- 1. Greater Asia home to half of the world’s biggest mining companies
- (Around the Region)
- ... headquarters in Melbourne, the latter shared with a second head office in London), continue to hold the top two spots for market cap, followed by Swiss goliath Glencore and rising Brazilian player Vale ...
- Created on 23 December 2020
- 2. Trends in Indonesian mining
- (Features)
- ... Asam, diversified metals miner Aneka Tambang (ANTAM), tin producer Timah, bauxite producer Inalum and mining R&D institute MMI. It will also soon include a stake in nickel producer Vale Indonesia. ...
- Created on 23 December 2020
- 3. ICMM sets benchmarks
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- The International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM) has published a set of equivalency benchmarks of responsible production and sustainability for the industry. The outlines have been consolidated ...
- Created on 10 December 2020
- 4. A Material Handling Solution: Dynamic Engineering
- (Features)
- ... cutting and the planning/utilisation of lower cost inferior plant and equipment equivalents at implementation stages. Maximising profitability and continuous productivity targets are commonly faced by ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 5. Sumitomo Metal Mining sells minority equity stake in PTVI
- (Leading Developments)
- Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (SMM) has signed, together with Vale Canada Ltd., the definitive agreements for the divestment of a 20 per cent stake of PTVI Indonesia Tbk to PT Indonesia Asahan ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 6. Cat D9 Dozer rolls off the line
- (Latest)
- ... range of exhaust aftertreatment solutions available – including configurations to meet U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final/EU Stage V regulations and configurations equivalent to U.S. EPA Tier 2 and Tier 3 – is available ...
- Created on 11 September 2020
- 7. Rio Tinto releases Juukan report, cuts execs’ bonuses
- (Latest)
- ... systems, processes and teams within operations to ensure that heritage issues are accorded equivalent priority alongside safety and operational performance. Strengthening oversight of operational, communities ...
- Created on 26 August 2020
- 8. Global Tailings Review launches industry standard
- (Latest)
- ... the standard as a commitment of membership, which includes robust site-level validation and third-party assessments. GTR chair Dr Bruno Oberle said: “The catastrophic dam collapse at Vale’s Córrego ...
- Created on 07 August 2020
- 9. New Century reports record quarterly zinc production
- (Latest)
- ... March to now over US$1.00/lb. During the quarter, the company entered into exclusivity for a 60-day period (mutually extended to 8 September 2020) with Vale Canada to complete due diligence and ...
- Created on 06 August 2020
- 10. Rio Tinto reveals maiden resource, new discovery at Winu
- (Latest)
- ... km east of the Winu deposit in the Paterson Province of Western Australia. The Inferred Mineral Resource, reported at a 0.2 per cent copper equivalent cutoff, is 503 Mt at 0.45 per cent copper equivalent ...
- Created on 29 July 2020
- 11. Rio Tinto releases second quarter operational update
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- Rio Tinto released its second quarter of 2020 production results. The company achieved a robust production performance with volumes up 1 per cent compared with the second quarter of 2019 on a copper equivalent ...
- Created on 22 July 2020
- 12. Mining3 launches an online sensor technology capability toolkit
- (Latest)
- ... Toolkit is part of the Mining3 ACARP funded project titled “PDS Validation Framework – Phase 3”. The easy-to-use interface provides a high-level summary of the six most prevalent Proximity Detection System ...
- Created on 16 July 2020
- 13. Sumitomo Metal Mining sells minority equity stake in PTVI
- (Latest)
- Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (SMM) has signed, together with Vale Canada Ltd., the definitive agreements for the divestment of a 20 per cent stake of PTVI Indonesia Tbk to PT Indonesia Asahan ...
- Created on 02 July 2020
- 14. Safety net tightens for Queensland resources workers
- (Latest)
- ... of a worker in the resources sector. Penalties include 20 years’ imprisonment for an individual and 100,000 penalty units for a corporation, equivalent to more than $13 million. The introduction ...
- Created on 02 July 2020
- 15. Rio Tinto to build US$98m solar plant to power iron ore mine
- (Sustainability)
- ... to conventional gas powered generation. This is the equivalent of taking about 28,000 cars off the road, according to the company. “The construction of our first solar plant in the Pilbara is a significant ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 16. SMI researchers help unlock Queensland’s rare earth elements
- (Around the Region)
- ... SMI BRC Centre Director and Complex Orebodies Program Leader Professor Rick Valenta said accessing critical mineral supply is vitally important for sustainable development. “Our modern lifestyle and ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 17. Mining in the Philippines: Trends and opportunities
- (Around the Region)
- ... Copper Corporation reported the largest output equivalent to 46 per cent of total copper production, followed by Padcal Copper-Gold Project of Philex Mining which is an underground mine, Toledo Copper ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 18. Rio Tinto addresses COVID-19/coronavirus crisis
- (Leading Developments)
- ... safe by doing what it can to not put them at risk. Rio Tinto employees and contractors cannot visit vulnerable communities – those in which underlying health challenges are prevalent, or those in remote ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 19. Rio Tinto investors seek stronger emission targets
- (Latest)
- ... ute emissions by 15 per cent by 2030. The miner said it would invest $1 billion over five years in climate change initiatives. Peers BHP Group Ltd., Vale SA and coal giant Glencore PLC have agreed to ...
- Created on 14 May 2020
- 20. Mt Gunson’s new owners eye IPO as life breathed back into copper-gold project
- (Around the Region)
- ... has set a goal of 1.5 million tonnes of copper equivalent as it eyes taking the project to the public capital raising platform and ASX listing in 2020. Coda was spun out as a public unlisted company ...
- Created on 12 May 2020