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29.03.2021 (404 Clicks)

ABB calls for more Collaboration with OEMs to accelerate Transition to all-electric Mines as it signs MoU with Hitachi Construction Machinery

Hitachi Construction Machinery and ABB to explore opportunities for mine operators to target net-zero emissions from mining machinery

ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hitachi Construction Machinery to share their expertise and collaborate in bringing solutions to market that will reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with heavy machinery in mining.

27.03.2021 (935 Clicks)

Major Flood Alleviation Scheme against Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in Hull in UK

• Humber: Hull Frontages Flood Defence Improvements Scheme better protects city from climate change and sea level rise
• Scheme has played a major role in enabling the Environment Agency to reach its 300,000 homes better protected from flooding target
• Scheme is part of £200 million investment in flood risk management across Hull and East Yorkshire

27.03.2021 (409 Clicks)

Fugro wins Terna Survey Contract for Italy’s Tyrrhenian Link Power Cable Project

Fugro has been selected by Terna SpA, owner of the Italian national transmission grid (NTG) for high and extra-high voltage power, to perform a large multidisciplinary survey for part of the Tyrrhenian Link, a nationally strategic project to install two undersea HVDC electrical power cables connecting the Italian peninsula with the islands of Sicily and Sardinia.

26.03.2021 (574 Clicks)

Fugro completes geotechnical Investigation for World’s longest immersed Tunnel

Fugro has completed a nearshore geotechnical investigation for the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, the world’s longest immersed tunnel that will connect Denmark and Germany by road and rail. The client was Femern Link Contractors, the consortium building the 18 km tunnel that will reduce travel time between the two countries and contribute to a greener transport system.

26.03.2021 (397 Clicks)

Traditional Owners and Scientists across Australia tackle common Climate Challenge

In the largest meeting of its kind, Traditional Owners and scientists across Australia are meeting to empower and enhance First People’s-led response to climate change, as part of the National First People’s Gathering on Climate Change (Gathering), a five-day meeting held in Cairns, Queensland.

25.03.2021 (517 Clicks)

Queensland Resources Sector adds more than one Job every Hour during Covid-19

The Queensland resources sector has again defied the Covid-19 global pandemic by adding 10,259 jobs – or more than one extra job every hour – over the 12 months to February this year, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released today.

Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said the ABS data showed a 15 percent increase in direct jobs employed in the resources sector to reach 76,854 across Queensland over the past 12 months.

“Importantly, these results are for the period when Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic, which of course had an impact on how our industry operated and how our markets responded,” he said. “It shows the resources sector is resilient and it is strong. To be able to add 10,259 direct jobs in the circumstances we’ve had is an extraordinary outcome for our sector, and a tribute to the companies and hard-working men and women in resources, and our supportive suppliers and communities across Queensland,” he said. What it means is Queensland’s resources sector – including explorers and producers in coal, metals, oil or gas – added more than an extra job every hour over the past 12 months.'

Mr Macfarlane said the QRC and its members were proud the increased number of jobs included more female employees and more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees. According to the latest QRC data, female participation in the resources sector has increased by 25 percent from 5,472 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions in 2018-19 to 6,841 FTEs in 2019-20. The increase in female participation in non-traditional resource sector roles was even more significant, rising 30 percent from 4,684 FTE positions in 2018-19 to 6,083 FTEs in 2019-20. Indigenous employment in the resources sector in Queensland increased from 4 percent to 4.8 percent, which is the highest rate of any private sector in the State.

Source: QRC

                     

25.03.2021 (471 Clicks)

Riwal wins the digital development award during the iapa summit 2021

Riwal, the aerial work platform, and telehandler specialist, has been declared Winner of The Digital Development Award during the International Awards for Powered Access summit.

24.03.2021 (513 Clicks)

Sandvik introduces PowerCarbide SH69, a powerful Down-the-hole Breakthrough

Sandvik’s most powerful rock tool carbide grades– gathered under the name PowerCarbide™– offer a unique combination of strength, hardness, toughness and wear resistance, and enhance both drilling performance and cost effectiveness. SH69, a new PowerCarbide™ grade developed specifically for down-the-hole drilling applications, can increase the service life of drill bits by up to 45 percent.

24.03.2021 (509 Clicks)

CDE Solution for Frac Sand Producer enables fast RoI

La Chola has been producing sand and aggregates since 1994 in the Pampa Soler, Concordia province of Entre Rios in Argentina. A family-run company, it is divided into two businesses with La Chola II established to focus on the extraction of sand for hydraulic fracking.

24.03.2021 (376 Clicks)

HYBRIT: SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall to establish the World’s first Production Plant for fossil-free Sponge Iron in Gällivare

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are now taking a new, decisive leap forward in their work to make fossil-free steel for the global market. Industrialization of the technology being developed through HYBRIT will start in Gällivare, northern Sweden, where the world’s first production plant for fossil-free sponge iron – from feedstock to steel – is being planned.