Africa is home to some of the world’s most ambitious and transformative mining projects, spanning critical minerals, gold, copper, and energy resources. Here are 10 game-changing mining projects shaping the […]
Read MoreNo Liberty Bell Bay guarantee in GEMCO export resumption
PROCESSING Tasmanian ferro manganese smelter’s future still unclear The Liberty Bell Bay smelter. | Credits: GFG Alliance When GFG Alliance put its Bell Bay ferro manganese smelter onto “limited operations” […]
Read MoreJakob Stausholm to leave Rio Tinto before end of the year
British-Australian metals and mining company Rio Tinto’s chief executive Jakob Stausholm will step down from the group later this year, after a succession process. After joining the company in 2018 […]
Read MoreLucapa calls in administrators
MANAGEMENT Future of Merlin mine up in the air as Lucapa falls to administrators Lucapa now in hands of administrators. | Credits: Freepix Perth-based Lucapa Diamond Company has called in […]
Read MoreCrisafulli government ‘rescues’ Townsville critical minerals facility
TECHNOLOGY The common user facility is strongly supported by AMEC Townsville vista. | Credits: Queensland Government Bulk earthworks have begun at Cleveland Bay Industrial Park in Townsville, as construction gets […]
Read MoreHow quantum computing could change mining
TECHNOLOGY A commercially viable quantum computer is closer than most realise PsiQuantum chief technical director Geoff Pryde at the GRX25 conference in Brisbane. | Credits: GRX25 The mining and resources […]
Read MoreGMG moves towards Gen 2.0 graphene production
TECHNOLOGY The technology splits methane into graphene and hydrogen gas and retrieves graphene nanoplatelets Artistic image of natural gas converting to graphene plasma. | Credits: Graphene Manufacturing Group Clean technology […]
Read MoreMining, METS and the next wave of innovation
TECHNOLOGY ‘Coolness’ is a poor measure of a new product’s potential The opportunities for innovation in the METS sector are significant. | Credits: Rio Tinto It is no secret that […]
Read MoreKomatsu Australia gets onto Macquarie’s cloud
TECHNOLOGY Signs a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement Autonomous Komatsu trucks at a Rio Tinto mine. | Credits: Komatsu Komatsu Australia has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with Macquarie Cloud […]
Read MoreDeep insights #58: Unpacked: DRC-US critical minerals deal
Zack Harwanger of Open Mineral unpacks the DRC-US critical minerals deal. Who wins and what does it mean for the region’s geopolitical environment? Zack Harwanger of Open Mineral unpacks the […]
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