Designed especially for hot, humid and dusty environments, the portable diesel compressors are available in 550, 600, 700 and 750 acfm capacities, delivering a
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Rio Tinto to deploy driverless Komatsu trucks
One hundred and fifty autonomous trucks will be deployed into Rio Tinto?s iron ore operations in the Pilbara, Western Australia, after the two companies
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Rare fossils discovered by amateur in Tassie quarry
Martin Laan stumbled across a set of 1.2 billion-year-old fossils while collecting slate to re-tile his front door. He noticed that the stone he?d
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Mining boom does benefit average Australians
As the Federal Government?s mining tax legislation was introduced to parliament last week, it was buoyed by internal Labor Party polling that indicated an
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Mineral sands mine gets green light
The company, which has found success providing zircon and titanium minerals to an ever-expanding market in China, was granted approval by councils in both
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Holcim lauded for environmental performance
The concrete and aggregates organisation was lauded for demonstrating leadership and its commitment to create sustainable change in the Canadian aggregate sector. The awards
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Government fast-tracks 457 visas
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen recently announced that a new accreditation scheme to fast-track businesses that wish to bring in skilled workers from overseas will
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Queensland to host inaugural Construction Materials Industry Dinner
Hosted by the Queensland branches of the IQA and Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia (CCAA) and sponsored by Hastings Deering, the dinner will carry
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Supplier hosts training day for quarrying students
Kinder?s operations manager Charles Pratt, senior sales engineer Peter Wei and sales engineer Marc Selby presented sessions on flow and anti-wear, conveyor transfer points,
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Independent report endorses R&D Tax Credit scheme
Commenting on the Foundation?s report The BERD in the hand: Supporting business investment in research and development, Senator Kim Carr, the Federal Innovation Minister,
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