Special reports

Mining and resource leaders will gather to explore the challenges and opportunities ahead at IMARC this year, 2 – 4 November.

Read this article to hear why Vermeer Specialty Excavation recommends continuous surface mining as a way to make mines safer, more sustainable, and better neighbours to nearby communities.

Jacky Burke and Fran Lake, SRK Consulting, discuss the four steps that can be used to overcome the challenge of how to practically integrate social impacts with the systems that manage tailings.

Tom Azzopardi, New Pacific Metals Corp., outlines how the company could be on the brink of a transformative discovery, as it explores an historic mining site high in the Andes Mountains.

Professor Jon Crowcroft, iKVA, considers how the mining industry’s adoption of new software promises to deliver significant benefits for every stage of its process.

Operators are increasingly looking to restart past producing mines with new technologies, improved ESG strategies, and better capital to take advantage of commodity price increases.

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, seeks suitably qualified local and international investors with pre-requisite experience, technological expertise, and financial capacity, through a transparent and competitive bidding process, to carry-out bitumen development to a meaningful extraction-level under a public-private partnership arrangement.

Alexander Hill, Chief Global Strategist and Co-Founder, Senseye, outlines how automation and digital transformation at scale can help drive more efficient and sustainable operations.

ABB has strengthened its global reputation as the only supplier of complete hoist systems that can provide both mechanical and electrical components with the launch of ABB Ability NGX Hoist Control.

Read this article to find out how Vermeer Specialty Excavation has been using both continuous surface mining and drill and blast methods together on the same mining site.

Associate Professor Anita Parbhakar-Fox, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, discusses the best way for the mining industry to reduce mine waste.

According to KPMG International’s Global Mining Outlook 2022, the global shift towards decarbonisation is driving growth and optimism in the world’s mining sector.

Teague Egan outlines how EnergyX’s new LiTAS plants are ready to disrupt the lithium extraction status quo.

The President of South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa, is confirmed to attend the 2022 Investing in African Mining Indaba.

Read this article to find out why the direct-drive drum on a Vermeer Surface Miner matters, how exactly is it different, and the specific benefits that come from using a direct-drive drum on your jobsite.