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06.07.2019 (3029 Clicks)

Cimic’s UGL secures Extension with Sydney Trains

Cimic Group company UGL has secured a five-year extension to its contract with Sydney Trains for the delivery of maintenance and logistics services for a portion of Sydney’s metropolitan passenger rail fleet.

04.07.2019 (3164 Clicks)

Record Resources Export Result delivers another Milestone for Queensland Trade

Exports from the Queensland resources sector over the last 12 months have earnt $70 billion for the first time, based on trade data released today.

03.07.2019 (3712 Clicks)

K+S Brine Challenge was great Success

Winners of the crowdsourcing competition are from the USA and Australia

The K+S Brine Challenge focused on exploring innovative approaches and concepts to further significantly reduce the saline wastewater from the tailings piles. Ideas were submitted by scientists, companies, institutes, students as well as non-professionals from 16 countries. The jury of external and K+S internal experts has now awarded EUR 20,000 each to the two best proposals out of a total of more than 40 ideas submitted. The two winners are:

• Kevin Joback, engineer from Bedford (New Hampshire), USA
• Thomas Baumgartl, scientist from Churchill (Victoria), Australia

Mr. Joback suggests to further reduce the brine formation by applying a special polymer. Mr. Baumgartl’s idea involves coating the tailings piles with water-repellent materials.

Mark Roberts, Chief Operating Officer of K+S: “The K+S Brine Challenge was a great success! Congratulations to the two winners and many thanks to all other participants! We are excited about the great response to our first crowdsourcing competition”.

For a long time now, K+S has been working on the long-term project of covering the tailings piles for example in the Werra potash region to reduce the saline wastewater produced by rainfall. K+S experts have already developed promising processes in recent years. Dr. Arne Schmeisky, Brine Challenge project manager, explains: “The two award-winning ideas do not involve any new covering techniques, but they do provide approaches for possibly improving our existing processes.” One of the two ideas will now be tested as part of the ongoing project for the thin-layer process developed by K+S to cover tailings piles at the Werra site. “The second proposal will initially be subjected to a more detailed technical and economic analysis to check its feasibility”, continued Schmeisky.

As part of the new Shaping 2030 corporate strategy, K+S has clearly committed itself to sustainability with ambitious goals, innovations and constructive dialogue with stakeholders. All these goals were combined in the Brine Challenge.

Serak Rezane, Head of Corporate Innovation: 'In the future, we want to increasingly utilize these and other collaborative formats to further increase the innovative maturity of our company'.

Source: K+S AG

                     

02.07.2019 (3415 Clicks)

Hochtief Consortium completes eight-lane Motorway Bridge over the St. Lawrence River in Montreal

• 3.4-kilometer-long structure connects Canada with the USA
• Consortium will operate the route for 30 years
• Partner: Hochtief PPP Solutions, Flatiron, Iridium, Dragados

02.07.2019 (2752 Clicks)

New Leader for Queensland Exploration Council in 2019

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) together with its explorer-focused membership body the Queensland Exploration Council (QEC) has welcomed a new Chair for the QEC, Kim Wainwright.

01.07.2019 (2908 Clicks)

Salini Impregilo Group invests in Sustainability in Argentina and acquires Riachuelo Megaproject

Fisia Italimpianti of the Salini Impregilo Group has acquired a contract worth $215 million to build Lot 2 of the Riachuelo system in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a mega engineering and infrastructure project to reduce pollution in the Riachuelo River, the most polluted in the country.

01.07.2019 (2698 Clicks)

QRC signs MoU with Mackay, Isaac, Whitsundays (Councils) to further strengthen Resources Jobs

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and the Greater Whitsunday Council of Mayors (GWCoM’s) have signed an agreement to ensure a greater commitment to jobs and investments into the region’s economy.

01.07.2019 (3379 Clicks)

Strabag commences expanded Contract for Polyhalite Mine in the UK

• A further 24 km of mechanised tunnelling and construction of 37 km underground mineral transport system
• Start of construction for Drives 2 + 3 in late June 2019
• Mining of world’s largest polyhalite deposit at Woodsmith Mine near Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, from 2021

29.06.2019 (3653 Clicks)

Contract Win for Implenia in Norway

New railway line including station for the town of Moss | Contract worth approximately NOK 3,400 million

26.06.2019 (3043 Clicks)

Balfour Beatty’s Perth Transport Futures project awarded ‘Contract of the Year’ at NEC Awards

Balfour Beatty was commended at the New Engineering Contract (NEC) awards ceremony last week as it secured the 2019 ‘Contract of the Year’ award.