Australian mining news

Australia’s substantial and diverse mineral resources have made it a key supplier of the minerals that are essential to modern life, including iron ore, gold and lithium.

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has indicated that the country’s resources sector is creating more than one job an hour.

Run by the QMEA through the sponsorship of Anglo American, the Beakers. Bot. Build activity simulates the decisions engineers make every day around design of opencast and underground mines, to managing equipment and production.

Local students will be immersed into a career in mining when they take part in Anglo American’s Trade Camp in Moura this week, run by the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy.

Somerville House students have joined the BMA Make It Now in Engineering (MINE) Challenge for the first time.

The company was recognised at the 2018 Women in Resources National Awards (WIRNA) for its commitment to gender diversity and breaking the cycle of violence against women.

Zinc tailing operations have commenced at Lawn Hill, a former mine site north west of Mount Isa in Queensland, Australia.

Current mining operations are proceeding as planned with good overall recoveries from the mine, with run-of-mine (ROM) stocks currently at 130 000 t with an average grade of 1.20% Li2O.

RCT successfully implements its latest automation technology at the Sunrise Dam gold mine in Western Australia.

Australian mining backs effective programmes which support education, employment and a better future for young Aboriginal men.