Rio Tinto and the University of Queensland (UQ) have officially launched the South Gobi Underground Mass Mining Institute in Mongolia to address global labour shortages. In recent years, there has been a large decline in the number of students studying mining...
Russia’s coal production forecast for 2025 will likely be revised downwards, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters. “Our coal production forecast for this year was 440 million tonnes, but I believe it will be adjusted downwards. The coal...
A robotic rig deployed at a project last year increased productivity by about 50% and consumed 75% less water than the more conventional rigs working on the same contract, Master Drilling director Koos Jordaan reported this...
Rio Tinto has released a report detailing $US8.4 billion ($13.33 billion) of global tax and royalty payments in 2024. From this figure, $US6.3 billion was injected into Australia, including a corporate tax of $US3.7 billion. Rio also paid tax and royalties of $US615...
Blue Cap Mining (BCM) is set to carry out mining services at Matsa Resources’ Devon Pit gold mine in the Laverton region of Western Australia. Under the mining services agreement, BCM will provide mining, equipment and personnel related with transport, energy, civil,...
