Archives: Careers in mining

Goldcorp has announced the third annual #DisruptMining innovation challenge and live finale event will be presented on Sunday, March 3, 2019 during the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto, Canada. Highlights: Goldcorp and presenting sponsor KPMG will co-host the 2019 #DisruptMining innovation expo and “shark-tank” style live event at the Rebel[…]

CORE Skills has formally launched its ‘Geoscientist to Data Scientist’ pilot programme along with industry collaborations, Roy Hill, Rio Tinto, ATCO Australia and academic partners CSIRO, Curtin University and The University of Western Australia. The launch, which took place at the the CORE Innovation Hub in Perth’s central business district, is aimed at addressing how[…]

The University of Queensland and Newcrest Mining Ltd have signed a partnership agreement that paves the way for long-term education, training and research activities. The agreement aims to foster the long-standing relationship between the two organisations and strengthen skills in support of Newcrest’s strategic pillars: safety and sustainability; people; operating performance; technology and innovation; and,[…]

Allan Cramm is the FLSmidth 2018 Environmental Management and Stewardship inductee into the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame. Cramm is the Vice President, Innovation and Development focusing on key strategic projects to maximize Anaconda Mining’s assets. He also is part of the development team for new mines and operations. Prior to his promotion, Allan[…]

Chosen by just one vote ahead of David Noon, Vice President, Global Operations & Sales, GroundProbe, nominated for his geotechnical monitoring technology solutions, Nigel Bain is the 2018 inductee into the IM Technology Hall of Fame; safety category. Bain recently retired as Executive Director Nevada with Barrick. When he was Turquoise Ridge General Manager Bain[…]

J.V.N. Dorr’s first development was  the Dorr classifier.  John Dorr was one of the great inventors of methods to process solid particles and he was quick to take these methods from ideas to operating practice. Wet ball mills were being tested on the gold ores in South Africa and copper ores in Arizona and the[…]

Jack Holmes, formerly Technical Director of Anglo American Corp (AAC), is inducted into the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame for his massive contribution to the large-scale commercialisation of solvent extraction of copper, in Zambia and worldwide. In 1970, Holmes persuaded the understandably apprehensive Board of Anglo American Central Africa Ltd to abandon convention and[…]

In the Bulk Handling category of the awards, it  has been a close-call judgement for the panel of judges between Dick Stahura Sr. of Martin Engineering and his quest to control “Durt” and improve belt conveying, and Werner Baller, Founder and CEO of South-African based WEBA Chute Systems. Werner Baller is the 2018 inductee, a man[…]

Dr Malcolm Scoble a Professor at the University of British Columbia specialising in surface and underground mine design and planning: mine-mill integration: occupational health and safety: sustainable mining and mining with communities, is the first person to be inducted into the IM Technology Hall of Fame in 2018, in the Outstanding Innovator category. Jonathan Peck,[…]

Engineers and scientists from SRK Consulting’s offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa were part of the DRC Mining Week in Lubumbashi recently, sharing information on trends and opportunities in one of Africa’s most important mining hubs. Susa Maleba, SRK’s DRC country manager noted the upbeat mood at the event, driven[…]