Rio and BHP eye Pilbara iron ore deal

The most important thing to come out of a mine is the miner. And this is the north star that has guided Anglo American through the redesign of its frontline safety program. Through a bottom-up approach, frontline coal mine workers have been empowered to shape a new Fatal Risk Management (FRM) program, one that is easy to use and doesn’t add another layer of red tape. Anglo American Australia chief executive Dan van der Westhuizen says embedding frontline workers in the project team is crucial in designing the simplified and standardised tools as they understand the risks better than anyone else. He says the team includes a mix of operators, coordinators, supervisors, superintendents and contractors across its Bowen Basin operations…

From November 24-26, 2025, Timor-Leste will take centre stage as it hosts the 5th Timor-Leste Energy, Mining & Business Forum — the country’s leading platform for advancing strategic investment and partnerships across its oil and gas, energy, mining and infrastructure sectors. This high-level summit is endorsed by the Autoridade Nacional do Petróleo I.P. (ANP) and the Autoridade Nacional dos Minerais (ANM) and organised in partnership with the Energy Circle and the Net-Zero Circle by IN-VR. Spanning three-days, the summit will welcome more than 300 global delegates, more than 50 international and local speakers and feature pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings, transforming Dili into a dynamic hub for deal-making, knowledge exchange and regional collaboration. The forum will feature three focused days. Day 1:…

Byrnecut and Sandvik have partnered to develop new diesel-electric mining equipment with the aim of boosting sustainability, efficiency and productivity underground. As part of an agreement signed at The Electric Mine 2024 conference in Perth, the companies will work together to develop underground loaders and trucks featuring electric drivetrains. Byrnecut Australia managing director Pat Boniwell welcomed the collaboration. “Diesel-electric equipment has a proven ability to combine the low-maintenance benefits of electric machines with the flexibility of diesel,” he said. “We have a long association that will help shape the new Sandvik diesel-electric range. “We’re also looking forward to passing the benefits of this collaboration on to our customers.” Diesel-electric machines have a diesel engine that drives a generator which provides…

IN a significant improvement to the intercept grades, Westgold (ASX:WGX) has received screen fire assays for its Great Fingall mine near Cue in WA, with exceptional figures returned. Westgold sees this drilling as proof that the stratigraphic controls to mineralisation remain in place. It believes that the significant high grades that were produced historically at this site have been returned at greater than twice the former depth and plunge continuity is established at the high-grade Great Fingall Reef. The results have Great Fingall Reef upgraded to 1.57m at 10.10g/t up from 7.95g/t from 1642.18m, 3.1m at 34.05g/t up from 20.17g/t from 1439.7m and 4.35m at 3.27g/t from 1,493.22m at Great Fingall Hangingwall Lodes. Abundant specks of visible gold have been…