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Record rain at Century

Thursday 08 January 2009

More than 300 millimetres of rain in ten days has fallen on operations at OZ Minerals Century Mine, with mining continuing safely despite the huge downpour.


Manganese production shutdown

Wednesday 03 December 2008

BHP Billiton has announced that it is temporarily cutting manganese production at its 60% owned Samancor operation due to weak market conditions.


BHP bows to production cuts

Monday 24 November 2008

BHP Billiton has slashed output at one of its pellet operations in Brazil due to weakened market conditions, which may soon effect the company's Australian operations, a BHP Billiton spokesperson has told MINING DAILY.


Innovative Mining Solution Finalist: MinVu

Monday 17 November 2008

MinVu is a finalist in the Prospect Awards for the development of a mine production data warehouse system.


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.


Clients defer BHP shipments

Monday 17 November 2008

BHP Billiton has received deferral requests for shipments of iron ore from some of its clients, spokesperson Peter Ogden has told MINING DAILY.


Metalliferous Mine of the Year Finalist: Cadia East Mine

Wednesday 12 November 2008

Newcrest Mining's Cadia East Mine in NSW is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for achieving what is said to be the best advance rate worldwide for a screen supported decline in a calendar month.


Metalliferous Mine of the Year Finalist: Wattle Dam Mine

Wednesday 12 November 2008

Ramelius Resources' Wattle Dam Mine is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for pushing its production past 32,151 ounces, the equivalent of one tonne of pure gold.


Fortescue achieves production milestone

Wednesday 23 July 2008

Fortescue Metals Group has received independent sign off certifying ‘project completion’ of the first stage of its integrated mine, rail and port facilities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.


An automated response

Wednesday 16 July 2008

One minesite has teamed up with their supplier and combined automation with technology and procedure to achieve a world first production milestone. Jessica Darnbrough writes.


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