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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.

TECHNOLOGY

Wireless infrastructure 'mission critical' for auto-mining, says Nokia

LTE the vital step up to new 5G era, says Nokia

27 May 2019

ENVIRONMENT

Epiroc to offer Batteries-as-a-Service

Epiroc ready to launch Batteries-as-a-Service

24 May 2019

FLEETS

Automated loading begins at Syama

Mali gold mine hits new tech milestone

23 May 2019

MANAGEMENT

BHP Chile IROC nears launch

Mining major talks up benefits of remote operating centres

23 May 2019

MANAGEMENT

Mining's automation trend powers ahead

Adoption of autonomous technology no longer a zero-sum game for miners, investors and suppliers

17 May 2019

FLEETS

Surface equipment spending still rising

2018 full-year shipments up 35% vs 2017

18 March 2019

TECHNOLOGY

Safety concerns bring IoT sensor tech into focus

Stricter regulation of mine environmental standards will increase market pull for IoT technology

04 February 2019

EXPLORATION

Modern miners must regenerate, or fail

Exclusive Future of Mining channel presentation: Mining Disrupted

10 July 2018

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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