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Drawing the line with GPS tech keeps haul trucks and operators safe in high risk open pit dumping zones while boosting confidence and compliance

A high-precision GPS system that draws an invisible line between safe ground and disaster is helping one of Indonesia’s largest mining contractors keep trucks – and their operators – out of harm’s way in high-risk dumping zones.

Starting tailings closure decades early could save millions, boost trust and turn mine waste into long-term assets worth talking about

What if the key to slashing tailings closure costs and winning community trust is to start the work decades before the mine shuts down? For Justin Walls, Principal Consultant (Tailings Engineering) at SRK Consulting, the best time to plan for tailings storage facility (TSF) closure is now – not when the mine is about to shut down.

Turning tailings into treasure at Kara Mine as innovative TSF design proves waste can build stability capacity and cut costs in one smart move

When most miners think about tailings, they think about storage, risk management, and rehabilitation, but at the Life of Mine | Mine Waste and Tailings Conference 2025 in Brisbane, Clem Cahill, technical director - tailings at GHD, showed how the Kara Mine flipped that thinking on its head - turning its own waste stream into a high-performance construction material.

How to grow your own EoRs in 16 years or less with a pathway that’s practical, team-based, confidence-building and tailored for today’s TSF challenges

When Anton Kirsten took the stage at the Life of Mine | Mine Waste and Tailings 2025 conference in Brisbane, he wasted no time outlining a problem that’s been quietly growing into a full-blown crisis: there simply aren’t enough Engineers of Record (EoRs) to go around.