BC Iron has been announced as the first iron ore miner to benefit from the Western Australian government’s temporary iron ore assistance program. Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion said...
Category - Resource Extraction & Processing
In an effort to quantify the criticality of the 62 metals on the Period Table of Elements, a group of Yale researchers has published a new paper providing key insights into how extracting the metals...
The decision to ban fracking in Tasmania for at least another five years could adversely affect the state’s ability to attract investment in resources projects, according to the Tasmanian...
Curtin University has developed a new technique for gold, silver and copper leaching using environmentally-friendly glycine instead of the traditional cyanide. As reported in Science Network Western...
Research by the University of Eastern Finland has found that using broad-leaved trees such as willow trees in the phytoremediation of contaminated soils constitutes a cost-efficient method for...
An industry organisation is offering to invest cash in ten start-up businesses that specialise in innovative technologies for the mining sector. RIIT (Resource Innovation and Information Technology)...
Whether we’re dealing with a category 5 cyclone, a global financial crisis, or internet connection roughly the speed of a homing pigeon, we Australians are famous for shaking off adversity and...

