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Richard Roberts

Richard Roberts

Richard has been in mining and finance journalism for 25 years, spending the bulk of his career in Australia but visiting and covering projects and other aspects of the industry all around the world in that time. He spent eight years developing the weekly Australasian-focused HighGrade.net before joining Mining Journal, and prior to that ran Mining Journal owner Aspermont’s mining publishing business out of Perth, Western Australia, for more than a decade.

SURFACE

Traditional consulting values on the rise

M&A, technology will continue to reshape the mining consulting space

23 January 2020

SURFACE

Stayers keen to build in mining contracting's new landscape

Long-term players in multi-billion-dollar contract mining market have different mindset

22 January 2020

SURFACE

Rio Tinto lifts Bingham southern pit spend to US$2.5B

Mining major says Kennecott Copper can produce until at least 2032

03 December 2019

TECHNOLOGY

Mining's urgent need for digital twin technology

Miners can create measurable and ongoing value with digital twins

27 November 2019

MANAGEMENT

'Technology is an enabler; it is not going to be a silver bullet'

Successful technology implementation requires operational input

22 October 2019

TECHNOLOGY

Trust is key for mining's digital transformation

Mining industry needs to develop trust to transform

22 October 2019

MANAGEMENT

Report says mineral processing 4.0 is next step change

Resources finance firm says third major mineral processing step change emerging

22 September 2019

GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Orica positions itself in mine data battle

Explosives company introduces multi-sensor data analyser

28 August 2019

PARTNER CONTENT

Bringing the future to mining customers

Saso Kitanoski, Metso’s President, Consumables sits down with Mining Magazine to share his insights on industry trends

PARTNER CONTENT

Designing a Resilient Future: Innovation & Digital Transformation in Natural Resources

Buzzing Perth roundtable picks the brains of sector leaders to help shape the resources

PARTNER CONTENT

Navachab Gold Mine boosts recovery & cuts OPEX with STEINERT's sensor sorting technology

Navachab Gold Mine, a low-grade gold ore operation, upgrades its very low-grade ore resources using STEINERT’s suite of innovative dry sorting processes.

PARTNER CONTENT

Vale's circular mining vision: turning waste to value

Vale’s Bruno Pelli shares how circular practices turn mining tailings and waste into

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