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15.09.2020 (795 Clicks)

Milan’s new M4 Metro Line: first TBM completed Tunnel Excavations

Milan’s new M4 Metro Line: tunnel excavations completed as TBM reaches Solari Station. Phase two: focus on opening first section of line built by Webuild

15.09.2020 (626 Clicks)

Station Locations confirmed for Western Sydney's New Metro

The exact station locations for the new Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport project have been confirmed.

15.09.2020 (618 Clicks)

Canberra answers QRC Calls to hit the Gas for Covid Recovery

The Queensland Resources Council has welcomed today’s announcement by the Morrison Government of a multi-pronged plan to develop more Queensland gas for market as part of a Covid-19 recovery.

15.09.2020 (603 Clicks)

Strabag bolsters Market Position in Czech Railway Construction with new Order

• Upgrade of 9.6 km section from Dětmarovice to the Polish border
• Consortium with Czech partner OHL ŽS a.s (Strabag’s share: 66.5 %)
• Project schedule: 29 months

14.09.2020 (589 Clicks)

Resource Exploration Funding Boost would pay COVID-19 Recovery Dividend for Queensland

The Queensland Resources Council is urging the State Government to commit extra funding from its $3 billion COVID-19 stimulus package to a collaborative program to boost exploration for new resource discoveries.

QRC Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said the Government’s current Collaborative Exploration Initiative (CEI), including the recent $10 million round matching industry investment, was paying dividends for Queensland.

“Exploration spending in Queensland increased almost $100 million or 30% to $408 million last financial year,” Mr Macfarlane said. “Exploration spending was up across resource commodities last financial year. “Exploration for coal was up 61% to $222 million,” he said. “Petroleum exploration was up 20% to $233 million, Gold was up 6% to $71 million and Copper was up 22% to $72 million spent in 2019-20.

“Exploration gives us new resource discoveries, new resource projects, new resource investment, new resource jobs, new resource exports and ultimately new resource royalties for all Queenslanders.”

In June, QRC presented the Government with a 40-point Resource Industry Recovery Agenda, and one of the proposals was a $100 million four-year boost to the CEI.

Mr Macfarlane said Treasurer Cameron Dick has confirmed the resource and agriculture industries would be eligible for support under the $3 billion stimulus funding planned to spend over four years.

At the Parliament’s Economics and Governance Committee hearing on 11 September, KAP Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto asked Mr Dick if resource and agriculture industries would be eligible under the $3 billion stimulus package that the Government plans to allocate before the 31 October election.

“The Treasurer has continued to acknowledge resources and agriculture have been two of the mainstays of the Queensland economy during the COVID-19 response and will be critical to its recovery,” Mr Macfarlane said.

“I am pleased he has confirmed both the resources and agriculture sector can be supported through the $3 billion funding.”

Collaborative Exploration Initiative

Queensland’s Collaborative Exploration Initiative (CEI) is a hugely successful program that provides funding to Queensland exploration projects to assist in progressing knowledge about the State’s resources.

Industry is seeking access to the State’s recently announced $3 billion package to support jobs and businesses affected by COVID-19 for further rounds of the CEI in 2021.

The exploration industry will play a central role in economic recovery, maintaining jobs growth in regional Queensland.

The CEI has played a pivotal role in many successful discoveries in Queensland which may go on to becoming a producing mine delivering royalty income for the State to fund healthcare, schools and other long term benefits to Queenslanders.

The latest CEI round just three months ago in June was the largest to date, with over 145 applications. The initiative has been in place for 14 years.

Over the past 10 years the CEI has provided funding to over 60 companies, with almost 50 significant mineral deposit discoveries in under-explored areas of the State.

Amongst them are a significant silver-lead-zinc deposit as large as South 32’s Cannington mine, contributions towards Australia’s largest copper-cobalt resource by Aeon Metals and the Maronan deposit worth up to $9 billion.

As well as Government funding for the initiative, in 2018 companies invested about another $21 million, giving the program a leverage of 3:1.

Source: QRC

                     

10.09.2020 (1257 Clicks)

GHH Mining Machines: A step up Down Under

The specialist for civil engineering and mining machinery GHH has set its sights on the Australian continent. An experienced partner is supporting the German manufacturer.

With its loaders, dump trucks and utility vehicles for rock logistics above and below ground, GHH has long been represented on many continents. Now the manufacturer, which is part of the Schmidt Kranz Group, is making the leap to the red continent. 'We want to shorten the distance to our customers in Australia,' says Global Sales Manager Ken Stapylton. 'Contact before, during and after the purchase is important to us - after all, we are happy to supply tailor-made solutions'.

10.09.2020 (826 Clicks)

The World Tunnel Congress 2020 has now moved to a digital platform!

True to its commitment to innovation while embracing the “new norm”, the World Tunnel Congress 2020 will now be held fully digital, paving the way for tunnelling academicians and industry players alike to be a part of the world’s greatest meeting of tunnellers, regardless of where they are.

Short for ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2020, WTC2020 was initially due to be held in September at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC). Recent circumstances set off by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to many cancellations of major events around the world and drove the need to move the World Tunnel Congress 2020 (WTC2020) into a digital platform as a result of global border control, restrictions on mass gathering and the requirement for physical distancing.

10.09.2020 (656 Clicks)

Orica’s FRAGTrack™ wins international Good Design Award

Orica’s innovative fragmentation measurement technology FRAGTrack™ has been awarded a Good Design accolade in the engineering category, for outstanding design and innovation.

Dating back to 1958, the annual Good Design Awards recognise and celebrate products or services that have shown excellence in design innovation and impact.

FRAGTrack™, Orica’s automated fragmentation measurement device, accurately and reliably measures rock size and fragmentation following the blasting stage in mining and quarrying. For these sites, optimal fragmentation can greatly reduce energy consumption, improve equipment productivity, and increase production rates – and removes the need for manual sampling to keep team members safe.

08.09.2020 (681 Clicks)

Clearer Boundary for Urban Transformation in Kiruna

LKAB has established a clearer boundary for properties that will be affected up to 2035, by which time main level 1365 will have been mined out.

07.09.2020 (737 Clicks)

Orica welcomes Sanjeev Gandhi to its Executive Committee

Orica recently welcomed Sanjeev Gandhi to its Executive Committee, and he will lead the APA region as Group Executive & President, Australia Pacific & Asia.