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Each year, we recognize exceptional achievements within the mining industry by inviting our readers to nominate individuals, companies, or organizations that have shown remarkable dedication to advancing the industry over the past year.
Nominations for the 2025 Mining Magazine Awards are now open. The winners will be announced on MiningMagazine.com and featured in the November 2025 issue of Mining Magazine.
Categories
Technology & Innovation Award
This award highlights mining companies or individuals who have made significant contributions to the industry through technological advancements. It recognises the development or implementation of innovative mining methods, equipment, or software that enhance efficiency, safety, or productivity.
Safety Excellence Award
This award honours mining companies that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to protecting their workforce and fostering a culture of safety. It rewards companies that can demonstrate they have developed comprehensive safety protocols, develop innovative training programs, and continuously improve operational practices to ensure the well-being of their employees.
Tailings Innovation Award
This award honours those mining companies, equipment and technology companies that have achieved groundbreaking advancements in tailings management. By demonstrating exceptional innovation, this organisation has significantly improved environmental stewardship, operational efficiency, and community well-being. Their pioneering approach to tailings management will exemplify sustainable practices, setting a new benchmark for responsible resource extraction.
Software Excellence Award
This award is to recognise those providers that have demonstrated outstanding excellence in creating solutions that have transformed the mining industry.
Net Zero Achievement Award
This is a new award that celebrates those in the mining industry that have achieved tangible results in the journey towards net-zero. This might be a mining company that has undertaken a bold electrification strategy, an equipment manufacturer that has developed a game-changing innovation to help miners cut emissions, or an individual that has driven sustainability in their organisation.
Fleet Excellence Award
This is an award for those equipment manufacturers, technology providers that have designed and manufactured mining fleet vehicles, fleet management tools or equipment with exceptional performance, safety features, and environmental sustainability features.
Mineral Processing Award
Mining Magazine's Mineral Processing Award recognises outstanding advancements in mineral processing technologies that drive the mining industry forward. This prestigious award honours those who elevate the efficiency, sustainability, and value creation in mineral extraction and refinement.
Drill & Blast Award
Mining Magazine's Drill and Blast Award recognizes groundbreaking advancements in drilling and blasting technologies. This prestigious award honours those who push the boundaries of efficiency, safety, and environmental responsibility in mineral extraction.
Bulk Handling Award
Mining Magazine's Bulk Handling Award recognises exceptional achievements in the efficient and sustainable handling of bulk materials across the mining industry. This award honours those who excel in optimising material flow, reducing environmental impact, and enhancing safety standards.
Exploration Excellence Award
The Mining Magazine Exploration Excellence Award recognises those in the exploration field that have demonstrated exceptional innovation and dedication in mineral exploration, honouring those groundbreaking discoveries that are shaping the future of mineral exploration and resource development.
Partnership of the Year Award
Mining is increasingly being defined by new ways of working together, and this award is designed to celebrate those partnerships that have made a difference. The Mining Magazine Partnership of the Year Award recognises those pairings that lead the way in shaping the future of the sector.
Woman of the Year Award
Mining Magazine supports women in mining, and this award celebrates those women in the sector that have shown exceptional leadership skills, inspired others in the industry and driven change and progress. Nominees can be from any region or area of expertise within mining but must stand out as someone who makes a difference to colleagues and to mining as a whole.
Personality of the Year Award
This award is open to any individual in mining who has made a huge impact. The characters who are influencing the industry and changing it for the better, the voices who are shaping the narrative, and the leaders and colleagues that make a difference.
Terms & Conditions

- Nominations are limited to one entry for each category per person.
- Nominations must be completed on the form specific to the category being entered.
- Nominations will close at midnight (GMT) on June 23, 2025.
- Winners will be announced on MiningMagazine.com and in the November 2025 issue of Mining Magazine.
- Cost of entry is Free.
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