ICP Electronics Australia has announced the release of the IMB-Q354, a motherboard that is said to support 45nm LGA775 Intel Core2Duo CPUs with an 800/1066/1333MHz FSB, Intel Q35 & ICH9DO platform.
Robotic automation is being used to clean up some of the world’s most challenging workplaces.
SafeWork South Australia will investigate a recent incident at Leigh Creek coal mine in the State’s north in which a man apparently fell from a bulldozer, and died later in hospital.
Terramin Australia’s Angas mine in South Australia has begun exporting 5000 tonnes of zinc concentrate to the Port Pirie smelter.
Zinifex Port Pirie Pty has been prosecuted by SafeWork SA in the South Australian Industrial Relations Court following the death of 45-year-old employee, Greg Sleep in October 2004.
John M Dew, who edited Australian Mining during the 1960s, when it was called the Mining & Chemical Engineering Review, has passed away in Melbourne aged 83 years.
The application of scientific method, good policy and sound judgement has producing advances in mining methods and techniques in Australia for a century and a half. Michael Sheffield writes for Australian Mining.
IRONCLAD Mining Limited is conducting preliminary studies into export options for iron products from the proposed Wilcherry Hill Iron Ore Project on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia.
ONESTEEL Limited (OneSteel) has decided not to allow Western Plains Resources Ltd to use transhipment barges at the Port of Whyalla for export of its direct shipping iron ore (DSO) from the Peculiar Knob and Hawks Nest projects in South Australia.
WITH expenditure on mining exploration in South Australia reaching a new record high, and with several major projects poised to commence, moves are underway to promote the Southern Flinders as an ideal location for investment, and a great place to live. Jamie Wade writes