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Underground leaching method reduces costs and rock movement, unlocking low-grade copper with in-place recovery and advanced blasting

The pursuit of critical minerals is pushing miners deeper underground, where innovation—not just excavation—is becoming the key to unlocking value.

By Jamie Wade on October 20, 2025
Costs, Cost Control, Procurement Efficiency, ESG, Sustainable Practices, Environmental Stewardship, Mine Closure Planning, Extraction, Mineral Extraction, Resource Sustainability, Innovation, Technology Adoption, Mines & Projects, Project Overviews, Case Studies
Australia, South Australia, Gawler Craton
Base Metals, Copper

Simulation unlocks haulage efficiency at Carrapateena, cutting delays and optimising fleet performance in BHP’s high-throughput underground operation

Underground haulage is often regarded as a necessary bottleneck—an unavoidable compromise between ore delivery and operational congestion.

Carrapateena's nerve centre: How a Site Operations Centre became the beating heart of a modern mine

In 2017, Carrapateena's Site Operations Centre (SOC) was nothing more than a demountable container in the desert.

Titanium treasure near Coober Pedy as Petratherm’s Rosewood sands shape up to be the next heavyweight in high-grade mineral discoveries

Petratherm Ltd has staked its claim to a potentially world-class titanium resource in South Australia's Gawler Craton, unveiling high-grade results and metallurgical promise from its Muckanippie Heavy Mineral Sands (HMS) Project.

Investigator resets the Paris playbook with fresh water, new MD Lachlan Wallace, and silver momentum building ahead of a big second-half DFS push

With a bold reframe of its flagship project and a new managing director en route, Investigator Resources is drawing a sharper line under its development credentials.