Mining

The Morrison government’s proposed amendments to the ‘Fair Work Act’ will help ensure that Australian mining keeps providing highly paid, highly skilled and secure jobs across Australia.

The International Council on Mining and Metals has published a series of equivalency benchmarks that compare the requirements of ICMM’s Mining Principles with other responsible sourcing standards.

International Women in Mining has announced the launch of the 2021 International Women in Resources Mentoring Programme, in collaboration with Metisphere.

OceanaGold Corp. has announced the receipt of permits for the Golden Point Underground Mine, Deepdell North Stage III opencast extension, and the Frasers West expansion.

A major gold mining company in the Republic of Kazakhstan is operating a CAT D10T dozer on RCT’s technology to improve safety and productivity on site.

Capgemini Invent and Eramet’s close collaboration in the past 3 years has resulted in a successful development of artificial intelligence across all of the group's mining and metallurgical activities.

Rockfire Resources plc has provided an update on field and related exploration activity for its portfolio of 100%-owned exploration projects in North Queensland, Australia.

Mining and Minerals Industries Holding Pte. Ltd (MMIH) has announced that it has appointed Pinnacle Processing Pathways Pty Ltd for the scoping of pre-feasibility study consultants for MMIH’s flagship Mankayan project in the Philippines.

IAMGOLD Corp. has announced that it is temporarily reducing the underground workforce at its Westwood mine in Canada.

RCT Global has designed a monitoring solution to address the demand for efficient light vehicle fleets.

The announcement of three new mining skills project hubs will deliver better training and assessment faster to help create thousands of new apprenticeships and supercharge the development of Australia’s future minerals workforce.

The International Council on Mining and Metals and original equipment manufacturers collaboration has progressed towards understanding what is needed to transform accelerate a new generation of cleaner, safer vehicles, members of its CEO Advisory Group recently announced at IMARC Online.

Sandvik and Barrick have signed a partnership agreement for trialling and enhancing battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for underground hard rock mining.

The International Council on Mining and Metals has launched a Closure Maturity Framework – an interactive tool that will help mining and metals companies achieve sustainable mine closure.

Ariana Resources plc has announced its operating results for the quarter ended 30 September 2020 for the Kiziltepe Mine in Turkey.