Top Mining News this week: Thiess awarded large contract at Mt Arthur

The Latest Top Mining News Web version | Manage preferences and frequency Keep up to speed with the most read articles from the past week below. Login now to access these features, or subscribe here from £27 to receive immediate access. Top 5 Most Read of The Week Thiess awarded large contract at Mt Arthur Thiess has secured a A$1.2 billion (US$857 million) contract from BHP to provide mining services at the Mt Arthur coal operation in the Hunter Valley, Australia Read more >> BHP gives update on gender balance goal In 2016, BHP announced it was aiming for 50% of its workforce to be women by 2025. In the two years since then, female representation has increased from 17.6% to 22.4% Read more >> ABB teams up with Polish miner on digital tech ABB is working with mining customer Polska Grupa Górnicza (PGG) on new ways to use digital technologies from the ABB Ability MineOptimize portfolio to improve specific operations at PGG sites, as well as in new applications that will benefit the overall mining industry Read more >> Glencore's Hail Creek switching gears Glencore has confirmed that it is seeking to restructure the open-cut Hail Creek mine in central Queensland, Australia, from a two dragline operation to a truck-and-shovel operation and institute other changes to the complex, which will result in the slicing of 30% of its workforce Read more >> Downward-looking telescope to unlock Australia's mineral wealth The Australian Academy of Science is proposing the development of a new 'downward-looking telescope' that could look at least 300km beneath the Earth's surface to unlock Australia's hidden mineral wealth Read more >> Latest Online Exclusive Content Big impact from big data? MM talks to Arun Narayanan, group head of data analytics at Anglo American, about the value of data capture and interpretation for today's and tomorrow's mines Find out more 2018 World Risk Report 2018 World Risk Report now available The Mining Journal World Risk Report is a comprehensive annual review of mining risk, including a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction ratings system and an assessment of general business and operating risks and trends. The report is weighted toward hard, established risk-related indices but also includes perceived risk, which comes from the findings of a refocused World Risk Survey. Read the Free Excerpt LOGIN Aspermont Media Ltd WeWork 1 Poultry London, EC2R 8EJ Phone: +44 207 216 6060   subscriptions@aspermontmedia.com www.aspermont.com Manage your email preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy To opt out of future communications click here

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