The Minerals Council of Australia has welcomed the third wave of reform outcomes and the proposed national reform agenda agreed by the Council of Australian Governments’ meeting in Canberra on February 13. MCA Chief Executive Mitchell H. Hooke said: “It is a significant and positive development that the Australian, State and Territory Governments have agreed […]

Geosoft has launched a $100,000 Software Giveaway Contest to start a year of celebrations marking its 20th anniversary. “Over the past two decades, we have partnered with customers and leaders in the exploration industries and government Geoscience community to extend the limits of earth data discovery and exploration, through technology, software and service innovation, and […]

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has released a report, by consultants URS, commissioned to audit the regulatory project approval processes for exploration and mining. As a result, the MCA wants the Council of Australian Government’s (CoAG) meeting on February 10 to agree a platform of reform to Australia’s regulatory system - the laws, regulations, […]

Murray & Roberts Cementation, the leading underground mining contractor, has introduced the Enterprise Wide Risk Management programme to mitigate risks and introduce a proactive approach to safety.  Dr Koos Oosthuizen, the company’s Risk Executive says the programme is aimed at transforming the workplace to protect both the people and the business. “This objective will be […]

In CSIRO’s Process Magazine ( February 2006) Whitney Macdonald writes about the ability to predict the environmental and economic effects of making multiple changes in a water circuit, without actually changing anything. This is a powerful tool for many sectors of the mining industry. Its a tool to predict what effects making a change to […]