTLO product will be trucked 220km to Esperance Port for export to Asian markets.

Status: A PFS completed in July 2022, demonstrated attractive economics for the project, with start-up capex of less than $40m.

In late-2024, a step out drilling program was completed, increasing strike length by about 250m with results pending. An infill drilling program focused on conversion of Inferred to indicated mineral resources is planned for 2025, along with geotechnical drilling.

The next step will be defining a maiden ore reserve targeting a 10-year mine life to support the updated PFS.

The project has a granted mining lease, environmental approval granted by the WA EPA in July 2024 and an agreement in place with the Traditional Owners.

Potential: Medcalf sample products have been sent to potential customers for testing and offtake discussions have commenced.