Inspiring women in mining: Louise Porteus of Thor Explorations
Louise Porteus is an environment and social manager at Thor Explorations, which owns the Segilola gold mine in south-west Nigeria.…
04 Mar 2025
How can Australia’s mining industry recruit and retain more women?
It is no secret that women are under-represented in the male-dominated minerals industry. In Australia, data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) confirms that to date women comprise only…
03 Mar 2025
Peak coal: are we witnessing coal’s last hurrah?
Peak coal could be considered akin to that of mythical folklore – a narrative widely told but never experienced in reality. Indeed, 2024 was yet another record breaker in terms…
03 Mar 2025
Dammed if you don’t: how tailings management is everyone’s concern
Just six years on from the horrific Brumadinho disaster, it is still difficult to talk about mine tailings without recalling those events. The sudden failure of the dam at the…
27 Feb 2025
The AI robot workforce: smarter, better, faster, stronger?
Pick, place, press, twist, connect – these are the defining actions of an AI robot workforce said to be able to carry out work that would otherwise done by humans…
24 Feb 2025
Charting the evolution of mine planning software
Mine planning software has become an essential tool for the mining industry. Despite already high levels of penetration, the software – used for designing, evaluating and scheduling mine operations –…
21 Feb 2025
What does the future look like for Australian manganese mining?
Tropical cyclone Megan wreaked havoc across the north of Australia in March 2024, forcing a key producer of manganese, Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO), to temporarily halt production on the…