Category: Science
Evolution joins mining’s EV revolution
The Rokion R200 is being trialled at the Frogs Leg Underground mine, where it is being used daily to transport workers around site, inspect operational areas and ferry light loads.
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Science suggests massive asteroid slammed into WA Goldfields while dinosaurs roamed the earth
All indications are that an asteroid up to 200m in diameter crashed near Ora Banda about 130 million years ago.
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Rocket in, rocket out? Uni offers world-first course in space mining
A world-renowned mining university has announced it will add a minor in space mining as the race to make use of galactic resources heats up.
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Meet the WA scientist aiming to mine the dark side of the Moon
The dark depths of the Moon's craters don't sound like fun places to be - unless you're Phil Bland...
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The WA mine site on track to recycle millions of water bottles each year
CITIC Pacific Mining's emerging partnership with North West Recycling will help prevent millions of water bottles each year going into landfill.
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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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From slide rules to ‘the cloud’: Robert’s incredible mining journey
When Dr Robert Solomon started his career in the mid-1980s, the world was a far more manual place.
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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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