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Keep up to date with what is happening in the world surrounding the minerals and energy sector.
Posted on 11 Nov 2019
CSIRO engineers have developed a world first “flameproof” 3D laser scanning device that can “see things our eyes cannot”. ExScan is set to revolutionise the industry, allowing miners to leave the coal face and manage longwall operations remotely from a control centre above ground. To read the full article, click here
Posted on 11 Oct 2019
A great dynamic chart showing monthly global oil production (thousands of barrels per day) by country from January 1965 to December 2017. To read the full article, click here
Posted on 06 Sep 2019
CSIRO developed Data Mosaic – a software tool automates the interpretation of different rock types in drillcore to enable rapid and reliable geological logging. The result is faster logging and more accurate 3D geological models. Read the full article here.
Posted on 29 Aug 2019
It’s estimated that there are more than 10 million metres of drillcore samples in vast warehouses around Australia, crammed with invaluable information for government, industry and researchers. A virtual library can facilitate access to all this knowledge. How do you fit the 10 million metres of information into open-access online resource? Read the full article … Continued
Posted on 01 Jul 2019
Update to our recent post about Fungi found in WA containing Gold: Last week in Bendigo a family stumbled across a rare gold nugget worth $35,000. Where did the nugget come from? A gold-coated fungi near Boddington in Western Australia. Read the full article here.
Posted on 13 Jun 2019
New technology SAMMI the Robot is being used to monitor and test the quality of water in SEQ. Powered by the sun, SAMMI spends its days conducting quality monitoring throughout difficult to access locations. This cutting edge technology has made testing the water in SEQ safer, quicker, and more easily accessible for difficult-to-reach locations. Read … Continued
Posted on 13 Jun 2019
The energy sector has been issued a warning that it is ripe to be “Uberised” with digital technologies set to shake-up the industry. Typically criticised for being slow-to-change the Energy Industry is being pushed to implement changes similar to large world-wide companies like Uber, Airbnb, and Amazon. Read the full article here.
Posted on 13 Jun 2019
The latest news in Robots has seen researchers teaching a robot to make breakfast. This is more important than it sounds when you consider that until now robots have been unable to coordinate two-handed movements in the same way that humans do. Researchers are working on improving Robotic two hand movements such as passing one … Continued
