A world-first tablet for underground mining, economic rehabilitation at Century mine and a very slick looking underground grader are among the top-notch projects short-listed in a key resource industry awards event.

This year’s finalists have been revealed for the Queensland Mining Awards, with winners to be revealed in five weeks’ time at the gala awards dinner in Mackay.

Bowen Basin Mining Club director Jodie Currie said submissions were extremely competitive, demonstrating that Queensland businesses continued to lead the way in innovative thinking.

“Our most popular category was the Innovation (METS) Award, with a number of outstanding innovations on the table. Judges were looking for quantifiable outcomes and future applications – and they weren’t disappointed,” Ms Currie said.

• See the full list of finalists below

Greyhound Innovation (METS) Award

• Emesent – Hovermap: mapping the inaccessible
• Polymathian – Transforming Mining Value Chains
• Redeye Apps – Optimising O&M Inspections
• Sedgman – SMART Condition Monitoring
• Universal Field Robots – Increased drill & blast safety, productivity

JCB CEA Innovation (Miner) Award

• Anglo American – World’s first remote multi-pass drill
• Anglo American – Group 1 Intrinsically safe underground tablet

Sonic Healthplus Safety Initiative Award

• Gas Field Services – Hands Free Drilling
• Mastermyne – Brain Science
• Waterline Projects – 3D Printing for Familiarisation

Glencore Productivity Award

• Gas Field Services – 4C Wireline – the new drilling technique
• Polymathian – Maximising NPV with industrial mathematics
• Vayeron – Intrinsically Safe Wireless Longwall Inclinometer

SMW Group Staff / Community Award

• Anglo American – LIVE online concert series
• Hastings Deering –  Together As One
• New Oakleigh Coal – Jeebropilly Mine Closure – ‘Finishing Well’

SMW Group EEO Award

• Anglo American – Balancing the Team Program
• Byerwen Coal – Yila Yina Mundu (Turn Around from Here) Program

QME Best Product Launch Award

• Ava Risk Group  – Aura IQ – Conveyor Health Monitoring
• Bis – Razor: proprietary underground grader
• Skopit – Structural steel clamping system
• SMW Group – The Ultralift – collaborative commercialisation

McLanahan Environment Award

• KCB Australia  –  Isaac River Upstream Drop Structure
• Mining3  –  Alternative Explosives
• New Century Resources –  Economic Rehabilitation

METS Ignited Collaboration Award

• Ava Risk Group | Mining3  – Innovation Through Collaboration
• Mitchell Services | Anglo American – Underground Coal Gas Drainage
• Drill Rig Unearthed Solutions | BHP – ‘Fast Track’ Challenge
• Universal Field Robots | IMDEX – Drill and blast safety

Winners will be revealed at the QMA Gala Awards Dinner on September 23 in Mackay.

For more information about the presentation dinner or to book tickets click HERE