by Gordon Barratt | Jun 21, 2021 | News
A truck travels past buildings near the village of Gaode in Fuxin, Liaoning province, China, on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. When the Communist Party took over in 1949, leader Mao Zedong made Fuxin, where coal has been extracted since the 1700s, central to his efforts to...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 21, 2021 | News
The Western Australian labour market may need an extra 40,000 resources workers over the next two years due to an unprecedented skills shortage, according to a Pit Crew Consulting Services report. The Resources Sector Workforce Report (RSWR) found the resources...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 21, 2021 | News
The Queensland Government plans to expand the reach of its mineral exports into the Korean and South Asian markets following the appointment of new trade commissioners. Queensland Premier and Minister for Trade Annastacia Palaszczuk said her Government had appointed...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 21, 2021 | News
Swick Mining Services has revisited its Orexplore Technologies demerger with a commitment to create the new entity by the end of the year. The company announced in February it would be delaying the demerger until the 2022 financial year due to other company...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2021 | News
Finger splicing – how going back to the old ways can help increase reliability and save costs The weakest point The area where the open ends of a conveyor belt are joined together to create one continuous loop (better known as the splice joint) is, almost without...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2021 | News
Normet is known as a supplier of wide product and solution range for underground mining and tunnelling industry. Perhaps the most well-known are the Normet concrete sprayers. Normet has been offering technical and operator training since the production of sprayers...
