by Gordon Barratt | Aug 24, 2021 | News
Mining major Rio Tinto and Sumitomo will jointly study the construction of a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio’s Yarwun alumina refinery, in Gladstone, and explore the potential use of hydrogen at the refinery. Rio said that if the Yarwun hydrogen project proceeded, the...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 24, 2021 | News
Aqura’s technology is designed to improve efficiencies and connectivity in underground mining Aqura Technologies has received a $1.9 million grant from the Federal Government’s Digital Business Plan 5G Innovative Initiative to help commercialise its 5G LTE networks in...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 24, 2021 | News
BHP Nickel West operations. Image: BHP BHP chief technical officer Laura Tyler has called on the mining industry, government and education sector to address a worrying shortfall in mining engineer graduates. Speaking at the launch of National Skills Week, Tyler said...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 24, 2021 | News
Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT) The Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT) is now accepting applications for awards of up to £3,000 from charitable and not-for-profit community groups. Their new Community Investment Programme is aimed primarily at helping groups...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 24, 2021 | News
The results from the 2021 Chinook Project resource update further confirms that the project has the geology, resource base and coal quality to support open-cut development. Montem’s plans are to continue to explore and define the Chinook Project with its main focus on...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 23, 2021 | News
Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest The race to supply automakers with nickel to power their batteries is pitting two of the biggest names in mining against each other. A company owned by Australian iron-ore billionaire Andrew Forrest signaled its refusal to...
