With $350 billion to spend in the next five years, China’s One Belt One Road – the massive push for a new ‘Silk Road’ – offers huge opportunities for the Australian resources sector.

Mining needs to embrace its role as an agent of change for good – and tell the story of how it does this better – if it wants to continue to compete for investment dollars and talent in the future, according to International Council of Mining and Metals CEO Tom Butler.

While automation is often seen as a silver bullets that can solve a range of mining’s problems, for Roy Hill’s Christine Eriksen automation is actually a holistic approach with the majority of the time, effort and funds to be invested in changing in the people working with the technology on the frontline.

Within the highly competitive and capital-intensive mining sector, crowdsourced technology-driven solutions to some of the industry's most challenging problems are being unearthed.

The global mining sector’s comeback signalled great expectations—improved employment, wages and economic wealth. However, the windfall will be short lived according to Peter Bryant, managing partner of Chicago-based strategic growth firm Clareo.

“In the last 20 years, we have seen remarkable growth in the resources sector. We have double the number of people working in mining today than we did before the mining boom. The mining sector regularly contributes over $20 billion in corporate taxation, second to only financial services and it is our biggest export industry accounting for 57 per cent of our exports as a nation.

Automation has the power to blur the lines between Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and responsibilities from one area of the business to another.

Scania Australia revealed the new XT mining and construction range next-generation trucks at Melbourne’s International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) today, giving the industry the first opportunity to examine the extra-tough truck in the metal.

To be considered an ethical, investors must weigh up the development impact, sustainability and profitability in equal portion according to Namrata Thapar.

Miners must prepare their workforce today, to meet the demands of tomorrow’s digital age, or risk future growth and innovation.

While average realised prices have been strong for the most recent fiscal year, BHP’s Chief Commercial Officer, Arnoud Balhuizen has warned to not get too caught up with the numbers alone.

Software solutions are inspiring strategic partnerships between the mining industry and education providers as they collaborate to support skills growth across Victoria’s METS sector.