Colleagues and loved ones are reeling from an underground worker’s death. An operator became the fourth workplace fatality this financial year at Harmony Gold Mining Company’s Tshepong...
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An autonomous leader found new battery-powered machines can replace human operators beneath the Earth’s surface. RCT and Rham Equipment have ambitious plans for what they call the world’s...
[hr]Specialist crash investigator and mine site driving trainer, George Foessel examines the reasons why the condition of road surfaces and driver training are so important to mine site safety.[hr]...
The novel application of acoustic emissions technique is providing industry with a mechanism to monitor machine noise in real time and maximise efficiency. Maryrose Cuskelly reports. The acoustic...
Daunia Mine’s new FIFO workforce, near Moranbah is the perfect example of a “new operation where a great culture is being built to help deliver productivity gains”, according to BHP’s President of...
The head of BHP told a gathering of industry heavyweights in the US that over 70 per cent of the world’s energy will still be supplied by oil, gas and coal by 2030 and that while gas will be the...
Are dark areas and distance causing visibility issues in your mining environment? Do cheap marking products end up costing more than they’re worth? As the Australian mining industry continues to...
As we begin a new year and look back on a roller coaster ride in 2011 it seems that 2012 will bring a host of challenges and opportunities for the Australian mining and energy industries. The...
Vicky Kenrick explores the global challenges of water management for sustainable mining. Ultimately, the sustainability of the mining industry continues to hang in the balance, Mudd (2009). Our...
Real time analysis helps operations manage and control material variability, On-line analysers can be effectively utilised to improve the consistency of feed and product quality through bulk...