Business Insight

  • 20 Oct, 2026

    Fortescue advances Toowong Process with commercial copper sale

    Fortescue has completed the commercial sale of more than 40 tonnes of copper concentrate that underwent arsenic removal using its Toowong Process technology at a demonstration plant in Brisbane, Australia. T... more

  • TUNDRA wins Telstra business growth award

    16 Oct, 2026

    TUNDRA wins Telstra business growth award for Victoria

    Regional Victorian management consultancy TUNDRA Resource Analytics has been named the Victorian Growth Award winner at the 2026 Telstra Best of Business Awards, recognising its growth from a one-person busines... more

  • 16 Oct, 2026

    New program targets safer El Teniente mining operations

    Normet and Codelco, one of the world's largest copper producers, have entered a five-year technology development program to advance autonomous and remotely operated underground mining. The collaboration will... more

  • 13 Oct, 2026

    Acquire connects Envirosys with GIM Suite to advance monitoring data

    Acquire Technology Solutions has connected its Envirosys and GIM Suite products, bringing environmental and geological data together in one connected workflow. Available in Envirosys 9.5, the integration sim... more

  • Fortescue advances Toowong Process with commercial copper sale
    20 Oct, 2026
  • TUNDRA wins Telstra business growth award for Victoria
    16 Oct, 2026
  • New program targets safer El Teniente mining operations
    16 Oct, 2026
  • Acquire connects Envirosys with GIM Suite to advance monitoring data
    13 Oct, 2026

Fortescue advances Toowong Process with commercial copper sale

20 Oct, 2026
Fortescue has completed the commercial sale of more than 40 tonnes of copper concentrate that underwent arsenic removal using its Toowong Process technology at a demonstration plant in Brisbane, Australia. The sale marks a significant development for the company as it seeks to offer an alternative method for addressing elevated…

TUNDRA wins Telstra business growth award for Victoria

16 Oct, 2026
TUNDRA wins Telstra business growth award
Regional Victorian management consultancy TUNDRA Resource Analytics has been named the Victorian Growth Award winner at the 2026 Telstra Best of Business Awards, recognising its growth from a one-person business into a national team of more than 40. Founded in 2017 by Canadian-Australian Laura Jeffery, TUNDRA supports mining, energy, manufacturing…

New program targets safer El Teniente mining operations

16 Oct, 2026
Normet and Codelco, one of the world's largest copper producers, have entered a five-year technology development program to advance autonomous and remotely operated underground mining. The collaboration will pilot new solutions at Codelco's El Teniente mine in Chile, with the goal of making mining processes safer and more productive. The…

Acquire connects Envirosys with GIM Suite to advance monitoring data

13 Oct, 2026
Acquire Technology Solutions has connected its Envirosys and GIM Suite products, bringing environmental and geological data together in one connected workflow. Available in Envirosys 9.5, the integration simplifies environmental data management by keeping drillhole, monitoring and location records in sync across both systems. It helps environmental teams spend less time…

AVL partners with Tyfast to assess vanadium for heavy-duty batteries

09 Oct, 2026
Queensland's $1.1b oil shale and vanadium project gains momentum
Australian Vanadium Ltd. (AVL) has signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based advanced battery developer Tyfast Energy Corp. to evaluate its Australian vanadium oxide products for use in fast-charging, heavy-duty batteries. The collaboration establishes a pathway to qualify AVL’s planned vanadium oxide products for Tyfast’s proprietary lithium vanadium oxide (LVO)…

Andromeda granted first patent for HPA process

07 Oct, 2026
Adani continues legal action against anti-fossil fuel activist
Andromeda Metals Ltd. has obtained its first national patent for its novel High Purity Alumina (HPA) and Smelter-Grade Alumina (SGA) production process. The patent, issued by the Republic of South Africa to Andromeda's wholly owned subsidiary Andromeda Technologies Holdings, represents the initial approval within a broader international Patent Cooperation Treaty…

Geographe simplifies haul truck steering arm maintenance

07 Oct, 2026
Replacing steering arm bearings on large haul trucks has long been one of the more punishing jobs in mine maintenance. Perth engineering firm Geographe has developed a purpose-built hydraulic system, the Ball Stud Bearing Installation and Removal Tool, known as the BSBIRT, to change that. Designed for Caterpillar 785, 789…

Chute Technology targets root causes of downtime

06 Oct, 2026
For many mining and minerals processing plants, washdown, maintenance and downtime are part of everyday operations. The real cost, however, is not only the hours spent repairing equipment or restarting a plant. It is the production that never makes it through the plant in the first place. Recurring spillage, blockages,…