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18 Jul 2018
Hopes of a West Australian ‘Lithium Valley’ threatened
Australia’s opportunity to become an international anchor point in the A$213 billion (and growing) new-era...
10 Jul 2018
MSHA checking up on coal dust in US mines
The US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is re-examining its own coal dust rule...
10 Jul 2018
Finnish Minerals Group established
The Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy of the Finnish Government has reorganised the State’s mining...
10 Jul 2018
EPA recommends approval for BHP’s long-term mining plan in the Pilbara
A strategic mining proposal for the Pilbara, by resources giant BHP, has been recommended for...
10 Jul 2018
New Ethereum platform to fundamentally change the way minerals and metals are traded
Blockchain venture studio ConsenSys and cloud-based metal concentrates exchange Open Mineral, have established Minerac, a...
07 Jul 2018
Outotec to deliver Ausmelt for PT Timah
Indonesian state tin producer, PT Timah, has agreed to a deal for the design and...
06 Jul 2018
Indonesia extends Freeport’s Grasberg operations permit
Operations at Freeport McMoRan’s Grasberg copper/gold mine in Indonesia have been allowed to continue while...
03 Jul 2018
Making the case for improved fatigue management
Kate du Preez, Commissioner for Mine Safety and Health in Queensland, Australia, notes that fatigue...
02 Jul 2018
Accenture’s Life Safety Solution installed at Goldcorp Cerro Negro
The accelerating use of internet-enabled remote devices, sensors, predictive analytics and machine learning in the...
02 Jul 2018
Immersive Technologies rolls out Operator Performance Analytics
Every hour a mine captures hundreds of data points measuring operator performance but too often...
28 Jun 2018
IRMA releases Standard for Responsible Mining global certification program
The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) has released the Standard for Responsible Mining, a...
25 Jun 2018
Orica welcomes probe into ammonium nitrate dumping in Australian market
Orica says it welcomes the Anti-Dumping Commission’s decision to formally investigate the dumping of ammonium...