Archives: Mining events

Both Birimian Ltd, lithium in Mali (see map), and Battery Minerals, a second graphite mine in Mozambique, are hoping to bring their respective projects online in 2020. Speaking on the third and final day of the three day Paydirt 2018 Africa Down Under mining conference in Perth, ASX-listed and Perth-based Birimian CEO, Greg Walker, said[…]

James Herbert Fletcher is the underground development inductee to the IM Technology Hall of Fame. He began his company intent on developing technology that would greatly improve mine productivity and reduce personnel risk by using rubber-tyre, non-track-mounted vehicles in underground applications. In 1938, the company showed its first products at a coal show in Cincinnati;[…]

Minerals Council CEO, Roger Baxter today presented at the Africa Down Under conference in Perth, Australia. He noted: “South Africa’s mining potential is huge. Even in the absence of a Greenfields exploration boom in South Africa, mining investment could almost double in the next four years if the country was to return to the top[…]

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[…]

China will remain a key driver of global commodity demand but India- the world’s fastest growing economy – and Indonesia’s emergence as Asia’s new rising tiger – would put added pressure on minerals supply, says Australia’s specialist resources private equity manager, EMR Capital. Speaking on the second day of the three day Paydirt 2018 Africa[…]

As digitisation continues to disrupt the mineral processing space, our Austmine members Ausenco and PETRA Data Science explore the future process plant in operation. The mining industry is moving into the next generation of its existence and both internal and external influences are causing fundamental changes in our operations. Resources are typically decreasing in grade[…]

Sandvik’s TH551/TH663 – modular product range for large trucks – was narrowly beaten in this category for the 2018 induction into the IM Technology Hall of Fame by METSO’s SmartTag. Michael Wortley, (Global Manager – PRO Products, Australia), Kai Riihioja (Senior Software Engineer, Australia), Jose Luis Bravo (Senior Instrument Engineer, Chile) and Rodrigo Sales (Senior[…]

Some green shoots are just starting to emerge in the equities sentiment for resources after global grass roots funding for mineral exploration sank to an all-time low in 2018. Chairing the first session of the three day Paydirt 2018 Africa Down Under mining conference in Perth, PCF Capital Principal, Liam Twigger, said 2018 had proven[…]

Diamond producer, ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Co Ltd says the company has begun to “shine bright” in the world of special diamonds. CEO and Managing Director, Stephen Wetherall, told the first day of the three day Paydirt Africa Down Under (ADU) mining conference in Perth that Lucapa was making “giant strides” at its flagship Lulo diamond project[…]