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Pacific Energy delivers Australia’s largest off-grid hybrid system to power a mine
Pacific Energy says it has successfully completed a significant renewable energy expansion of its power system at the Tropicana gold mine in Western Australia.
The hybrid power system, delivered under a new 10-year build-own-operate…
Switch Technologies aims for capital-efficient decarbonisation
Entry-level fleet decarbonisation solutions are not yet falling off trees despite the industry’s lofty net-zero ambitions for 2050 and beyond.
Unless it is biodiesel – which has its own environmental detractors out there – there are only a…
The Metals Company Faces Backlash for Circumventing International Regulators in Deep-Sea Mining Bid
The Metals Company (TMC), a deep-sea mining firm, is facing widespread condemnation from international regulators after bypassing their authority and seeking the Trump administration’s approval to extract critical minerals from the ocean…
Rio Tinto launches South Gobi Underground Mass Mining Institute at Oyu Tolgoi mine
Rio Tinto, in collaboration with the University of Queensland, has marked the official launch of the South Gobi Underground Mass Mining Institute (SGUMMI) with a visit by the President of Mongolia to the Oyu Tolgoi mine.
This institute…
China’s Overseas Mining Investment Reaches Record $21.4 Billion Under Belt and Road Initiative
China's strategic economic expansion under its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues to reshape the global resource landscape. According to a recent report by the Griffith Asia Institute, China's overseas mining investment…
Codelco overcomes bottlenecks to boost copper production in 2024
Codelco has released its 2024 results in which it reports a significant turnaround from its production headaches of previous years – it closed the year with EBITDA of US$5.439 billion and a contribution to the Treasury of US$1.534…
Hexagon’s fleet and fatigue management in tandem at Bozshakol
The latest fleet management system technology today is increasingly being integrated with other safety and productivity focused technologies, as they are highly complementary to each other in terms of what the data can show and how it can…
SSH Group swoops on specialist mining services provider TCM
SSH Group Ltd says it has entered a non-binding termsheet for the potential acquisition of Total Contract Mining (TCM), a company established in Western Australia in 2023 by a team of seasoned mining professionals dedicated to partnering…
Luminar to supply LiDAR tech for Caterpillar Command for hauling
Luminar, a leading global automotive technology company, has announced a collaboration with Caterpillar Inc to integrate its LiDAR technology into Caterpillar’s next generation autonomous solution.
LiDAR, which stands for Light Detection…
Talon Metals Announces Significant Massive Sulphide Discovery at Tamarack Project, Minnesota
Talon Metals Corp., the majority owner and operator of the Tamarack Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project in central Minnesota, has reported a significant discovery of massive sulphide nickel-copper mineralization. This development underscores the…