Unlocking investment in critical minerals in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan hosts substantial reserves of critical minerals including rare earth elements (REEs), copper, lithium, tungsten, tantalum as well as other…
18 Apr 2025
AARP: bringing mining technology to Western Australia
The automation of mining is not new, but it has gained pace in recent years as technologies have evolved and pressures around efficiency, energy constraints and decarbonisation have intensified. Renu…
17 Apr 2025
How is technology shaping minerals exploration?
In the face of cost pressures and dwindling resources, the mining industry is turning to new technology that can enhance minerals prospecting and exploration. “There are a lot of new…
15 Apr 2025
Bringing renewables to mines in Western Australia
In March 2024, South African mining company Gold Fields approved a landmark renewables project at the St Ives mine near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia (WA). The initiative – Gold Fields’…
14 Apr 2025
Assessing AI’s growing role in crushing and grinding
Crushing and grinding remains one of the most energy-intensive processes in mining, often accounting for almost half of a mining operation’s overall power usage – and potentially up to 1% of the…
10 Apr 2025
Q&A: bolstering critical mineral mapping in Australia
Last year government agency Geoscience Australia was pledged A$566m from the Albanese government to map out the nations’ critical minerals over the next ten years and identify a strategy to…
09 Apr 2025
Automated exploration drill rigs: the next frontier
Mineral exploration is often be considered to be a rudimentary process; one of hardcore geoscience, with prospectors poring over maps and collecting rock core samples using drilling technology that is,…