Archives: Careers in mining

Lundin Gold Inc has been recognized by the United Nations Global Compact Networks of Colombia and Ecuador at the Best Practice Awards for Sustainable Development for its work undertaken jointly with the Lundin Foundation and Catering Las Peñas (CLP), the supplier of food preparation, cleaning and laundry services to the company’s Fruta del Norte gold[…]

The Mine.D: Zero Harm hackathon, hosted by the Tshimologong Precinct and the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS), has announced the three overall winners of the digitally-inspired hackathon. Focused on Mixed Reality (MR) and Internet of Things (IoT) within the health and safety space of the mining sector, the teams that entered were exposed[…]

Megan Davison, Executive Director, MCA Victoria notes that “in 1993, local emergency response organisations tested their skills at the State Coal Mine Rescue at Wonthaggi” A quarter of a century later, 10 teams – six from Victoria and four from interstate – returned to Gippsland for the 25th Victorian Mine Rescue Competition last weekend. “After[…]

John Chadwick’s training article to appear in the December issue of International Mining magazine examines in some detail the Murray & Roberts Training Academy (MRTA) at Bentley Park near Carletonville, Gauteng, South Africa, as well as news of new simulators and other technologies. There is still time to contribute. A 3-D immersive technology headset is[…]

Geosoft co-founder Ian MacLeod is the proud recipient of the Cecil Green Enterprise Award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG). MacLeod and other award recipients were honoured on Tuesday, September 2h, 2017, at the SEG International Exposition and 87th Annual Meeting in Houston. The Cecil Green Enterprise Award recognizes the importance of enterprise to[…]

Member of FLSmidth’s Board and former CEO of BHP, Marius Kloppers, was this week inaugurated in the South Africa Mining Hall of Fame by the Joburg Mining Indaba 2017 in South Africa. The South Africa Mining Hall of Fame honours individuals who have shown exceptional leadership in the South African mining industry. “As an industry,[…]

The scientific program of Metallic Mining Hall (MMH), the international meeting on metallic mining, whose second edition will take place at the Seville Conference and Exhibition Centre (FIBES), Spain, October 17 to 19, will feature around 50 papers on the latest developments in an industry which has regained its strategic position in the Andalusian economy.[…]

Safety is the focus of one of the major articles in the November issue. Over recent months since July Coeur Mining, Newmont and Freeport McMoran have become the latest mining companies to be recognised by The National Mining Association (NMA) for receiving independent certification under its CORESafety® system. CORESafety’s approach to safety and health emphasises[…]

December sees IM’s annual review of training and simulators – if you wish to contribute to this article, please contact [email protected]; news of successful and/or new programs, new ideas in training and new technologies. VISTA Training is just one of the many important suppliers in the field. A step up from watching a video online[…]

Leading mining and earthmoving equipment supplier Komatsu Australia has moved into the vocational educational field, offering a range of high-level technical, operator and management courses throughout Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. It has established a new business unit, Komatsu Training Academy – a nationally registered training organisation (RTO) – to deliver vocational educational courses[…]