Efficiency
In an industry where incremental improvements are the norm, a new variable-energy blasting system is delivering a true step change in underground blasting.
When MMG’s Rosebery operation in Tasmania rolled out a fatigue detection system for its underground truck fleet, it wasn’t just about plugging in hardware — it was about rewiring the mindset of a seasoned workforce.
When a critical piece of underground infrastructure collapsed at Burkina Faso’s Yaramoko Mine, the clock was ticking.
When Laércio Bertossi took to the stage at AusIMM’s 2025 Mineral Resource Estimation Conference in Perth, he didn’t unveil a new machine learning model or simulation breakthrough.
In the remote Altai Mountains of eastern Kazakhstan, a centuries-old underground mine is undergoing a transformation.
Underground haulage is often regarded as a necessary bottleneck—an unavoidable compromise between ore delivery and operational congestion.
A coal mine worker narrowly avoided injury when a raw coal stacker boom suddenly and forcefully luffed upward during a lowering operation, according to a safety alert issued by Resources Safety & Health Queensland (RSHQ).
The NSW Resources Regulator has issued a safety alert following a near miss involving a front-end loader and a light vehicle in an open cut mine, highlighting the risks of operator distraction and visibility limitations in mobile plant operations.
At the 2025 Mineral Resource Estimation Conference (MREC2025) in Perth, Glencore principal geologist Bruno Afonseca presented a compelling case study that could help reshape how the mining industry quantifies and manages risk.
When a major weather event halted production at Evolution Mining’s Ernest Henry Operations (EHO) in March 2023, it set the stage for a remarkable operational comeback that would go on to earn Matt Bouwmeester the Best Paper of the Conference award at the 2025 AusIMM Underground Operators Conference in Adelaide.
