Archives: Mining people

WesTrac and Rio Tinto have celebrated a successful first six months of a partnership that has seen more than 100 Rio Tinto employees develop skills in cutting edge Automated Haulage Systems (AHS) training at the WesTrac Technology Training Centre in Collie. The development program commenced in March 2021 and was designed specifically to prepare Rio[…]

The subtleties behind FLSmidth’s acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s mining business appear to have got lost within the financial community. The company’s Denmark-listed shares, since announcing the transaction in late July, lost 16% of their value to August 20. This downward move is hardly surprising when focusing on pure financials: FLSmidth is looking to acquire a company[…]

Mongolian Airlines (MIAT) recently operated the first ever charter flight (OM7602) on which all passengers and air crew members used a digital health pass to verify their COVID-19 negative status. The flight, chartered by Rio Tinto, carried employees destined for the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold minesite. AOKpass, integrated into International SOS’ safe return to work solution,[…]

ThoroughTec Simulation, a leading global supplier of mine workforce training and performance optimisation solutions, says it will be demonstrating its complete range of technology and services at MINExpo in Las Vegas, this September 13-15. At the heart of its Workforce Excellence eco-system is “the first-in-class, WX TMS (Training Management System), a purpose-built ERPM-level software platform[…]

In what it says is an Australian first, the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) has welcomed the Indigenous Women in Mining and Resources Australia (IWIMRA) as its First Nations Partner. The partnership will foster stronger connections between First Nations communities and the minerals and resources sector, as well as continue to raise the profile[…]

In its recently published 2020 ESG Report, Australian coal mining major Yancoal, majority owned by China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining Company, says it undertook several occupational health pilot projects in 2020 across various operations. A key pilot project included the expansion of the use of Hexagon Mining’s Operator Awareness System – Heavy Vehicle (OAS-HV), which uses[…]

Curtin University is to open a new research lab geared towards carbon-neutral metal production paths at its Kalgoorlie campus in Western Australia. Curtin’s WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering Head of School, Professor Michael Hitch, said the Kalgoorlie Metals Research Laboratory would explore cleaner alternatives through teaching and research that would pave[…]

In late April, on behalf of JCHX Mining Management, Jianzhong Zhang signed a handover document with ERG for transfer of ownership of the Lonshi copper mine in DRC, located only 3 km from the Zambia border, which Zhang told IM “blew the horn of JCHX marching into its own mining development.” Zhang is the Managing[…]

OceanaGold Corporation advises that the Philippine Government has renewed the Didipio gold-copper mine Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) for an additional 25-year period, retrospectively beginning June 19, 2019. The renewed FTAA reflects similar financial terms and conditions while providing additional benefits to the regional communities and provinces that host the operation. Michael Holmes, President[…]

Kula Resources is a new and agile mining company with the aim to transform small-scale mining in Zambia. It currently has a number of sites (both copper and gold) that it has started mining or is planning to mine within the Northwestern province of Zambia. All sites are within 60 km of its base in[…]