Mining

Thiess has been awarded a 12-month contract extension by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance to continue providing mining and maintenance services at the Caval Ridge Mine in Queensland, Australia.

Kai Bartram has been appointed Global Sales Director of TOMRA Mining.

Vostochnaya Mining Company is switching to digital operational radio communications at the company's key mining asset, the Solntsevsky coal mine.

NRW Holdings Ltd has advised that its wholly owned subsidiary, Golding Contractors Pty Ltd, has signed a contract with Aberdare Collieries Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of CS Energy Pty Ltd, to extend the current contract mining agreement beyond 30 June 2022.

Bravus Mining & Resources and its principal contractor MacKellar are providing 60 regional Queenslanders the opportunity for a career in the mining industry through paid, haul truck operator traineeships.

Thiess’ surveying team has begun introducing the M300 RTK multi-rotor drone across its Australian operations.

Bowen Coking Coal has signed a Put and Call Option to enter into binding transaction documents with the controllers of the assets of Carabella Resources to acquire the Bluff PCI Coal Mine.

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has recognised Luminant Mining Company, LLC and North American Coal Corporation as the winners of its 2021 ‘Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards’.

Navajo Transitional Energy Company became the first tribally owned coal mining company to operate a coal mine on tribal land after NTEC assumed direct operations at Navajo Mine on 1 October 2021.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded US$10 537 000 in grant funding to support safety and health training, and other programmes.

Queensland has been announced as Australia’s largest producer of metallurgical coal, according to the Queensland Resources Council.

Keith Pitt MP, Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia, has praised Australia’s resources sector for its resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic and looks forward to IMARC.

Allegiance Coal Ltd has provided an update regarding near-term production guidance from the Black Warrior and New Elk mines.

A division of the UMMC, JSC Kuzbassrazrezugol, is due to implement Zyfra’s ZM OpenMine mining fleet management system at all of its branches.

Whitehaven Coal has been advised that the Federal Minister for the Environment has determined to approve the company’s Vickery extension project.