Archives: Mining industry recognition

Anaconda Mining’s Allan Cramm is Vice President, Innovation and Development focusing on key strategic projects to maximize the company’s assets. He also is part of the development team for new mines and operations. He has a high regard for environmental protection with some associated projects having been recognized provincially and nationally for their attention to[…]

Australia’s national science agency has appointed Dr Cathy Foley to the position of CSIRO Chief Scientist – a unique role which will help champion science, its impact and contribution to the world. Foley is a world-renowned physicist and science leader most noted for her work developing superconducting devices and systems which have assisted in unearthing[…]

OZ Minerals has recently become a Mining3 member, augmenting the strong membership base with another high-performing global mining company. Mining3 Chief Executive Officer, Professor Paul Lever, said he is delighted to have OZ Minerals—one of Australia’s largest copper producers—on board. The company’s Prominent Hill mine is shown in the picture. “With high-quality assets across the[…]

The Coalition for Energy Efficient Comminution (CEEC) has entered into a sponsorship agreement with Newmont Mining Corporation, one of the world’s leading gold producers, to support the organisation’s work in energy efficiency. CEEC CEO Alison Keogh welcomed the partnership with Newmont and highlighted the company’s track record for achieving superior economic, environmental and social performance[…]

Lucapa Diamond Co and its partners Empresa Nacional de Diamantes E.P. (Endiama) and Rosas & Petalas report that a new Angolan Government policy regarding the marketing of Angolan diamond production has been formally enacted. The new laws are central to the new Angolan Government’s drive to double the country’s diamond production by implementing more favourable[…]

Toronto- and New York-listed miner Yamana Gold is celebrating 15 years as a public entity today. On this day in 2003, the company was taken public with an initial portfolio including the Chapada project in Brazil, which it subsequently developed and brought into production in 2007 (pictured). Yamana has, over the years, grown through phases[…]

GroundProbe has been recognised as the most innovative company in Australia and New Zealand, taking out the number 1 spot on the Australian Financial Review’s List of Most Innovative Companies for 2018. The honour was announced last night at the 2018 AFR Most Innovative Companies List Awards Night. The list was comprised of the Top[…]

Dr. Malcolm Scoble is 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. He is nominated as much for all the mining engineers he has inspired over the decades as for his own many achievements.[…]

For his massive contribution to the large-scale commercialisation of solvent extraction of copper, in Zambia and worldwide, Jack Anthony Holmes, formerly Technical Director of Anglo American Corp (AAC), has been nominated by Ken Severs (formerly Group Metallurgical Executive, Rio Tinto) and Les Stewart (formerly Technical Director, Anglo American Corp, South America). In 1970, Holmes, after[…]

In 1992, a computer program called AIRNET 2000 was developed for MIM by Craig Stewart for MS-DOS desktop computers to import and graphically present and simulate models created on the mainframe ventilation system. Encouraged by the positive feedback from AIRNET 2000, permission was sought by Stewart to independently develop new software for Microsoft Windows called[…]