Archives: Mining people

Telecommunications and content solutions provider Swift Networks Group Ltd has announced that its relationship with Telstra has delivered a new and significant contract win in the resources sector. St Barbara Ltd has selected Swift and Telstra to upgrade its digital entertainment and connectivity services at its 329-man camp in Leonora. Swift and Telstra will jointly[…]

Fortescue Metals Group today celebrated 10 years of iron ore exports resulting in over 1,000 Mt of contribution to Australia’s economic growth. A decade ago, Fortescue shipped its first 180,000 t of iron ore aboard the Cape size vessel Heng Shan from Herb Elliott Port in Port Hedland. Since then, the company has become the[…]

Barrick’s Cortez mine recently completed two important pilot projects to help its people combat fatigue in the workplace. The month-long pilots involved haul truck drivers who worked on day and night shifts. Among the key findings were that day shift workers hit their highest level of fatigue on the last day of their work week.[…]

Today Newmont published its Beyond the Mine 2017 Sustainability Report. Part of this focussed on safety. “With large, heavy equipment and vast, complex facilities operating around the clock, the mining environment has many safety hazards. Through automation and other technologies, Newmont is working to reduce, or in some cases altogether eliminate, some of these safety[…]

GT Gold Corp has joined the Tahltan and Nisga’a First Nations, the BC Government, AME BC, and industry peers, to establish the British Columbia Regional Mining Alliance (BC RMA). The BC RMA is a collaborative effort designed to promote the Golden Triangle area of northwestern BC as an attractive destination for mineral exploration and mine[…]

De Beers Group today announced it is preparing to pilot a programme called GemFair to create a secure and transparent route to market for ethically-sourced artisanal and small-scale mined (ASM) diamonds. GemFair will use dedicated technology to record ASM production at mine sites that meet demonstrable ethical standards, with the aim of purchasing of rough[…]

Over 100 innovators gathered at the CORE Innovation Hub last weekend 13-15 April 2018 to tackle one of four real operational challenges from BHP Nickel West at Unearthed Perth 2018, which marked the fifth anniversary of the inaugural resources technology hackathon in 2014. The 54 hour open innovation event “was a celebration of an incredible community[…]

Jan Kwak, Hatch’s Managing Director, Mining & Mineral Processing comments that the industry is rapidly transforming as nations, industries, and societies adapt to pressures the world has never seen before. “Today’s mining leaders are the first generation to need to honestly balance financial, social, and environmental constraints while innovating their way through economic challenges unheard[…]

A proactive and ongoing training programme by the Murray & Roberts Cementation Training Academy (MRTA) is empowering hundreds of unemployed community residents with basic technical and safety skills, paving the way for them to enter the job market in mining and other sectors. According to Murray & Roberts Cementation’s education, training and development (ETD) executive,[…]

The Responsible Mining Index 2018, covering companies that produce 25% of all mined commodities globally, is launched in Geneva, Switzerland today. Among the key findings are: “The vast majority of the assessed mining companies show responsible policies or practices on several economic, environmental, social and governance (EESG) issues. However, very few companies show systematic action[…]