Members of MICROMINE’s Perth office recently participated in The Newcrest Crowd, an industry-leading, crowdsourcing and partnership platform that challenges innovators around the world to solve specific mining problems through online competitions. The “Get 2 the Core” competition focused on core tray photography and how companies can derive the value in historical core tray imagery. Core tray photography is currently underutilised due to the arduous process

Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue) has released its FY18 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, outlining the Company’s key initiatives of setting high standards, creating positive social change and safeguarding the environment. Highlights of the report include: Safety remains Fortescue’s number one priority. The Company reported a Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) of 3.7, an increase on the previous year. The Significant Incident Frequency Rate (SIFR) per

AngloGold Ashanti said today that a strong production and cost performance in the first half of this year, as inward investment started to bear fruit, helped deliver a strong earnings result and allowed the Company to forecast production for 2018 at the top end of its guided range, and costs at the bottom end. The Company continued to deliver on its strategy to improve free

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Mr. Jim Ellis, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Energy Regulator, announced today the establishment of a three-member Joint Review Panel to review Benga Mining Limited’s proposed Grassy Mountain Coal Project, located in southwest Alberta. Mr. Alex Bolton has been appointed as the Chair of the Joint Review Panel. Mr. Hans Matthews

Construction of Anglo American Platinum’s SO2 abatement project at its Polokwane smelter got underway with a sod-turning ceremony held today. The company will implement new Wet Sulphuric Acid (WSA) technology at the smelter, which the company predicts will ultimately reduce SO2 emissions by an estimated 96% in order to deliver the targeted abatement levels at the smelter. Construction is expected to be completed by the

Inmarsat and Auxilium join forces to accelerate adoption of smart mining solutions in Australia Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the global mobile satellite communications provider and Auxilium, a leading Australian mining technology solutions company, have established a formal partnership to deliver the most effective Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and communications solutions for Australian mining companies. The partnership will see Auxilium deploying satellite connectivity from Inmarsat in its

·         The sensor system detects imprecise belt conveyor alignment and provides specific solution suggestions ·         Longer operating times for idlers increases production efficiency ·         Considerable reductions in energy costs in belt conveyor systems BeltGenius ALEX (Alignment Expert) from Voith analyzes the alignment of carrying idlers in conveyor systems as part of its service portfolio. As soon as the system sensors detect a deviation from the