MiningMagazine

Nov 26, 2024 | miningmagazine.com.au | Rebecca Todesco

By Michael Rundus, EY Regional Mining and Metals Leader, OceaniaA new report from EY explores how the energy transition is disrupting the sector and permeating 2025’s risks and opportunities radar. The energy transition demands a significant uplift in mineral and metal production. But miners are grappling with the challenge of meeting demand while addressing a trifecta of pressures: maintaining capital discipline, achieving sustainable mining and meeting elevated stakeholder expectations.

Nov 25, 2024 | miningmagazine.com.au | Rebecca Todesco

By Guy Boggs, CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC TiME)Decades ago, the concept of mine closure – the process of planned decommissioning and rehabilitation of a disturbed site – expanded the mining lifecycle. This expansion was in response to environmental legacies left by sites previously considered to be effectively remediated and others that had been abandoned by poor operators.

Nov 25, 2024 | miningmagazine.com.au | Rebecca Todesco

A US$3.8 billion ($5.8 billion) deal is the latest payday for Anglo American as it sells off its Australian coal assets, bringing the cash-out to a total of $7.5 billion. The miner announced at the start of November it had found a new owner for its stake in the Jellinbah Group joint venture, which owns the Jellinbah East and Lake Vermont steelmaking coal mines near Dysart in Queensland.

Nov 25, 2024 | miningmagazine.com.au | Rebecca Todesco

By Tara Diamond, Deputy Chief Executive, Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association (AREEA)Recent modelling reveals Western Australia’s resources and energy sector will need a minimum of 11,000 new workers by 2030. Right now, it can sometimes feel like the industry is trying to catch a break. Rapid technological shifts, global supply, demand and price volatility and broad and impactful IR changes are among the challenges.

Nov 25, 2024 | miningmagazine.com.au | Rebecca Todesco

Western Australia’s container deposit scheme is making its way to mine sites across the state, showcasing the big impacts of small containers. Although placing a recyclable container in a bin right after you have finished drinking from it seems like a small action, Western Australia’s container deposit scheme is demonstrating the significant impact this can have in reducing the estimated 50 million ten-cent containers lost to landfill on mine sites annually.