Lack of mining engineers shows Australia is ill prepared for the next mining boom...
Australia is experiencing a serious decline in enrollments for mining engineering degrees that industry experts believe will create "a desperate shortage" of graduates within...
ABB awarded $24 million AUD contract with Newmont to support expansion of Australian underground...
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Newmont has commissioned leading global technology company ABB to design, supply, install and provide long-term service for the entire mine hoist mechanical and...
Flinders University, BHP Billiton to develop technique for cost-effective recovery of copper from low...
Flinders University has teamed up with mining giant BHP Billiton to work on a new technique for extracting low-grade copper in an affordable and...
Rio Tinto announces sale of Mount Pleasant project
Mining giant Rio Tinto has reached an agreement to sell its Mount Pleasant thermal coal assets to MACH Energy Australia for US$224 million plus...
Australia must invest in copper to keep pace with ‘global supply war’
Article by Michael Huggins, Director and ANZ Head, Partners in Performance
Moves to acquire copper mines and mining companies by industry giants Rio Tinto and BHP...
WA manufacturer Austin Engineering delivers 1,000 iron ore truck bodies to Rio Tinto
Western Australian manufacturer Austin Engineering has successfully delivered 1,000 iron ore truck bodies to Rio Tinto as part of a partnership between the two...
Thiess to perform mining services at Rio Tinto-led project
CIMIC Group's global mining contractor, Thiess, in joint venture with local contractor Khishig Arvin, has won the first underground decline project at the Rio...
Fatality confirmed at BMA’s Goonyella Riverside Mine in Qld
An accident that occurred at BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance’s (BMA) Goonyella Riverside Mine in Queensland has resulted in the death of a 31 year...
BHP Billiton teams up with Pemex to develop deep-water oil find in Mexico
BHP Billiton has signed an agreement with oil giant Pemex to complete work on the significant Trion discovery located in the deep-water Gulf of...
Rio Tinto to sell its Island aluminium plant
Norway's Norsk Hydro has made a $345 million binding offer to acquire Rio Tinto's ISAL smelter in Iceland, as well as the company's stakes in...
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