Mining equipment, technology and services - METS
Overview
Queensland is rich in natural resources and for more than 140 years the mineral and resource industry has been the cornerstone of the Queensland economy. Queensland has significant deposits of coal, base and light metals, phosphate rock and oil shale, and reserves of many other metallic and industrial minerals, oil and gas.
An international leader in the provision of innovative and globally competitive equipment, technology and services solutions to the mining sector (METS), Queensland is committed to mine productivity, product quality, the maintenance of environmental sustainability and mine safety, including extraction and processing equipment.
Queensland boasts a large number of research facilities including the Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies, Sustainable Minerals Institute, the Process Engineering and Light Metals Centre and the Safety in Mines Testing and Research Station.
The Queensland Government is working with industry partners to contribute to the international development of clean coal technology as a significant contribution to the global climate change response, as well as sustaining Queensland's exports. Queensland, with its internationally recognised research and development facilities, depth of mining experience, stable political and legal environment and high-quality infrastructure, provides the global mining industry with a complete package of mine support solutions.
Major markets of supply
Global mine operators are beginning to recognise Queensland METS' companies as a global hub and hence a preferred source for mining equipment, technology and services and a source of innovative and sustainable mining and minerals processing solutions. As well as supporting Australia's world-class mining and minerals processing market, Queensland's METS sector supplies markets as diverse as Latin America, USA, Canada, East Asia, South-East Asia, the Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Sub-Sahara Africa.
Global mine operators are beginning to recognise Queensland has a global hub for mining equipment, technology and services.
Queensland's mine support industry has clearly entered the 21st century's global mining market as a preferred source of innovative and sustainable mining and minerals processing solutions.
Strengths of the industry in Queensland
Queensland's reputation for the efficient and environmentally sensitive mining of coal, base metals and light metals and its world-class mineral processing industry is driven by the equipment, technology and services that support the exploration, extraction, handling, processing, refining and smelting of these minerals.
Queensland's diverse range of technical expertise, professional services and leading edge equipment include:
- communication systems
- contract mining
- emergency response systems
- mine site access, control and security systems
- engineering and machining services
- environmental management services
- exploration services and equipment
- laboratory services and systems for mining and
- mineral processing
- optimal plant and equipment efficiency services
- mining software solutions
- mine design and construction and mine site development
- mine safety, education and training
- monitoring, repair and maintenance systems
- operational consumables and maintenance services
- project management services
- specialist plant and equipment.
Useful links
- Queensland Mines and Energy
- Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies
- Defence Export Control Office
- Sustainable Minerals Institute
- CRC Mining
- Mining Equipment and Services Council
More information
For more information about mining equipment, technology and services in Queensland contact including upcoming trade missions, Trade Queensland.
Last updated 16 October 2009
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