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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.

By Jamie Wade on September 11, 2026
Efficiency, Equipment Maintenance, Costs, Cost Control, Inventory Management, Innovation, Product Innovation, Risk, Risk Mitigation
Australia, Victoria
Precious Metals, Gold, Base Metals, Copper, Nickel, Zinc

A pail of epoxy, a mill shell worth millions, and the surface prep that decides which one you end up replacing

Henkel has moved production of its high impact wearing compound to Victoria and cut lead times by two thirds.

By Jamie Wade on August 26, 2026
Efficiency, Production Optimisation, Equipment Maintenance, Mineral Processing, Costs, Cost Control, Procurement Efficiency, Inventory Management, Innovation, Product Innovation, Risk, Risk Mitigation
Australia, Victoria, Oceania, New Zealand
Lead, Iron ore, Precious Metals, Gold, Base Metals, Copper, Zinc