MinterEllison special counsel’s Fiona Boyce and Craig Bowie give an update on the Exploration Development Incentive two years on, and explain how junior miners could be eligible. We are now two years...
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Senior mine safety officer David Parsons writes about the need for forming partnerships between mine operators and local community emergency planning committees in the case of mine disasters. In...
COLLINSVILLE, 1954 Twenty-eight years were to elapse after 1893 before the Eclipse death roll of seven was dreadfully surpassed in the Queensland coal industry by the Mt. Mulligan disaster in 1921...
Drones and unmanned aerial vehicle use in the mining and energy industries are really taking off. Australian Certified UAV Operators’ secretary Brad Mason writes about the current increase of drone...
While CCTV is the traditional go-to security device, wireless IP surveillance cameras are the future, writes Luke Frost. Mine sites are tough environments. Between the general remoteness of many of...
With profits down, miners are focused on improving their productivity. Digital innovation could provide a breakthrough. By Hugh Durrant-Whyte, Ryan Geraghty, Ferran Pujol, and Richard Sellschop The...
A boilermaker was de-gloved after becoming caught in a moving conveyor in June. The boilermaker was working alone while in the process of shutting down a crushing plant, according to a significant...
The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority has recommended approval for Toro Energy’s Wiluna Uranium Project extension. The approval comes after a green light was given to mine...
A $400 million lithium processing plant in Western Australia has been given the green light. The Tianqi Lithium Australia project, located in Kwinana, is expected to create up to 500 jobs during the...
CSIRO has launched its Centre for Hybrid Energy Systems, a collaborative facility to research cutting edge renewable and hybrid energy technologies. The centre will be a hub for researchers and...
Rio Tinto’s Silvergrass iron ore mine, in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, has been approved for an expansion. State Development Minister Bill Marmion said capital expenditure on the...
Aggreko AusPac has celebrated one million man-hours without a lost time injury (LTI), with this week marking a two-year period without an LTI. The company said the achievement is a result of...
