Monday, December 5th, 2011
THE WA ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection) map was recently released by the Centre of Excellence for 3D Mineral Mapping (C3DMM) and marks a milestone in mineral exploration putting WA at the forefront of geosciences. Director...
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Organised together with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines and with assistance from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the workshop provided a forum for experts involved in ICI projects...
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
China successfully launched a remote-sensing satellite on Wednesday that it says will be used to conduct scientific experiments, carry out surveys on land resources, monitor crop yields and help with natural disaster prevention and response. Called Yaogan XIII,...
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Western Australia’s powerful mineral and petroleum industries, which provided more than 40 per cent of Australia’s 2010 export earnings, are also driving massive investment in infrastructure, set to transform the State over the next decade.
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Bombardier Transportation announced today it has won a groundbreaking contract for propulsion and control equipment in India from Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC). MRVC is a joint venture between the Ministry of Railways and the Government of...
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
An author-mountaineer from New Zealand has successfully completed a 2,300-kilometer journey along North Korea’s portion of the Baekdu-Daegan mountain range, documenting the trip for an upcoming book that will offer a rare glimpse of stunning scenery. Roger Shepherd,...
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Pasco Corp., Japan’s largest provider of digital maps, plans to buy companies overseas because of the near-record high yen and surging demand in emerging markets caused by construction booms. “We welcome the strong yen,” President Youichi Sugimoto said...