Issue 50 | December 2024
In this issue: Australia’s lithium ambitions, Greenbushes opts for IRMA audit, Rio Tinto on AI in mining, and more.
Issue 49 | November 2024
In this issue: The tech used to reduce methane in Australia’s coal mines, underground electrification, Rio Tinto’s biofuels push, and much more.
Issue 48 | October 2024
In this issue: Assessing mining’s impact on nature, de-risking critical mineral refining and processing, how Australia is reusing mining tyres, the impact of AI on the mining sector, and more.
Issue 47 | September 2024
In this issue: Exploring South Australia’s copper expansion plans, the critical material needs of the energy transition, surface mining equipment forecast and more.
Issue 46 | August 2024
In this issue: Digital tech supports tailings monitoring, looking to the future of Australia’s iron ore industry, sulphur discovery on Mars, supporting miners’ families after a workplace fatality, and more.
Issue 45 | July 2024
In this issue: Australia’s gold mining industry, how wearable devices are improving worker fatigue management, predictive maintenance and the rise of AI, lithium fingerprinting, and more.
Issue 44 | June 2024
This issue: ABB, AVEVA and Rockwell discuss full mine integration, cleaner fuels as a bridge to electrification, Australia at the forefront of the robotics revolution, and more.
Issue 43 | May 2024
This issue: Progress in mine electrification, the nickel price crash and how robotics will plug the talent gap.
Issue 42 | April 2024
This issue: Improving safety in Australia’s mines, coal expansion in an era of funding uncertainty, Australia leads in autonomous tech adoption and regulation, and more.
Issue 41 | March 2024
This issue: The progress of on-site power at Australian mines, AI-powered innovation in crushing and grinding, Australia’s push for higher ESG standards in critical minerals, and more.
Issue 40 | February 2024
This issue: The impact of plummeting lithium prices, Australia’s coal future, innovation in collision avoidance technology, and more.
Issue 39 | January 2024
This issue: Meeting the growing demand for lithium, Australia’s top copper mines, iron ore mining outlook to 2030, pumps and dewatering management and more.
Issue 38 | December 2023
This issue: Reviving disused mines, Mount Isa closure, IoT solutions for ESG reporting, the economic potential of asteroid mining, 2023 yearbook and more.
Issue 37 | November 2023
This issue: Reform for labour and emissions, and renewing ports and processes.
Issue 36 | October 2023
This issue: Trouble for Fortescue, and learning from disasters.
Issue 35 | September 2023
Getting to the bottom of equality progress, mental health, the Voice to Parliament, and the oceans around us.
Issue 34 | August 2023
In this issue: Australia’s tryst with coal, battery mining vehicles, and life in your own personal mine.
Issue 33 | July 2023
In this issue: Testing microbes, markets, drones, and fire defences in Australia.
Issue 32 | June 2023
In this issue: Decarbonisation with Gold Fields and Rio Tinto, plus is FIFO work really viable for the future?
Issue 31 | May 2023
In this issue: Wearable technology, retraining Australia’s workforce and the country’s cobalt potential.
Issue 30 | April 2023
In this issue: The environmental footprint of Australia’s mining vehicles, the nature of the Pilbara’s railways and the importance of critical minerals.
Issue 29 | March 2023
In this issue: Balancing productivity and sustainability, new satellite technology and the return of a miner from the brink.
Issue 28 | February 2023
In this issue: Cloud technology, managing environmental waste and decarbonising the Australian mining industry.
Issue 27 | January 2023
In this issue: electromagnetic data collection, the Queensland coal bubble, and the future of Australian miners.
Issue 26 | November 2022
In this issue: Macro-economic impacts, groundbreaking discoveries and indigenous support.
Issue 25 | September 2022
In this issue: Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri mine, ending sexual harassment in Australian mining and the country’s rare earths production.
Issue 24 | July 2022
In this issue: Critical minerals and national security, a legal loophole, and impacts of the election on Australian mining.
Issue 23 | May 2022
In this issue: Learning from an asteroid, exports beyond China and the future of the QRC.
Issue 22 | March 2022
In this issue: Sexual harassment in mining, renewable power and the fate of gold post-Covid 19.
Issue 21 | January 2021
In this issue: Australia’s newest diamond mine, South Korean critical minerals and the potential of the Northern Territory.
Issue 20 | November2021
In this issue: environmental offsets in New South Wales, Australia’s addiction to coal and the future of deep-sea mining.
Issue 19 | September 2021
In this issue: exploration projects in Western Australia, Rio Tinto’s return to Panguna, and the growing influence of social and environmental responsibility across the sector.
Issue 18 | July 2021
In this issue: Shareholders hold miners to account over ESG issues, on the road with the Tour de Carmichael, Queensland coal in the face of trade war, and more.
Issue 17 | May 2021
In this issue: China’s ban of Australian coal, when the Pilbara came to Mars, the Pentagon invests in Australian rare earths, and more.
Issue 16 | March 2021
In this issue: the future of FIFO work, mining’s place in bilateral trade deals, the cost of climate inaction, and more.
Issue 15 | January 2021
In this issue: legislation to protect indigenous communities, fighting corruption in Australian mining, the future of green steel as a strategic metal, and more.
Yearbook 2020
The biggest Australian mining stories from across the past year.
Issue 14 | November 2020
In this issue: Western Australia’s need for thousands of additional workers, a route to zero-emission copper mines, iron ore’s journey to A$100bn in export value, and more.
Issue 13 | September 2020
In this issue: China and Australia’s mining relationship sours, mining’s impact on aboriginal communities, a blueprint for mental health in mining, and more.
Issue 12 | July 2020
In this issue: the future of fly-in fly-out workers, iron ore holds fast in troubled times, Tasmania defies production declines, and more.
Issue 11 | May 2020
In this issue: drought’s impact on mining operations, mining majors avoiding climate regulation, the Wright family
court case, and more.
Issue 10 | March 2020
In this issue: violence and crime at mine sites, Papua New Guinea’s complicated mining history, rehabilitating the Ranger uranium mine, and more.
Issue 9 | January 2020
In this issue: are mines damaging the water supply in New South Wales, Australian uranium bounces back, Australia and the US’ rare-earth partnership, and more.
Yearbook 2019
The biggest Australian mining stories from the past year.
Issue 8 | November 2019
The influence of mining lobbyists, mapping operations in South Australia, the success of the Australian gold sector, and more.
Issue 7 | September 2019
We look at the Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive, the safety of tailings dams, implementing industrial manslaughter laws in Queensland and more.
Issue 6 | July 2019
A look at the mining sector following the recent election, BHP the world’s most valuable mining brand, mining legend Sir Arvi Parbo’s life and more.
Issue 5 | May 2019
The new renewables projects at mine sites, Australia’s National Resources Statement, the changing fates of Western Australia, and more
Issue 4 | March 2019
The fortunes of mining in Tasmania, a closer look at Australia’s supermines, and more
Issue 3 | January 2019
A bright future for metallurgical coal, searching for minerals in meteor craters, and more
Yearbook 2018
Yearbook 2018: The biggest stories in mining from the past year, employment opportunities in Australia, and more
Issue 2 | October 2018
Junior miners leading the way in Australia, taking advantage of the battery boom, and more
Issue 1 | August 2018
How a new taskforce will help secure the mining industry’s competitiveness, making the most of Western Australia’s lithium, and more