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A learning curve for university

Friday 21 November 2008

The University of Queensland has joined forces with the Queensland Resources Council in an attempt to drum up the number of quality graduates available to the minerals and energy sector, the University's Sustainable Minerals Institute director Chris Moran told MINING DAILY.


Mines minister overhauls exploration

Friday 21 November 2008

Western Australia Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore said he would overhaul the unwieldy approvals process in the mining and resources sector if he was elected at the recent State election. He was elected, and overhaul he did.


Miners call for cleaner coal

Wednesday 19 November 2008

The following is an extract from Sinclair Knight Mertz's Rebecca Kirkwood's environmental paper "The Current State of Research Regarding Ultra Clean Coal Production", which was recently presented to the Australian Coal Preparation Society Conference in Sydney.


Innovative Mining Solution Finalist: Micromine

Monday 17 November 2008

Micromine is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for its development of PITRAM, a mine production control and management solution that records, manages and processes mine-site data in real-time.


More job cuts in WA

Monday 17 November 2008

Consolidated Minerals has joined the list of miners cutting permanent staff, with the company set to shed more than 180 staff and contractors by mid-December at its Beta Hunt nickel project in Kambalda.


Metalliferous Mine of the Year Finalist: Northparkes Mine

Wednesday 12 November 2008

Northparkes copper-gold mine is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for its development of the world first block caving method.


High speed automated mineralogy analyser

Thursday 11 September 2008

FEI has released a high speed automated mineralogy analyser, which is said to optimise the performance of mineral processing operations.


Unique minerals deliver the goods

Wednesday 05 March 2008

ONE of biggest success stories in Western Australia’s mining sector is in the sleepy South-West town of Greenbushes - and it doesn’t involve iron ore, gold or nickel.


Towards high-fidelity modelling

Saturday 29 December 2007

In MINERAL processing operations, phenomena that strongly influence the overall outcome of the operation usually function over a very wide range of length scales.


Torque-graduation steps up a gear

Monday 02 July 2007

AT AIMEX 2007 SEW-Eurodrive, will introduce the Australian mining industry to the company’s sophisticated new industrial gear solution--the SEW-Eurodrive X series.


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