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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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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Thanks to an investment of A$150 million to purchase 100 locally built rail cars, Rio Tinto is helping to boost domestic manufacturing in Western Australia through a partnership with Gemco Rail and CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock Co. The miner said Gemco Rail is using advanced engineering and manufacturing expertise, alongside robotic welding technologies, to create rail cars that will each…
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Catalyst Metals has announced that it has achieved first stoping ore from Plutonic East Gold, located just off the Great Northern Highway about 950 kilometres from Perth, Western Australia. Plutonic East, a pre-existing underground mine situated near the existing Plutonic processing plant, first began redevelopment activities in April 2024. Ore from the operation will be processed via the currently underutilised…
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With the end goal of extending the life of the mine and sustaining production across its iron ore portfolio, Rio Tinto announced it has invested US$1.8 billion to develop the Brockman 1 mine project extension (BS1). The project has received all of its needed state and federal governmental approvals, and is being developed by the company alongside the Puutu Kunti…
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Resources companies have reduced their gender pay gap, but work remains – that is the arterial message of the newly released Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) for 2023-24, per the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME). The agency said the latest data shows the midpoint of the gap in average total remuneration between male and female workers…
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Rio Tinto said it has resumed operations at its East Intercourse Island (EII) facility at Dampier Port in Western Australia after being offline for over five weeks due to Tropical Cyclone Sean. A railcar dumper at the port facility was flooded when the cyclone delivered record rain along parts of the Pilbara coastline in late January. The miner said dumper…
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