Exploration, Surveying, Mapping
Redpath to bring raisebore fleet to Australia
Mining contractor and supplier of raiseboring equipment, Redpath, announced that it will begin rolling out its fleet of raiseboring equipment into Australia.
Mining tax changes leave questions for explorers
Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s changes to the mining tax leave many questions still to be answered in terms of the impacts on the mining industry, employees and communities, according to the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The AusIMM).
Industry responses to State Budgets: NSW and QLD
Rocketing royalty payments from the mining industry will dig the NSW Budget out of deficit, and show that in Queensland the sector is paying its fair share, according to industry groups.
Resource exploration rebate falls well short say geoscientists
The AIG (Australian Institute of Geoscientists) said whilst it welcomes the concept of a Resource Exploration Rebate (RER), as announced by the Commonwealth Government in its response to the Henry Review, it falls well short of meeting the sector’s needs.
Sandvik takes on distribution of Cubex surface drilling products
Sandvik Mining and Construction and Canadian-based Cubex Limited have announced a global partnership for the distribution of Cubex’s range of QXR down-the-hole surface drills, effective from June.
Australia’s strong share of developing projects at stake with proposed changes
The Australian Government’s proposed 40 per cent super-profits mining tax will clearly impact calculations on doing business in the country, said Metals Economics Group (MEG).
Book Extract: Mining and the environment
The second in a three part series taken from “Basic Environmental and Engineering Geology”, by F.G. Bell
New MICROMINE 2010 builds on unique features
Micromine has announced the release of MICROMINE 2010, the latest version of its leading geological exploration and mining software.
Value of QLD projects more than $115b: QRC
Planned resource projects could boost the annual value of the Queensland resources sector by 60 percent to more than $78 billion by 2020, according to a ‘best scenario’ analysis prepared for the Federal Treasurer by the Queensland Resources Council (QRC).
Greater efficiency for survey scan data modelling
Surveyors will gain further efficiencies with Maptek's latest software release. Improvements to the I-Site Studio 3.3 laser scan modelling software are designed to streamline routine mine surveying tasks.
Australian mineral exploration retreats from record high
According to a report from Geoscience Australia, global mineral exploration dropped significantly in 2009, with Australian exploration expenditure falling by 9.7 per cent to $2,223 million in 2008-09.
New non-magnetic survey instrument
After extensive trials, Downhole Surveys has introduced the DeviFlex non-magnetic survey instrument to the Australian drilling industry, capable of surveying up or down holes and suited for surveying inside diamond drill rods.
WA govt to improve mining approvals system
WA Premier Colin Barnett has announced a new lead agency framework and a suite of legislative changes to improve the mining approvals system.
Development in visualisation software
Mining exploration produces copious amounts of data. On its own, the data has no inherent value, what matters is the interpretation and presentation of that data.
