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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 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...

WA’s next generation of mining safety leaders gets boost

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WA’s next generation of mining safety leaders gets boost

The Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety (MARS) Centre at Edith Cowan University (ECU), with support from the WA Government, is offering a number of fully funded scholarships for the Graduate Certificate of Leadership in Mining Workplace Safety.

Fortescue’s first Pilbara wind project advances

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Fortescue’s first Pilbara wind project advances

Fortescue (ASX: FMG) has commenced construction at its first operational wind development. the Nullagine wind project, in the Pilbara, WA.

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Mining Luminary Madden Mining's new range of LED cap lamps. Cap lamps have been around for almost as long as mining itself. The need for hands free lighting is imperative for safe and efficient work underground but there are cap lamps and there are cap lamps. Just like any tool of the trade, there are lamps that get the job done and lamps that excel and Madden Mining’s cordless cap lamps are firmly planted in the latter category. If you have worked underground for any length of time and suffered the inconvenience of a corded cap lamp, then you will instantly appreciate the tangle-free freedom that Madden’s LED lamps provide. This freedom...

Government gives green light for gold project

Government gives green light for gold project

THE NSW Government has approved the development of the Tomingley gold project, Alkane Resources has announced. Scheduled to begin production in the second half of 2013, the project is expected to generate $570 million in revenue during its 10-year lifetime. Tomingley is estimated to contain 812,000oz of precious metals, and will produce around 60,000oz of gold per year for a minimum of seven years. The project will comprise three open pit mines that will be followed by the development of an underground operation three years into the project. Alkane is focussed on mining heavy rare earths in NSW, and is also involved in the nearby Dubbo zirconia project. Cash flow generated from Tomingley will help fund the Dubbo operation, which...

Madonna Simmons, Bravus' community manager Ally Foley, White Cloud Foundation’s Professor Adam Scott and Bravus’ head of community Kate Campbell at the Boardies and Bubbles fundraising lunch in Townsville, QLD.

Bravus helps bring Meals for Mums to Rockhampton

Bravus helps bring Meals for Mums to Rockhampton Bravus Mining and Resources is helping the White Cloud Foundation expand its Meals for Mums service into Rockhampton as part of the company’s enduring commitment to regional Queensland communities. Meals for Mums delivers 14 nutritious, ready-to-heat meals to mums who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, perinatal depression, as a complement to their clinical care. The ongoing partnership was announced at the White Cloud Foundation’s Boardies and Bubbles fundraising lunch in Townsville, QLD, and builds on the...

The QRC Local Content report revealed a significant increase in resources companies engaging with Queensland Indigenous business operators.

Resources companies spend $32.7b on Queensland businesses

Resources companies spend $32.7b on Queensland businesses The Queensland Resources Council’s (QRC) Local Content Report shows resources companies spent $32.7b purchasing goods and services from Queensland companies in FY23 an increase of almost $6b on the previous financial year. QRC chief executive Janette Hewson says the report confirms the importance of the resources sector to Queensland’s economy goes beyond the direct contribution it generates for our state through royalties and jobs. “Our report reveals nearly three of every four dollars, or 72%, were spent by resources companies with businesses in Queensland,” she said. “Buying local means resources companies...

Mineral exploration spending in the Northern Territory shot up 14% to $228.1m in 2023.

Northern Territory mineral exploration spending reaches $228.1m in 2023

Northern Territory mineral exploration spending reaches $228.1m in 2023 Mineral exploration spending in the Northern Territory shot up to $228.1m in 2023, a 14% increase on 2022’s figures of $199.9m. This 14% jump is well above the national average increase of 5%. The figure of $228.1m is the largest exploration figure the Northern Territory has seen in over 10 years and just shy of the highest expenditure ever recorded in the Norther Territory, which was $228.4m in 2011. The demand for critical minerals worldwide continues to drive the growth in exploration, with a large proportion of the increase attributed to lithium, rare...