Archives: Mining events

Last night Perenti company Barminco was named Australia’s Large Employer of the Year at the National Australian Training Awards in Brisbane. This award, which recognises a company focused on upskilling employees, follows a win for the same category at the WA Awards in September. Barminco Chief Executive Officer, Paul Muller, said: “Our vision is to[…]

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has launched a report ‘Adapting to a Changing Climate: Building resilience in the mining and metals industry’ at WWF’s Water Summit 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany, today. The report shares learnings from ICMM’s company members on how to build operational resilience and how to assess and manage the[…]

TOMRA recently held a seminar on sustainable mining solutions and sensor-based sorting that, it said, addressed major challenges of the mining industry, including increasing pressure to be more financially streamlined and radically more efficient, while addressing environmental and sustainability concerns. Sensor-based sorting (SBS) is proving to be an increasingly important tool both to formulate optimal[…]

Agnico Eagle is likely to leverage more innovation at its Kittilä gold mine in northern Finland judging by André van Wageningen’s presentation at the FEM conference in Levi, this week. In a talk titled, Building future mines through collaboration, van Wageningen, Engineering Manager of the Shaft project at Agnico Eagle Finland, said the company was[…]

Gathering data presents enormous opportunities but also significant challenges, according to Fortescue Metals Group’s Head of Cyber Security, Mark Wallace. Addressing delegates at the 6th International Mining and References Conference in Melbourne, Wallace said much of the industry is sitting on a “gold mine of data”, labelling it “the new strategic asset we need to[…]

BHP’s Group Procurement Officer, Sundeep Singh, took to the IMARC stage this week to talk about the major miner’s experience in responsible sourcing, diversity and inclusion, and climate change. He said taking responsibility in all of these areas was not only right, but good for shareholders and business, going on to provide several examples of[…]

Electric Vehicle Systems and Technology says it has developed a breakthrough technology with its patented ultra-low voltage (ULV) electric drive system that can drive light and heavy mobile mining equipment. At voltages as low as 3 V, the equivalent power of an internal combustion engine can be electrically generated to drive machinery, it said. The[…]

The organisers of the International Mining Hall (MMH) event in Seville, Spain, have heralded a successful third edition which more than 10,000 people visited MMH came to an end on October 17 with a closing expert panel about the future of mining and an award ceremony where important personalities of the sector were honoured. The Seville[…]

The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) says it has just launched two new working groups on cybersecurity and the electric mine to create safe and sustainable mines of the future. The Cybersecurity Working Group aims to help mining stakeholders as they look to design safe, secure, reliable and resilient cybersecurity infrastructure that adheres to regulatory,[…]

MAXAM says it has consolidated its commitment to innovation with the development of an improved cartridge explosives offering. The global technology company specialising in energy materials and blasting solutions made the announcement at the Mining and Minerals Hall held in Seville, Spain, from October 15-17, 2019. MAXAM said: “With the aim of responding and adapting[…]