Finance & business

The Australian government’s AUS$2 billion JobTrainer skills package will help the nation's minerals employers to boost the rate of economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Metso Minerals has signed a contract with Lynas Kalgoorlie Pty Ltd for the supply of a large rotary kiln and combustion system for baking rare earth elements.

Waqas A. Aziz and Tariq Zaman Khan report on the current state of Pakistan’s mining sector.

Ian Macfarlane has been appointed to the Board of METS Ignited, the mining equipment, technology and services sector’s Industry Growth Centre.

Rio Tinto will start planning for the wind-down of operations and the eventual closure of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) following the conclusion of its strategic review.

Great Panther Mining Ltd has announced 2Q20 production results from tis three 100% owned mines Brazil and Mexico.

The World Coal Association has announced the appointment of July Ndlovu, CEO of Anglo American’s coal business in South Africa, as its new Chairman.

RPMGlobal is pleased to announce the acquisition of Canada-headquartered mine scheduling optimisation company, Revolution Mining Software.

Pretivm Resources Inc. announces that Patrick Godin will be joining the company as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective 1 August 2020.

Autonomous solutions specialist RCT has completed a project for Russian Cat® dealer Vostochnaya Technica on a fixed position rockbreaker in Siberia.

RCT has partnered with Reliable Industries to supply technology solutions to mobile equipment around the world.

BHP has announced that it is reducing operations and jobs at its Cerro Colorado copper mine, Chile.

Malvern Panalytical Ltd has been awarded a significant new contract by Scott Technology Ltd, a supplier of sample preparation equipment and provider of complete end-to-end automation solutions

The impact of COVID-19 on the mining industry has been strained by the struggling global automotive industry, which consumes approximately 17% of iron ore globally.

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has recently announced that it will create new skilled jobs in regional Queensland through the introduction of 34 autonomous trucks.