It is famous throughout the world as the opal capital of the world, for its Guinness extraction. But it is a tourist stop for being a city of underground life. Coober Pedy is located in South Australia, in a desert area, and has about 3,500 inhabitants from 45 different countries. A meltin pot of races and colors for one of
Scientists descended into Australia’s deepest cave system and crawled through it. The researchers boldly rushed to places where cavers had not been before, and set a new record for the depth of the cave. Speleologists from the Australian organization Southern Tasmanian Caverneers have overcome a cave path 401 meters deep in Tasmania, GLAS reports with reference to Live Science. Stephen
A recent report has revealed that Western Australia’s mining culture is a cesspool of predatory sexual behaviour towards women. Washington State Mining Minister Bill Johnston believes the best way to tackle the problem is to get more women involved. The Labor MP told the Western Australian Parliament that the state government should support gender quotas to help companies tackle sexual
Andrew Forrest, Australia’s richest man and founder of Fortescue Future Industries, a global clean energy company, believes the Inflation Reduction Act is crucial to turning coal-fired power plants into clean hydrogen plants. Forrest’s first green project in the US will be the conversion of the Centralia coal mine in Washington into a clean hydrogen plant. The US has made dramatic
“Dr Letton’s appointment is a great addition to the TMT board. Her extensive mining experience and technical background will be very important as TMT advances its vanadium development strategies in Australia through the implementation of the Murchison Technology Metals project,” said chairman Michael Fry. Technology Metals Australia Ltd (ASX:TMT) has brought mining engineer and mineral economist Dr Carmen Letton onto
OZ Minerals has provided funding to support in situ recovery studies (ISR) for the Kapunda ISR project located in South Australia, bringing the project owners closer to determining the potential economic extraction of copper resources through ISR. Kapunda is operated by EnviroCopper Ltd, which itself has a joint venture with Terramin, the owner of the multi-family property, to obtain up
Ritchie Bros. has entered into an agreement to provide EMECO with services to disperse surplus mining equipment, partnering with the mining services provider to provide what it says are competitive integrated sales and marketing solutions for the sale of heavy earthmoving equipment. EMECO is one of Australia’s largest independent mining equipment rental companies, providing bespoke earthmoving machinery solutions for mining
Australian miner Oz Minerals said on Monday it had rejected an offer to buy BHP for about 8,300 million local dollars (US$5,735 million or €5,638 million) on the grounds that it was “highly opportunistic” and undervalued the company. Oz Minerals, a copper and nickel miner, said BHP sent a voluntary, conditional and non-binding offer to buy all its shares at
West African Resources has published the results of a feasibility study for its 90% owned Kiaka gold project in Burkina Faso, foreshadowing a potential open-pit mining operation that could support a processing capacity of 8.4 million tonnes per annum. Kiaka is 140km southeast of Ouagadougou and 45km south of the company’s existing Sanbrado gold mine. The mining study at Kiaka
Ford Motor Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to supply nickel (Ni) with BHP. The Australian mining company has already signed a nickel supply agreement with Tesla and Toyota. “We are pleased to announce this agreement with Ford Motor Company and, more importantly, to work with them to find ways to make the battery supply chain more sustainable through
