Category: Environment

Giant wind turbines to power major WA nickel processing operations
A wind farm with turbines measuring 200m in height is set to help provide the power requirements of three of BHP’s major nickel processing operations in WA.
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Port Hedland left feeling dusty as ex-Tropical Cyclone Anika sweeps across the Pilbara
Port Hedland experienced a wild and woolly Tuesday afternoon as areas of the Pilbara remain on alert for the impact of ex-Tropical Cyclone Anika.
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The Pilbara – beautiful one moment, apocalyptic skies the next
Pilbara towns and mine sites are used to expecting some of the unexpected during wet season – but the past few weeks have been particularly fruitful for storm chasers and weather watchers.
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‘It’s like mining…only in reverse’
Geoff Dyer’s career journey provides a neat little illustration of the changing face and nature of mining in WA over the past few decades.
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Aussie tech could help mining’s rubber bounce back into something useful
There could soon be a commercial scale option to turn used mining tyres into something useful, in a very cyclical kind of way.
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Half-centuries up as Pilbara swelters in record-breaking heat
It’s been a stinking hot and record-breaking day in WA’s iron ore country, with two Pilbara locations reaching the rarely achieved 50-degree mark.
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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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Legs aplenty as world’s first true millipede is found in WA mining hole
You could try counting the legs on this creature - but it would take you a VERY long time!
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Meet Flora – the home-grown machine aiding world-class mining rehab in WA
Spend a summer’s day in Eneabba and it’s pretty easy to see why rehabilitation of native vegetation can be a challenging gig.
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The old WA mine that’s become a tourist hot spot
The mine formerly known as Western Five has undergone a stunning transformation since it closed in 1996.
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