In 2008-09, the mining sales value in Western Australia (WA) was AUD71.3 billion [1]. The resource industry continues to generate significant infrastructure investment and supply expansion developments in remote and arid regions of the state. The sector is also a major driver of liquid fuel demand growth, and currently represents approximately 40% of total transport fuel use, and around 60% (mo...

Introduction I t is not possible to eliminate near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy as an analytical technique from our modern daily life. Flinn describes this very comprehensively and includes various application examples of NIR spectroscopy in his article titled “An average day (or how near infrared affects daily life)” in 2005. Applications of NIR spectroscopy in the minerals processing industry ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between industry sponsorship of Ca supplementation studies in healthy children and study outcomes. DESIGN An electronic search for published randomized controlled trials (RCT) was conducted. We collected data on study design features aimed at reducing bias, statistical significance of results, authors' conclusions and financial sponsorship of study. We us...

For many people the term sustainable mining is an oxymoron. After all, mining entails the exploitation of non-renewable resources. Eventually these resources will be gone and mining will have to cease. As a result, many concerned individuals urge society to conserve non-renewable resources and where possible to use renewable resources instead. Drawing on what we have learned from the debate ove...