Ballarat, Victoria mining equipment manufacturer Gekko Systems has launched the OLGA Mk3 in process data and analysis instrumentation system which it said will deliver higher yields in gold processing plants Gekko Systems General Manager – Global Sales & Solutions Nigel Grigg said the OLGA online gold analyser was a flagship product for Gekko’s real-time data…
By Peter Roberts For those hesitating on embarking on a company improvement process hesitate no longer – Perth mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering has shown the massive benefits available from reorganising and streamlining operations and investing in new machinery and manufacturing processes. The company, which manufactures large dump truck bodies for the mining sector and…
Applications are now open for a new Queensland government fund that aims to back businesses to deliver more bush projects. The $50 million Backing Business in the Bush Fund will support small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that are looking to expand, enhance or diversify their business operations across regional Queensland. By investing in productivity…
Perth mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering has received a US$20 million grant and loan package which will support the rebuilding and expansion of its US production facility at Casper, Wyoming. Together with a further US5 million investment by the company, the new facility will be its biggest-ever expansion and follows investment in facilities in Perth,…
Drilling equipment and services company Boart Longyear’s Globaltech Corporation offshoot has had optical device patents it holds upheld in an appeal to the Full Federal Court. The Perth company, part of Boart Longyear’s Veracio subsidiary, won an appeal brought by Reflex Instruments Asia Pacific regarding the enforcement of Globaltech’s Australian patent for an optical device…
Drilling equipment and services company Boart Longyear’s Veracio subsidiary is to buy scanning instrument manufacturer Minalyze boosting its instrumentation and software offerings. The company will buy the manufacturer of products which visualise geological data for US$29.3 million, made up of cash and promissory notes which will be convertible into shares. The company’s patented scanner and…
Tasmanian engineering and mining equipment manufacturer Elphinstone has acquired the Beltor ‘Puller’ system – an underground mine extraction device (MED) designed to safely recover buried equipment. Originally developed in the 1980s by Newcastle, NSW business Beltor Engineering, the MED met a need by underground miners to extract buried or bogged equipment in a safe and…
Austin powers ahead on benefits from revamped manufacturing Perth mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering has reported an EBITDA of $31 million for FY23 on revenue up 27 percent on the previous year to $258 million. Operating cash flow for the year was $15.8 million, up 236 percent, with the company ending the year with an…
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) specialist Evident Industrial and Ballarat, Victoria mining equipment manufacturer Gekko Systems have joined forces to enable Gekko’s Carbon Scout device to conduct multi-element, real-time analysis of carbon in gold extraction circuits. The Carbon Scout is an automated sampling system that measures carbon concentration, as well as multi-elements analysis of pH, dissolved oxygen…
