Mining products and services provider Schlam appointed a new chief executive officer, Matt Thomas, and chief financial officer, Ron Kurniadi. Current CEO and founder Ryan Schlam will continue to add his experience and technical knowledge of the mining industry to the business as executive director on the board of Schlam.
Services provider Macmahon Holdings has been selected as the preferred tenderer for maintenance services and equipment hirer for the Foxleigh open-cut coal operation in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, Australia. The deal is effective 1 March 2021, the company said, and will carry a five-year term.
Fortescue Metals Group recently celebrated the graduation of the latest Vocational Training and Employment Centre (VTEC) trainees, who will commence full-time employment at the company’s Eliwana, Solomon and Christmas Creek mine sites in roles spanning drill and blast, dewatering and fixed plant operations.
Sandvik will be the “major” provider of underground mobile mining equipment and aftermarket parts for Glencore Queensland Metals following the signing of an agreement between the companies that will extend for six years.