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Liberating trade: Japan-Australia partnership is good news for mining
Following their signing of the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA), Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe expressed their delight with the...
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Seeds of sustainability: reclaiming open-pit mining in Indonesia
In use since 1996, the former PT Newmont Minahasa Raya-operated (PTNMR) mine site, located in the Mesel gold mine area, has changed beyond all recognition. Once mineral extraction ceased in 2001, when...
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Space mining: ownership laws bring prospecting a step closer
The idea of extracting resources held in asteroids in space is not new, and while it may sound like something from a fantasy movie, it has plenty of support, and no little ambition. And now, with the...
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Mountaintop mining: banks pull the plug on an industry in decline
Barclays’ decision to reverse its support for MTR is not one that has received wall-to-wall media coverage. However, it could lead to the gradual decline of a process that is feeling the strain of...
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Eye in the sky: airborne electromagnetic surveying in mining
Airborne electromagnetic (EM) surveying is a method used by mining companies to determine the geological structure of the earth at potential mining sites, obtaining detailed insight into where and how...
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Canada’s mining ombudsman: oversight at last but is it too little too late?
Sometime early next year, the Canadian Government led by liberal Premier Justin Trudeau may finally honour its 2015 election pledge and appoint an independent human rights ombudsman to oversee the...
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Mine automation clears giant hurdle
The days of pit ponies and caged canaries – the stock in trade images of the mining industry until well into the twentieth century – are long gone. Since then, new technologies began and are...
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