Environmental Impact Assessments
At the Life of Mine | Mine Waste and Tailings Conference 2025 in Brisbane, a panel of experts sat down to tackle the hard questions around how the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) is being implemented and assured across the mining sector.
As critical minerals projects advance in complexity and urgency, early-stage metallurgical testing is no longer a “nice to have”—it’s a gatekeeper to technical and financial viability.
In a bold shift from business-as-usual block modelling, a team of geologists has turned their attention to the part of the orebody most often ignored — waste — and what they’ve uncovered could reshape how mining operations plan for ESG risk.
What if you could fast-forward a century to see whether your rehabilitated mine landform holds its shape or collapses into a network of gullies?
At a recent seminar hosted by the Office of the Queensland Mine Rehabilitation Commissioner (OQMRC), one message rang clear: erosion and landscape evolution models are no longer just academic exercises—they’re digital crystal balls for mine closure planning.
Ventilating one of Australia’s deepest underground builds was never going to be easy—but with ingenuity, modelling and a few oversized fans, Murray Jamieson made it work.
As the mining industry pushes deeper and demands faster, safer, and more cost-efficient development methods, tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are emerging as a compelling alternative to traditional drill and blast (D&B) techniques.
As mining operations around the world grapple with rising energy costs, water-intensive processes, and decarbonisation pressures, a relatively simple but underused technology is quietly gaining momentum.
As ESG performance becomes a core determinant of value in mining, a quiet revolution is underway in mine planning.
Black Canyon (ASX: BCA) used the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up 2025 to showcase something that’s getting field geologists and metallurgists talking: a genuine greenfields manganese discovery in the Pilbara with direct shipping-grade iron in the mix.
A technically nimble rare earths and uranium junior is pushing toward production-readiness with a scalable extraction strategy and dual commodity focus—designed to suit both the geopolitics of supply chain security and the day-to-day realities of mine site execution.
