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Mining & Resources
Global nickel industry meets in New Caledonia
Despite the current slowdown of the global nickel market, the 2013 New Caledonia Nickel Conference held from 1-5 July 2013 in Noumea was again great success. The week brought together top level executives from major international nickel companies and industry stakeholders to discuss present challenges and future opportunities for the industry. Here is some feedback we…
24 Jul 2013, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Close-up: Paul Runge
Paul Runge is MD of the specialised consulting firm Africa Project Access. His company supplies approximately 120 companies and organisations with early alerts of projects across a broad range of sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a former diplomat, he served in Gabon and supervised projects in the Cape Verde Islands. He spent six years with…
24 Jul 2013, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Insights from New Caledonia Nickel
At a time of critical challenges and high volatility of the markets, the week-long New Caledonia Nickel conference provided attendees from the global nickel industry the opportunity to discuss the most pressing topics and questions as well as unrivalled networking opportunities with their peers. Jim Lennon, Chairman Commodities research at Macquarie Securities asked in his…
23 Jul 2013, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
“Strong future” for Australian uranium industry
Australia's uranium industry is set for a strong future, federal resources and energy minister Gary Gray has claimed. Speaking at the Australian Uranium and Rare Earths Conference in Fremantle on Wednesday (July 17), the politician argued that the country is excellently placed to take advantage of a boost in market conditions for the commodity. "Australia…
23 Jul 2013, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Taking a “whole-of-system” approach to mining automation
Up until now, the mining industry has been fairly conservative in implementing new technologies in comparison to other industries. This week BHP Billiton followed in Rio Tinto’s footsteps when they announced the opening of their remote operations centre in Perth. We had the chance to speak to Citigold Corporation’s CEO Mark Lynch about the opportunities…
15 Jul 2013, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources | Technology
Mining and Exploring the Isa: Fostering innovation in regional mining
The annual Mining the Isa conference is the only one of its kind to focus solely on the Isa region and its mining considerations. We have made some of the presentations given at the 2012 event available for viewing and download. 1) Aston Metals – An update on Exploration in NW Qld Presenter: Dan Johnson,…
12 Jul 2013, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Contributing to innovative solutions that build a better tomorrow
Advanced technologies are enabling the minerals industry to explore and operate with ever-increasing efficiency. LKAB (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB) is a renowned high-tech international minerals group and world leading producer of processed iron ore products for steelmaking. We had the chance to speak to Senior Vice President Per-Erik Lindvall about the biggest challenges for suppliers in the current…
11 Jul 2013, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Close-Up: Neil Biddle
Neil Biddle has been appointed as the Director of Transol in April 2013. Earlier this year, Transol exercised its option to acquire 100 per cent of the Southern Cross Bore Project, including the Johnnies Reward gold-copper project, which is located 75km north-east of Alice Springs. Neil will share the latest updates on the Southern Cross Bore…
11 Jul 2013, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Diversification – Key to growing regional cities during mining sector slowdown
The rapid growth of the mining industry in the Pilbara has encouraged the growth of the region. Despite the current slowdown in the mining sector, the Pilbara Development Commission is working closely with the resources industry and encourages different sectors to team up to sustain regional cities and towns, and develop industries further. Dr Ken…
4 Jul 2013, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Private equity’s evolving landscape in the mining industry
The volatile nature of commodities, the scale and political risk of mining projects and a two-tier capital environment has led to the decreased reliance on traditional financing mechanisms. As a result, it is expected that more junior and mid-tier exploration and production companies will turn to private equity (PE) to finance growth. It is being…
3 Jul 2013, by Informa InsightsInforma Connect Australia is the nation's leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.
