1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (424+ words) A new highwall mining machine from Gainwell Engineering was inaugurated on 19 April 2026 at the Sharda Open Cast Mine in SECL's Sohagpur Area, adding to Coal India's growing fleet of highwall units. SECL has used highwall mining since the early 2010s, applying…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (354+ words) Development consent has been granted for the 1. 5 GW Outer Dowsing offshore wind farm, to be constructed 54km off the Lincolnshire coast in the North Sea. The nationally significant infrastructure project will require extensive marine foundations, subsea cabling and grid connection works…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (477+ words) Suspended underground operations at Newcrest's Cadia gold mine near Orange following a magnitude4. 5 earthquake have put the site's emergency response and geotechnical controls under scrutiny. The event triggered immediate withdrawal of personnel from the underground panels, inspections of ground support and…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (443+ words) Newmont is steadily ramping up processing operations at the Cadia gold mine in New South Wales after a magnitude-4. 5 earthquake on Tuesday, with inspections so far indicating no material impact to underground workings or surface infrastructure. Geotechnical and structural assessments…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (361+ words) Regional Economic Development (RED) Grants from the West Australian Government are set to expand mining services businesses in the Pilbara, targeting local contractors and suppliers supporting iron ore and lithium operations. Funding typically covers equipment upgrades, workshop expansions and digital…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (349+ words) Planning consent has been granted for the UK's largest power'generating solar farm near Lincoln, positioning it as a nationally significant infrastructure project under the Planning Act regime. While detailed design data are not yet disclosed, the scheme will require large'scale…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (419+ words) First Quantum Minerals has received formal approval from the Government of Panama to remove, process and export stockpiled ore at the 85 Mt/y Cobre Panam" copper complex, limited to material mined before the November 2023 suspension. The campaign will draw down…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (473+ words) AI-driven subsurface intelligence is shifting mining from drilling more holes to connecting fragmented datasets, with 51% of geoprofessionals already using or considering AI despite only 39% of organisations having a defined data framework. At Oceana Gold's Waihi mine in New Zealand, a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (374+ words) NASA's Artemis II crew has completed a geology'focused lunar flyby, using high'resolution imaging and Li DAR to map candidate Artemis III landing zones across the South Pole'Aitken Basin and other polar regions. Astronauts conducted real'time visual stratigraphy logging of crater…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (443+ words) A "56 M infrastructure programme by SP Electricity North West has started to replace 47km of overhead power lines along Cumbria's West Coast, targeting ageing assets on key rural and coastal corridors. Works will involve new poles, conductors and associated foundations, with…...