Preparing for a downturn that may or may not come requires accounting for what is different this time around, a consultancy warned. Gartner recently revealed economic uncertainty is clouding the future of supply chains, and conflicting signals can...
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Since the pandemic began mining companies have purchased a lot more autonomous heavy vehicles. Coronavirus (COVID-19) prompted up to 13 resources producers at 23 different locations to order a higher...
Conversations and collaborations about the resources sector’s future must include Indigenous Australian communities, a panel found. About 80 per cent of future minerals are based on Indigenous...
An environmental protestor claims a resources multinational appointed a freelance detective to secretly monitor his movements. Benjamin Pennings recently accused Bravus Mining and Resources of hiring...
Mineral producers need to be significantly more open about partnerships and collaborate more methodically, a purchasing guru urged. BHP group procurement officer James Agar wants the entire mining...
Central Queensland bureaucrats proposed pausing coal production when medical professionals are in short supply. Isaac Regional Council (IRC) recently raised the prospect of halting all mining...
A study found the pandemic only exposed existing problems among suppliers, and was not the root cause. International Data Corporation’s latest report shows traditional, linear supply chains are...
A truck carrying hazardous chemicals burst into flames and shrapnel on an Outback road. Authorities are investigating how a road train carrying a mine blasting substance ignited and exploded along...
A coking coal company purchased a fleet of barges to guarantee transport capacity. Cokal recently acquired a fleet of conventional shallow draft barges and tug boats to move coal from the Bumi Barito...
An official investigation into coal operational safety accepted complaints that resources executives have little regard for workplace safety. The Queensland parliamentary inquiry into coal mining...
Australian goods and service providers will benefit from a national push to buy local. The Federal Government recently proposed major procurement reforms that include establishing a Future Made in...
Officials were urged to investigate why flammable fossil fuels allegedly escaped containment in the Western Downs region. Resources Safety and Health Queensland recently received reports of multiple...
Queensland’s resources sector contributed to the economy well beyond the billions of dollars in royalties and taxes generated for both state and federal governments. A Queensland Resources...
