Precious Metals

Built to take a beating: ContiTech brings Shield Survivor to Australia after Americas use, with 42 percent lower abrasion loss in laboratory testing.

ContiTech’s new Shield Survivor conveyor belt arrives in Australia’s underground hard-rock market with a 42 percent lower laboratory abrasion-loss result than FR Tuff 2G and applications already in the Americas.

Reconciliation isn’t broken — you’re comparing the wrong rock: Why underground mines are solving the wrong problem

A recent industry webinar hosted ahead of the AusIMM International Mining Geology Conference 2026 brought together leading practitioners to tackle one of underground mining’s most persistent challenges: reconciliation.