Macmahon wins three-year extension at Byerwen

Macmahon has received a notice of award for a three-year extension at the Byerwen coking coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The company has been providing open-cut mining services, including load and haul, and crusher feed, at Byerwen since the mine’s establishment in 2017 and provides employment to over 800 people on site. “We are very pleased to continue as…

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Newmont leverages 5G for teleremote dozing

Newmont has deployed Ericsson Private 5G at its Cadia gold-copper mine in Australia, marking the first use of private 5G technology for teleremote dozing. With zero interruptions from communications instability or outages, 5G has boosted safe production. Previously, the miner was unable to connect more than two machines at distances of no more than 100 metres on Wi-Fi, before the…

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Epiroc awarded largest contract ever

Fortescue has ordered a major fleet of fully autonomous and electric surface mining equipment from Epiroc to be used at its iron ore mines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia – the largest order contract in Eprioc’s history.  The contract, valued at A$350 million over five years, includes a fleet of Epiroc blasthole drill rigs, the cable-electric Pit Viper…

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Newmont completes non-core divestiture program

Global miner Newmont has finalized the previously disclosed sales of its Akyem operation in Ghana and its Porcupine operation in Canada, marking the completion of the miner’s divestiture program announced last February. “Today, I am pleased to announce the successful completion of our non-core asset divestiture program with the sale of Akyem and Porcupine, generating total after-tax cash proceeds of…

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RST Solutions extends capacity in Indonesia

Australia-based fine particle specialist RST Solutions has entered a strategic business agreement with Indonesian mining company, PT Mineral Nusa Investama (MNI), to increase capacity of service delivery for clients. RST Solutions has held a strong presence in Indonesia for many years, with company representatives based in Malaysia servicing Indonesian clients.  “With the Indonesian government implementing laws and policies to ban…

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Northern Star receives new Liebherr fleet

Earlier this year, Liebherr-Australia commissioned five PR 776 dozers for gold producer Northern Star Resources. These dozers are the first of 13 brand-new Liebherr machines set to be commissioned for the miner throughout the year. On top of these initial five machines, Liebherr-Australia will supply another two PR 776s, five R 9150 excavators and an R 9400 excavator. Most of…

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Caterpillar celebrates first 100 years with commitment to future workforce

Caterpillar has announced an investment to support a key source of its success and longevity for the next 100 years: people.  As part of the celebration, the company pledged $100 million over the next five years to help equip the workforce of the future with the skills needed, leveraging technology to meet global market demands as the world undergoes a…

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