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A new survey has revealed that between 2013 and 2014 the minerals and energy sector contributed $37.5bn to the Queensland state of Australia.   According to the report by the Queensland Resources Council, mining companies invested $5.6bn in wages...

  Coal Ventures Ltd (ICVL) has announced receiving the first shipment of coal from central Mozambique at the port in Visakhapatnam in eastern India.   The news of the shipping to the Indian state-owned International Company comes after...

Power and automation technology group ABB has unveiled its SmartVentilation system, which supplies fresh air and vents toxic gases from subterranean mines.   As the new system has the ability to work 'on-demand' it is expected to reduce a...

Mining services company Sedgman has secured a $133m engineering procurement construction (EPC) contract for Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO)'s manganese mine expansion project.   According to Sedgman, the latest project re-processes manganese ore stored in tailings stockpiles and is...

  South Africa’s economy has grown by a commendable percentage of 1.4 percent in the third quarter after the end of a five month platinum mines strike.   According to the statistics office report, there was a 0.5...

New research has revealed that female mining professionals are being paid 27.1% less than their male counterparts.   Research from the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), which surveyed about 3,000 workers nationally, shows the pay gap between...

  The Ministry of Energy in Kenya has announced that it has prequalified three firms to advance to the Request for Proposals stage (RFP) for coal mining at the Mui Coal Mines in Kitui. The stage is the...