The Rock Wrangler https://therockwrangler.com en Your mine wants the data out. Hackers want a way back in. Why one-way thinking could become mining’s next cyber-security advantage https://www.therockwrangler.com/article/your-mine-wants-the-data-out-hackers-want-a-way-back-in-why-one-way-thinking-could-become-minings-next-cyber-security-advantage As mining operations push more production data into remote operations centres, cloud platforms and analytics systems, the ind... September 5, 2026 Jamie Wade The base case is zero. The reality is 20 per cent over. Mining’s most expensive assumption isn’t going away. https://www.therockwrangler.com/article/the-base-case-is-zero-the-reality-is-20-per-cent-over-minings-most-expensive-assumption-isnt-going-away Will Kendall has a line that lands with the quiet force of something everyone in the room already knew but hadn’t quite said... August 27, 2026 Jamie Wade A pail of epoxy, a mill shell worth millions, and the surface prep that decides which one you end up replacing https://www.therockwrangler.com/article/the-wear-compound-that-is-keeping-mills-out-of-the-workshop Henkel has moved production of its high impact wearing compound to Victoria and cut lead times by two thirds. For maintenance... August 26, 2026 Jamie Wade There is an armchair on the beach of a closed pit lake and the gates are locked. Which tells you much of what you need to know about mine water safety https://www.therockwrangler.com/article/there-is-an-armchair-on-the-beach-of-a-closed-pit-lake-and-the-gates-are-locked-which-tells-you-much-of-what-you-need-to-know-about-mine-water-safety Mine water safety conversations default to tailings dams, but Dr Cherie McCullough spent an hour explaining why the larger ri... August 15, 2026 Jamie Wade Africa proved it can move the cobalt price, then lost a third of the quota to paperwork, which is the part Australian operations should read twice https://www.therockwrangler.com/article/the-drc-stopped-selling-cobalt-and-the-whole-market-moved Africa's critical mineral producers are shifting from hosting resources to setting terms, and a recent intelligence briefing... August 14, 2026 Jamie Wade WA mining’s half-trillion-dollar year proves preparation pays when commodity markets turn https://www.therockwrangler.com/article/wa-minings-half-trillion-dollar-year-proves-preparation-pays-when-commodity-markets-turn WA-listed companies added almost A$131 billion in market value during FY26, but the strongest performers did more than catch... August 3, 2026 Jamie Wade Free rare earths with every tonne, and other reasons Australia lost half the lithium market but kept all the money https://www.therockwrangler.com/article/free-rare-earths-with-every-tonne Australia's share of China's lithium concentrate imports has almost halved since 2022, but the interesting question is not wh... July 30, 2026 Jamie Wade No country for old haul trucks https://www.therockwrangler.com/article/no-country-for-old-haul-trucks The WA Mining Club wanted Aaron Morey’s last word on Four Corners – what it got was a more revealing argument about mining, t... July 29, 2026 Jamie Wade How near misses are becoming mining’s most valuable safety lessons https://www.therockwrangler.com/article/how-near-misses-are-becoming-minings-most-valuable-safety-lessons Mining companies already hold a wealth of safety intelligence, but the challenge is turning it into knowledge workers can rec... July 29, 2026 Jamie Wade The rare earths project where the mine is the easy bit https://www.therockwrangler.com/article/the-rare-earths-project-where-the-mine-is-the-easy-bit Arafura Rare Earths Managing Director and CEO Darryl Cuzzubbo told the WA Mining Club that Nolans is moving from critical min... July 2, 2026 Jamie Wade