Mining

Thiess has secured a AUS$172 million contract extension from Bayan Resources to expand operations at Melak in East Kalimantan

Maptek has released a cold climate model of its mobile Sentry system for stability monitoring.

Production ramp up at the Poplar Grove mine has begun with the commencement of higher productivity continuous underground mining operations.

Strong prices for coal and iron ore will support a faster return to the government’s budget surplus.

The project of energy company PGE is being challenged by ClientEarth after threatening villages in Poland.

“We have been working with Knight Piésold’s UK practice since 2017 to develop an approach to tailings dam monitoring that supports smarter, safer and more regulated mining practices” – Paul Gudonis, Inmarsat Enterprise president.

Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive, Ian Macfarlane, said the release of the latest ABS figures showed Queensland’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6% in January, just a minor decrease from 6.1% in December.

The equipment manufacturer refurbished a DDC-Sizer for a coal customer in New South Wales, Australia.

BLM and OSMRE are seeking public scoping comments regarding the preparation of an environmental assessment that will analyse potential impacts from the proposed lease by application and associated proposed mine plan modification at the King II coal mine.

The Queensland government must draw a close to the stalling tactics and unequivocally back the development of the Adani Carmichael project in the Galilee Basin.

Arch Coal begins development of a new metallurgical coal mine in northern West Virginia.

The three-year subscription package will cover Conuma’s three mines near Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.

The new operating system has a single operator able to remotely control more machines from the same operator station in a central location at a mine site.

The company has launched a campaign that asks the Queensland government to ‘give Adani a fair go’.

The Queensland Resources Council has identified the deep flaws in the Mineral Resources Amendment Bill, which is currently being assessed by a Parliamentary Committee.