It's a mine-field out there
February 2 - 8, 2010
CHINESE, Russians, Kazakhs, Saudis, Africans ... welcome to the new world of contract mining. Australian and German owned Byrnecut Mining, one of the world’s largest specialist mining contractors, is treading carefully but assuredly into new territories and what it hopes are long-term relationships with a diverse range of principals and local partners.
Renewed activity fuels growth for trucking firm
February 2 - 8, 2010
ONE of Australia’s major mine transport contractors is seeing life in the industry returning to normal speed after some bumps in the road last year.
Drillers get on with life as they know it
February 2 - 8, 2010
IF THE surge in corporate activity in Australia’s drilling industry over the past decade has made life unbearable for smaller, privately owned groups, Stephen Bryant, Dean Coughlan and Graeme Wallis are not showing it. Even last year’s GFC-induced shutdown couldn’t keep them down for long.
JANUARY 2010 mining and drilling contracts review
February 2 - 8, 2010
THE job that was supposed to make or break Darwin-based Gulf Group’s move into the Western Australian mine haulage market earlier last decade is still in its keeping after South Africa’s Gold Fields extended its stay at St Ives by a further three years.
