Contract Management
Ask a METS supplier why a promising technology stalled inside a major miner, and procurement is usually the first suspect, but ask the people running procurement, and the answer points somewhere else.
S&P Global’s June quarter market review shows the pressure on Australian operations shifting from what miners sell to what they spend.
Will Kendall has a line that lands with the quiet force of something everyone in the room already knew but hadn’t quite said out loud: "Base case is cost overruns of over 20 per cent," Will says, "That’s your base case.
Australia's share of China's lithium concentrate imports has almost halved since 2022, but the interesting question is not who took it – it is why they are being paid so much less for it.
Arafura Rare Earths Managing Director and CEO Darryl Cuzzubbo told the WA Mining Club that Nolans is moving from critical minerals rhetoric to construction reality, but the real test will be processing, ramp-up, suppliers and whether Australia can help build a serious rare earths supply chain outside China.
There are two stories inside Grant Thornton's latest mining contractors report, and the one getting most of the attention is the wrong one.
Australia’s contract mining sector is undergoing a quiet revolution—one that could fundamentally reshape the relationship between contractors and mine owners.
Contractor safety in Queensland’s coal sector isn’t just flawed—it’s dangerously broken, and one veteran risk expert is calling time on the whole system.
In a sector where “take-or-pay” contracts have long dictated how miners move their commodities, one new entrant is promising a more flexible model that puts the needs of producers first.
Western Australia’s mine operators have been handed a new suite of tools to help them comply with state workplace health and safety laws, following the release of updated guidance materials by WorkSafe WA.
