NATA ticks for GeoGAS labs
May 15 - 21, 2013
MAY 16: Laboratory gas testing firm GeoGAS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RungePincockMinarco (RPM) has attained accreditation in gas chromatography testing at its Mackay and Wollongong laboratories in eastern Australia.
Doing more with less
April 24 - 30, 2013
ENERGY efficiency has long been touted as a win-win, yielding benefits in the form of both lower costs and reduced environmental impact. This is true, but does not begin to account for the full range of benefits that accrue to businesses that optimise the energy use of their operations.
Better image must be protected: ICMM
January 30 - February 5, 2013
WITH the challenges ahead of miners on the rise, chief executives need to have a firm handle on the individual sustainability issues their projects face if they are to be successful and mining is to continue improving its image, Ben Peachey, a director of the International Council on Mining and Metals, told HighGrade.
Greater intent produces better buffer
December 12 - 18, 2012
EXCEEDING strict guidelines aimed at preventing Tasmania’s Savage River being adversely affected by discharges from the nearby namesake iron ore mine – at a particularly testing time for mining in the Tarkine wilderness area – earned a technical advisory firm kudos and produced a better mine-river buffer.
Western Australia approves new rehab levies
October 17 - 23, 2012
OCTOBER 22: Mining companies operating in Western Australia will be required to contribute to a new Mining Rehabilitation Fund from July 2013 under legislation approved by state parliament.
Environment briefs: Gekko Systems, Orbite Aluminae
August 1 - 7, 2012
VETERAN mineral processing engineer and founder of Canada’s R & C Environmental Consulting Services, Randy Agius, has joined with Australia’s Gekko Systems to establish the Global Detox Group, offering cyanide detoxification expertise and services.
Getting the most out of biodiversity investments
May 26 - June 1, 2011
YOU plant a tree and protect a frog, but are mining companies actually effectively protecting ecosystems in their biodiversity efforts?
Extreme weather events and the mining industry
April 21 - 27, 2011
FLOODING is part of the natural cycle of climate variability, so the current discussion about whether the recent floods in Queensland, Australia, or the record breaking drought that preceded them, were caused by climate change, unnecessarily diverts attention away from the urgent need to adapt to climate extremes.
Skills demand makes for challenging environment
May 26 - June 1, 2010
PHIL Baker, GHD’s global environment business leader for mining, says these are extraordinary times for the environment consulting sector, a fact underlined by the billion-dollar firm last year when its amazing total graduate intake during a severe market downturn included more than 30 environmental scientists.
Cost-effective energy options for mining
May 19 - 25, 2010
WATER is essential to the mining industry and the extraction and pumping of water from wells to the mines uses significant energy.
