Process Improvement
As underground mining continues to push the limits of depth, temperature, and stress environments, traditional geotechnical design tools are being pushed just as hard.
In a rousing keynote at AusIMM’s 2025 Mineral Resource Estimation Conference, Dr Clayton Deutsch—director and professor at the School of Mining Engineering, University of Alberta—challenged the audience to confront a fundamental flaw in how mineral resource estimators approach their craft.
Global mining major BHP has defied a volatile operating environment to post record production in both copper and iron ore for the nine months ending 31 March 2025, underscoring the resilience of its operations and the strategic momentum behind its key growth and sustainability initiatives.
At the 2025 AusIMM Mineral Resource Estimation Conference in Perth, a standout panel of industry leaders took the stage to discuss a question at the core of the discipline: where is resource modelling heading, and how should practitioners prepare? The answers revealed a field in transition—balancing powerful new tools with enduring geological fundamentals.
In the high-stakes world of underground mining, where rotating drill steels and mobile equipment operate in confined, often unpredictable environments, safety remains paramount.
By all accounts, Tania Constable didn’t just drop the mic at the WA Mining Club — she fracked the stage, dug it up, and shipped it off to China.
