Australian Mining

via Australian Mining As the mining space race gathers pace, new technology is being launched to grow the fledgling industry.

via Australian Mining The newly productive Gorgon LNG plant is facing a two month shutdown due to technical problems, mere weeks after Chevron’s first and only shipment of gas from Barrow Island.

via Australian Mining Australian miners that own assets in North Korea have become embroiled in the Panama Papers scandal, which have brought to light possible collusion in breaking UN sanctions.

via Australian Mining New drug testing arrangements at the Goonyella Riverside Mine will continue as planned following a Supreme Court decision in favour of operator BMA.

via Australian Mining Ausdrill subsidiary Energy Drilling Australia has sued Senex Energy for an alleged breach of contract.

via Australian Mining Steel and iron ore business Arrium announced this morning that it has appointed Grant Thornton as administrators.

via Australian Mining Two Curtin University students were shot in a botched drug deal last night in New Orleans, after competing in the 38th International Collegiate Mining Games in Montana.

via Australian Mining Glencore has announced an agreement to sell $2.5 billion of its Agricultural Products to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Canada's largest pension fund.

via Australian Mining The iron ore price has maintained headway, staying above the half century mark.

via Australian Mining Stanmore Coal announces first coal has been processed at its Isaac Plains mine.

via Australian Mining Clough has been awarded an engineering services contract for Woodside.

via Australian Mining Victaulic will launch the new Installation Ready FireLock Fittings, a range of fire protection system fittings, in May. The fittings will require fewer fasteners which creates more efficiency in the workplace.

via Australian Mining Australian Marine and Offshore Group has released the Longitudinal Groove Suppression (LGS) drill riser buoyancy system to improve drilling in the deep water oil industry.

via Australian Mining A new BHP funded summer school program has combined science with indigenous culture to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to seek jobs in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

via Australian Mining Monthly iron ore shipments from Port Hedland have hit record numbers, which hit 39.53 million tonnes in March.

via Australian Mining Rio Tinto has gone to trial over $185 million in claimed losses as a result of the collapse of engineering company Forge Group in 2014.

via Australian Mining Coal-fired energy producers may gain access to a way to boost efficiency and halve their carbon emissions, thanks to a new hybrid coal gasification system developed by US scientists.