Rio Tinto’s development of its replacement mines in the Pilbara has increased its spend with Western Australian suppliers to a record AUS$12.1 billion in 2025, AUS$1.8 billion more than the prior year.
Will Owen, Editor of Global Mining Review, sat down with Rebecca O’Donnell, Senior Product Manager at Baker Hughes to discuss her latest article in the August 2024 issue of Global Mining Review.
China’s Zijin Mining, one of the world’s largest gold producers, plans to begin construction of a US$500 million processing plant in Kazakhstan this year, following its 2025 acquisition of RG Gold, a Kazakh gold mining company, for US$1.2 billion.
Ambra Solutions, a Canadian leader in the design and deployment of private 4G/5G networks and solutions for mission-critical industries, has announced a major digital transformation project with IAMGOLD Corporation at the Côté Gold mine, located between Timmins and Sudbury.
Hexagon has announced that the latest generation of its Vehicle Intervention System (VIS) is the first and only open-pit Level 9 solution to successfully pass the University of Pretoria’s (UP) rigorous Collision Prevention System (CPS) Technology Readiness Level 4 (TRL4) test specification.
Viridien is shaping the future of mine asset monitoring with a new automated, remote Global Tailings Monitoring Service (GTMS) designed to enable more comprehensive and consistent monitoring of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) at mine sites.
Rio Tinto, the Queensland Government, and the Commonwealth Government have struck a landmark partnership to secure a long-term future for the Boyne aluminium smelter at Gladstone and ensure it remains internationally cost-competitive beyond its current power contract.
David Oliphant, VP Business Development – Heavy Industry for Veolia’s water technologies in North America, reveals how mobile treatment systems are changing the game for mining operations.
The new design integrates more standard technologies such as Cat Payload, which measures every bucket load to help customers consistently achieve target truck payloads without overloading or underloading, boosting load-haul cycle efficiency.