Immersive Technologies has developed new training functionality for Caterpillar's D11T track dozer to use with its PRO3 simulators. According to Immersive, the updates combine working controls and instrumentation from the real machine, including Ca...

BHP Billiton’s avowed strategy is to only pursue enormous Tier 1 investment opportunities such as Pilbara iron ore and Bowen Basin coal. It comes as no surprise then to see BHP Billiton flag a sale of its pocket-sized diamond business this week, while setting the stage for a green light to massive expansion at Olympic Dam.

A drilling research and training facility has opened and will operate as part of the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre. The drilling facility is located at a former mine site in Brukunga, 40kms from Adelaide. Boart Longyear’s ...

Rio Tinto Ltd will invest $US270 million to construct a new Molybdenum Autoclave Process facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Australian companies are now the third-largest spenders on exploration in Africa after South African and Canadian companies, according to two economists from Australia's Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC).

The Australian construction and mining equipment market grew by 17% in the first half of 2011 relative to the same period in 2010.

Kimberley plans to raise up to $13.3 million to fast track its copper-gold-silver Mineral Hill mine in central NSW and develop its Sorby Hills silver-lead project in northern Australia.

The commonwealth is accepting all of the 31 recommendations made by the National Resources Sector Employment Taskforce.

Initially it will invest $200 million in a Critical Skills Investment Fund (CSIF), which will co-fund with industry a range of training and employment programs.

The Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) said the adoption of the Taskforce’s recommendations and initial investment in targeted training is the first step in the National Resource Sector Workforce Strategy.