Category: Engineering

Another new frontier for company chasing ‘mining’s impossible dream’
The company with ambitions of establishing Australia’s first Aboriginal-owned and operated mine has further expanded its capabilities with the launch of an engineering joint venture.
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Rio Tinto takes aim at electric train fleet for the Pilbara
The trains will be recharged at purpose-built stations at ports or mines and will also be capable of producing additional energy through a regenerative brake system.
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Winds of change: how a WA mine site took a leap of faith and won
Back in 2018, Gold Fields Executive Vice President Australasia Stuart Mathews asked the rest of the company’s board to take a risk.
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‘You could hear the rumblings’: Adam built a business around mining’s big shift
Adam Gangemi reckons there is a simple measure when it comes to the increasing focus on decarbonisation in mining operations.
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Mining’s electric revolution continues with battery-powered ore train for the Pilbara
The electrification of the WA mining industry continues to gather pace, with Roy Hill set to employ the world’s first totally battery-powered locomotive at its Pilbara operations.
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‘Talk to me in algebra’: the data expert shaping a new generation of miners
As mining professionals of the future contemplate a career that may involve as much data as it does digging, it seems fitting that Dr Robert Solomon will help guide them along the way.
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F1 edge to power electric mining truck development
Fortescue Metals Group has announced an agreement with Williams Advanced Engineering to design and implement a battery system to power an electric mining haul truck.
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Driverless utes making maintenance easier at WA mine site
The mobile maintenance crew at FMG's Christmas Creek mine site previously faced more than 330,000 kilometres a year behind the wheel just to collect equipment and parts. Now those items are being brought to them...
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The redeployable solar offering flexibility to remote WA mine sites
Timing is often of the essence for mine sites considering renewable energy - but some WA innovation is giving them more flexible options.
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Gruyere set for a big slice of solar power
Another big gold mine in WA is going solar in a move that could reduce emissions by 16,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent each year.
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