04.09.2023

Herrenknecht announces final breakthrough for Silvertown Tunnel

Tunnelling at the Silvertown project in London on track for success: using the largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) in the UK, miners from Riverlinx CJV completed tunnelling for the second tunnel ahead of schedule.  

01.09.2023

Metso’s headquarters moves to Matinkylä, Espoo

Metso moves its headquarters to Matinkylä, Espoo, in September 2023, and at the same time ends activities in the current headquarters in Sanomatalo, Helsinki.  

Market-Place-4.0 QCoal Group

31.08.2023

Australia: 400 mine jobs in limbo due to Queensland Government decision on QCoal’s Glenden

Australia: 400 mine jobs in limbo due to Queensland Government decision on QCoal’s Glenden (Credits: QCoal)

The State Government’s decision to pass legislation forcing mining company QCoal to accommodate its employees in the Central Queensland town of Glenden from 2025 onwards was made without consulting the people most affected, the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) said today.

QRC Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said the government had pushed through the legislation without any real consultation or consideration of the consequences for the 400 QCoal employees who currently work at Byerwen mine.

“QCoal has complied with all regulatory requirements required by the government, only to see the rules changed after the event without any consultation,” Mr Macfarlane said.

“Now the company is facing a workforce walk-out at a time when it’s already hard enough to attract enough skilled workers to the resources sector.

“The State Government should have properly consulted all parties to find a solution that doesn’t have such a deep personal impact on the lives of mine workers and their families.

“It’s understandable that employees have serious concerns about being forced to live in sub-standard homes with sub-standard community services in Glenden when they already have suitable on-site accommodation available. It’s difficult to imagine the Government doing this to any other industry.

“The resources sector supports 90 per cent of jobs in the Isaac region and is the biggest contributor to the local economy.

“If Byerwen mine’s ability to operate to its full potential in the future is impacted by this decision and flow-on staff shortages, the economic consequences will be felt by businesses right across the region’s supply chain.”

Source: QRC

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30.08.2023

Elebbre uses latest auction tech to remarket mine and construction equipment in Chile

Global engineering, procurement and construction giant Bechtel chooses Latin American equipment remarketing experts Elebbre to manage major auction of its equipment from mega mines’ expansion and desalination plant construction – all underpinned by the latest auction technology from Krank.  

29.08.2023

Orica's new ORBS - centralised electronic blasting system - offers greater safety, productivity and versatility

ORBS™ (Omni Remote Blasting System) is Orica’s latest generation centralised, electronic blasting system and is now available to i-kon™ and eDev™ customers. It is designed to provide operations with the ability to safely initiate multiple development headings and production blasts concurrently from a remote, central location.