Archives: Mining industry recognition

The first formal qualifications in remote and autonomous operations has been approved by regulators in Western Australia, Rio Tinto says. This means current and future workers in the resources industry will be able to gain accreditation in remote operations for the first time. This follows a collaboration between Rio, the Western Australia Government and South[…]

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[…]

Seven leading mining and metals companies have partnered with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to experiment, design and deploy blockchain solutions that will accelerate responsible sourcing and sustainability practices, the WEF reports. The Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative will pool resources and cost, increase speed-to-market and improve industry-wide trust that cannot be achieved by acting[…]

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) has published a new whitepaper that, it hopes, will better equip mining companies to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning technologies. The Foundations of AI: A Framework for AI in Mining offers an overview of the process of planning for and implementing AI solutions for mining companies, GMG said.[…]

AXIS Capital has announced a new policy that will see it exit the market for insurance or facultative reinsurance for the construction of new thermal coal plants or mines, or oil sands extraction and pipeline projects. The global provider of specialty lines insurance and treaty reinsurance said the policy is a component of a broader[…]

Having recently launched its I’MNOVATION open innovation program in Chile, ennomotive has attracted the support of Canada’s Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) in furthering ACCIONA’s sustainable and renewable energy goals with the project. ACCIONA has been present in Chile for over a decade and has more than 3,000 professionals that develop large infrastructure,[…]

Outotec is, this week, celebrating 70 years of sustainable technology development at its Outotec Research Centre (ORC) in Pori, Finland. The ORC in Pori is unique in the industry, according to the company, with its expertise in the minerals and metals processing value chain ranging from ores to finished metals and recycling. The centre was[…]

Finboot has partnered with UK-based startup Minexx to help certify mineral production and tokenise credentials for improved transparency across the supply chain. The announcement will see Finboot’s enterprise-grade SaaS platform, MARCO, combine with Minexx’s MineSmart mineral sourcing platform. Finboot said: “With demand for electronics and electric cars constantly increasing, technology companies are coming under growing[…]

While many miners look to emphasise the way they obtain and retain their social licence to operate during exploration, development and operations, BHP said this week that “social value” plays an important role in its decision-making. At a briefing in London on October 8, BHP Chief External Affairs Officer, Geoff Healy, said: “We are moving[…]