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Bravus upcycles mine tech for seriously ill children

Bravus upcycles mine tech for seriously ill children

Bravus upcycles mine tech for seriously ill children Bravus Mining and Resources is upcycling tech from retired trucks and diggers from its central Queensland Carmichael coal mine to help regional Queensland families doing it tough. Bravus head of production and site senior executive Glen Corfield said that more than fifty state-of-the-art tablets no longer needed for mining operations have been upcycled to support the work of Ronald McDonald House Charities North Australia and the Salvation Army. The initiative is a collaboration between Bravus and Haultrux, a mining technology and change...

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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...

Bowen High students unlock ‘export level’ at Abbot Point

Bowen High students unlock ‘export level’ at Abbot Point

Bowen High students unlock ‘export level’ at Abbot Point Abbot Point Operations (APO) has taken a group of Bowen State High School students on a deep dive into the operations of Australia’s most northern deepwater export port. The year seven students participated in a two-day learning experience at Bowen’s North Queensland Export Terminal (NQXT) gaining a fascinating insight into the stages of resources production and learning how the terminal plays a vital part in the pit-to-port process. The learnings from the site tour were then applied at a school ‘Pit to Port’ workshop delivered by the...

Bowen Tennis Association President Walter Morris and Bowen Rail Safety Coordinator Mandy Evans rally together at Bowen Tennis.

Game, set, match: Bowen Rail Company serves up a win for the community

Game, set, match: Bowen Rail Company serves up a win for the community Bowen Tennis Association has scored big with a Bowen Rail Company (BRC) grant to support the development of the region’s next generation of tennis stars. The 95-year-old club was one of four recent grant recipients of Bowen Rail Company’s Community Partnership Program, which supports local not-for-profit organisations and community groups with the purchase of small assets that can make a big difference. Bowen Tennis Association president Walter Morris says the Bowen Rail Company’s...

Government to stamp out bullying on South West mine sites

Government to stamp out bullying on South West mine sites

A spike in reported bullying incidents on mine sites in WA’s South West has prompted the launch of a government awareness program. The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) reported it had received three times the amount of bullying reports between 2011 and August 2013 than in the previous three years. Aimed at the region’s 60 medium to large scale mines, the program would include DMP site visits to examine preventative systems, policies and procedures. DMP Southwest Mines Safety team leader Tony Robertson said the program would provide assistance and information to companies to ensure they fulfilled duty of care. He said the safety and health of WA resources industry workers would remain the number one priority for the department....

Not all downhill for copper project

Not all downhill for copper project

A review of Rex Minerals’ Hillside copper project on the Yorke Peninsula has resulted in an optimised mine plan that will deliver a higher production profile and lower start-up capital costs. The mine plan will form the basis for the Hillside bankable feasibility study (BFS) later in 2013; it suggested the combination of a new interim open pit design and multiple ore stockpiles, to allow for higher grade material to be delivered to the processing plant. Based on this model, Rex reported that the average grade delivered to the processing plant between its third year and tenth year would be about 0.6 per cent, plus gold and iron by-product credits. During this period, annual copper production would be about 80,000t...

Existing infrastructure makes tin project viable

Existing infrastructure makes tin project viable

A pre-feasibility study has shown the Mt Garnet tin project to be technically and economically viable, with the utilisation of existing Mt Garnet concentrator infrastructure. The Consolidated Tin Mines project, near Cairns in Northern Queensland, is on track to reach production by the end of 2014. The project area contains the Gillian, Pinnacles and Windermere projects, with a combined resource of 7.3 million tonnes grading 0.60 per cent tin. Consolidated Tin managing director and chairman Ralph De Lacey said the study “demonstrates the economics of a robust and significant tin project”. “Unlike other projects, Mt Garnet boasts existing infrastructure and near surface ore, which are the drivers of low capital and operating costs,” he said. “The has confirmed...

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Fibre optics technology for conveyor fires

Fibre optics technology for conveyor fires Fibre optic DTS 34% cheaper than conventional fire detection systems Mine conveyors – typically long and transporting material through terrain at varied incline, at high speed and in harsh conditions – have been difficult to protect from costly fires that put people, infrastructure and operations at risk. Traditional fire detection systems – relying on hundreds of conventional point heat detectors and smoke detectors - have struggled to perform, come at a very high capital cost, and require continuous maintenance. A new era in fire protection offers a simple, cost-effective solution lead by cutting edge technology that addresses these challenges: a single fibre optic cable to provide the earliest and most accurate detection of abnormal...