In this issue Mining Global explores the Australian mining industry . Aus- IMM President Janine Herzig , PT Merdeka Copper Gold CEO Colin Moorhead and Austmine Chairman & Director Mark Read share their insight into the challenges and opportunities ahead for the region .

This month ’ s cover examines the relationship between the contractors and mining engineers who delivered the sulfide plant expansion project which will support Turkey ’ s Çöpler Gold Mine for the next 20 years .

“ Diversity is our pledge to reflect as a company what we should protect and defend as a society : respect for every human being .” We hear from Codelco ’ s Corporate Diversity & Inclusion Director , Irene Schlechter Kutscher and learn how the stateowned copper giant is leading the way towards achieving equality in the mining sector in Chile and beyond . “ The materials we need for a greener economy , and to find new solutions , lie within the products the mining industry makes ,” says Ontario Mining Association President

John Hodgson , who explains

Stewart Beckman , Alacer Gold Corp the capabilities of the mining industry to deliver minerals and metals make modern life and the quest for innovation possible . Also in this issue , Argo

Natural Resources reveals why DES technology could , and should , revolutionise the way metals and minerals are extracted .

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