Archives: Mining people

Austmine has announced that Anna Wiley, Asset President Copper South Australia at BHP, will be the opening keynote speaker for the highly anticipated Copper to the World 2024 event, being held in South Australia later this month. With over two decades of mining experience, Wiley has firmly established herself as a trailblazer in the industry,[…]

Just prior to the recent Electric Mine 2024 conference in Perth, Western Australia, we caught up with Arnaldo Bertazzi, VP Industry Network Leader – Industries, at Hitachi Energy. He says that the key to electrification in mining is to start small and think big. Electricity will be the backbone of the entire mine energy system, and[…]

Global mining services provider and contractor Byrnecut has joined forces with South Metropolitan TAFE to help train the next generation of heavy automotive workers by donating a 60 t class diesel-electric underground mining truck. The diesel/electric haulage truck has retired from working in operational mines but will continue to serve industry by training mechanical and electrical[…]

To support its full flowsheet technology capabilities, FLSmidth says it is continuously developing vital skills at its well-resourced Training Academy at the company’s Chloorkop Service Centre in Gauteng.  According to the FLSmidth Training Academy Head Steve Parkinson, the training underpins the ground-up succession strategy of ensuring long term competence within the business – with the[…]

3ME Technology has hired experienced mining professional Dean Will as its new Chief Commercial Officer of Mining in a move that, it says, will help expand its operations and team in Western Australia. Will has a wealth of experience in open-pit and underground mining, in Australia and across the globe. He has held significant industry[…]

In its own mine operation’s regular publication Revista Antapaccay, Edition 61, Peruvian copper mining company Minera Antapaccay talks about its impressive autonomous drill program progress. A year ago Minera Antapaccay marked a milestone both for itself and for parent company Glencore when its first autonomous drill rig went operational. Today, it has four autonomous drilling rigs running[…]

While South Africa leads the world in regulating the field of collision prevention in mining, a key challenge in implementing effective solutions is to secure the buy-in and collaboration of all the people involved. Speaking as a panellist at the recent Investing in Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, Booyco Electronics CEO Anton[…]

As the labour market evolves, mining contractor Small Mine Development has encountered increased staff turnover rates and a corresponding shortage of skilled personnel for critical mining positions. Tackling these challenges head-on, the company has turned to technology, introducing simulator training as a proactive means to both speed up and improve the quality of operator training.[…]

Tribe Technology PLC, a disruptive developer and manufacturer of autonomous equipment for the mining industry, has announced the completion of the company’s first TTDS GC 700 autonomous drill rig. This major milestone in the development of the company it says is a result of over 150,000 development hours. This initial machine has been manufactured for[…]

We’re pleased to announce that Business Sweden and International Mining Events, the organisers of The Electric Mine conference series, will be partnering on upcoming events to be hosted in Perth, Western Australia. The Electric Mine 2024, set to take place on May 21-23, at the Crown Perth, will now be complemented by The Australian-Swedish Sustainable[…]