Trade & transport

Altura Mining Limited commences loading of high-grade lithium concentrate onto MV Clipper Tenacious vessel.

For every direct job in the resources sector across Queensland another six full time jobs are supported indirectly, reports QRC.

The smelter reassembly and installation programme will take approximately 10 weeks to be completed prior to commissioning. The company is also continuing to assess other strategic high grade manganese project acquisition opportunities in the West Timor region.

“The AutoHaul programme will deliver the world’s first fully autonomous, long distance, heavy haul rail network, operating the world’s largest and longest robots.”

Export results of the Queensland resources sector have hit an all time high, the QRC reveals.

Eriez has earned the Export Leadership Award after demonstrating exemplary leadership when exporting products to Chile.

The strike has resulted in delayed delivery of fuel and other critical mining consumables needed to sustain normal course mining activities.

“The impacts of a one day strike will be manageable for Canada’s mining sector and intervention by the federal government in support of quick resolution avoids harm to Canada’s reputation as a reliable exporter.”

An Australia-EU free trade agreement would boost Australia’s trade, investment and economic engagements with Europe, says the Minerals Council of Australia.

Australia’s best mining technology (METS) businesses are being encouraged to apply for a position in the LATAM Passport programme offered by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade).

The ropeway will be installed at the Buriticá gold ore project, and transport tailings from the valley floor to a paste backfill plant.

The system will be used for the transporting of platinum ore from the Booysendal concession in South Africa to an existing processing plant 4.9 km away.

With increasing calls to support US manufacturing, infrastructure and national defense, a critical first step will be to support domestic mining, says the National Mining Association.

The bulk mineralised sample of Idaho cobalt project will be tested at Dundee Sustainable Technologies’ facilities in Quebec.

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy (CME) and the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) unite in their opposition to the Western Australia government’s proposed increase in the gold royalty rate.