BHP, the world’s biggest miner, is preparing to search for a new chief executive officer in the coming months as Mike Henry heads toward the end of his tenure, reported Bloomberg. Company insiders told Bloomberg that a change could come as soon as next year, and internal frontrunners for the role include Geraldine Slattery, president Australia, Vandita Pant, chief financial…
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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 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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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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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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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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Liontown Resources said underground stoping has commenced on schedule at its Kathleen Valley lithium operation in Western Australia with the first blast fired at the Mt Mann orebody. “This achievement was made possible by advanced planning, the dedication of our team and the support from our mining partner, Byrnecut, ensuring the first stope blast at Mt Mann proceeded as planned,”…
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Westgold Resources Limited has successfully completed the divestment of its non-core Lakewood milling operation in Western Australia to Black Cat Syndicate Limited for $85 million in cash and shares. Under the deal’s terms, Westgold will retain priority access to process up to 200ktpa of ore at Lakewood via a toll-treating agreement for a period of two years. Details on a…
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Dyno Nobel is trialling what it believes is the world’s first electric bulk explosive mobile processing unit (MPU) at Fortescue’s Solomon operations in Western Australia. The DYNOBULK Electric MPU is engineered to deliver the explosive product directly to the blasthole, while offering a sustainable alternative to conventional diesel-powered vehicles. It includes a 390-kWh lithium polymer battery, an electrified propulsion system…
Read MoreEvolution Mining has begun commissioning the expanded mill at its Mungari gold operation in Western Australia. The project increased the process plant capacity from 2 million tonnes per annum to 4.2 mtpa. “Today we celebrate the operational handover of a construction project that has been executed safely, efficiently, ahead of the original schedule and under the original budget. This incredible…
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