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29.03.2021 (368 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 (905 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 (383 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 (545 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 (376 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.

The Gathering brings together more than 120 Traditional Owners representing more than 40 different First People’s groups and scientists to share knowledge and co-design and develop adaptation and mitigation strategies. Conversations over the five days will aim to provide communities with the tools to respond to climate change-induced events like marine heatwaves, rising sea levels, bushfires, and heatwaves, which have a significant impact on First Peoples on Country, particularly in remote and isolated communities. The event is part of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Earth Systems and Climate Change (ESCC) Hub, which is led by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.

Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Traditional Owner from the Cairns area, Gudjugudju, said that Traditional Owners can learn from each other on how to respond to a changing climate.

“We need to understand and prepare for climate change now and into the future,” Mr Gudjugudju said. “We always had dialogue together, between different Traditional Owner groups, as climate changed in the past. We need to continue these dialogues today.”

CSIRO's Parkes telescope

Yirrganydji Traditional Owner from the Cairns area, Gavin Singleton, said that First Peoples were on the front line of the changing climate.

“From changing weather patterns, to shifts in natural ecosystems, climate change is a clear and present threat to our people and our culture,” Mr Singleton said. “While there is an obvious need to enhance and support the ability of First Peoples to adapt to a changing climate, this gap will only be addressed if First Peoples are engaged and included at the design stage of research. The Gathering has provided an opportunity for us to redefine what this process of collaboration should look like.”

NESP ESCC Hub Leader and CSIRO scientist Dr David Karoly said that the Hub was proud to facilitate the dialogue between First Peoples and climate scientists at the Gathering, which built on previous events held in 2012 and 2018 in collaboration with the Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation.

“Climate science has helped to establish a clear line of evidence of a changing climate due to increased human fossil carbon emissions, and many First Peoples are already using climate change science to care for Country and communities,” Dr Karoly said. “There is an immense opportunity for climate scientists and Traditional Owners to work together. The Gathering will build strong relationships and forge positive paths forward to tackle common climate challenges. The Gathering is an Indigenous-led, co-designed process that has been developed with a First Peoples-led Steering Committee of ten Traditional Owners and the ESCC Hub. It’s all about First Peoples having a genuine seat at the table, and the way we have designed this event reflects just that.”

Co-Chair of the First Peoples-led Steering Committee Bianca McNeair, has been working with the Steering Committee for the past three years in preparing for the Gathering on the lands of the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji and the Yirrganydji people.

“The Gathering has provided a critical space for Traditional Owner groups to share their experiences and discuss pathways forward to help their communities adapt,” Ms McNeair said. “We are really excited to produce tangible and useful materials for our participants to take back to communities. These products explain climate change and hazards in the face of extreme and accelerating events affecting Country, and the hope is that they will help communities put in place effective and tailored climate change adaptation pathways.”

The Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub is supported by funding through the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. The Hub is hosted by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and is a partnership with Bureau of Meteorology, Australian National University, Monash University, University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales and University of Tasmania.

Source: CSIRO

                     

25.03.2021 (490 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.

25.03.2021 (440 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 (478 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 (474 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 (346 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.