A multinational resources company is experiencing severe staff shortages across its North Queensland operations. Glencore Australia confirmed it had a hard time finding about 300 new mine employees...
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An underground mine employee from northwest Queensland was treated for injury after machinery became caught on his jewellery. A jumbo operator needed several stitches to his hand after exiting a...
Sandvik has combined the best features of its three previous air bearing bit designs to launch Sandvik RR240, with added improvements that extend bit life and improve productivity in rotary drilling...
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is evolving its Leopard™ DI650i down-the-hole (DTH) drill rig to support fully autonomous operation. The new iDrill automation platform expands the existing on-board...
A dangerous incident at an open cut coal mine has been reported to the NSW Resources Regulator. A drill rig trammed to a demarcated shot hole to re-drill it. The drill operator accessed the...
Major Drilling Group International Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of McKay Drilling PTY Limited (“McKay”), a...
Explorers are being encouraged to search new areas of the state for deposits of high-tech metals and critical minerals thanks to $8.4 million worth of grants from the NSW Government. Deputy Premier...
Devico AS, Norwegian leader in directional core drilling innovations and manufacturer of leading drill hole positioning instruments, is officially releasing their latest innovation, DeviCloud, on the...
The Western Australia Government has announced the successful applicants for Round 23 of the Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) co-funded drilling program and the inaugural co-funded Energy Analysis...
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has launched the new Sandvik DT923i jumbo, its latest development drill rig for high power face drilling in tunnel and cavern excavations. Together with the new RD5...
