WA Mining 2025 in Perth brings OEMs and service suppliers face-to-face with decision-makers from BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue and mid-tier operators who control major procurement and operational budgets. The event concentrates mine managers, maintenance leads and technology teams from Pilbara iron ore, Goldfields gold and lithium operations into a single CBD venue, compressing months of site travel into two days. For geotechnical, processing and automation vendors, this centralised access can accelerate trials of new haul road monitoring, pit slope sensing, mill optimisation and fleet management systems across multiple sites.

AusIMM’s 17th Mill Operators Conference will convene leading metallurgical and processing specialists later this year to focus on boosting plant performance, tightening operational discipline and deploying new technologies across Australian concentrators. Sessions will centre on practical optimisation of grinding and classification circuits, debottlenecking existing mills and integrating advanced process control and digital monitoring into brownfield plants. For plant managers and process engineers, the event signals strong peer focus on throughput gains, energy efficiency and more disciplined operating strategies in mineral processing.

A new Critical Minerals in Ores – Mineral Chemistry database (CMiO-MIN), developed under the Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative partnership led by Geoscience Australia, compiles global mineral chemistry data to map how critical elements occur within ore minerals. The resource integrates mineral-scale compositional data across multiple deposit types and jurisdictions, giving explorers and survey agencies a consistent framework to compare occurrences and refine targeting models. For geoscientists and miners, it should sharpen geometallurgical predictions, improve resource assessments and support long-term supply planning for critical minerals.