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The giant Kibali gold mining complex in the DRC will remain a work in progress until its underground mining component is completed towards the end of 2017 but in the meantime its management is making significant progress in dealing with transitional challenges, Randgold Chief Executive Mark Bristow said recently. Speaking at a regular briefing, Bristow[…]

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, the leading engineering, construction and service provider for industrial plants and systems, and Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich have agreed to cooperate on the further development of the EIRICH TowerMill, a highly energy-efficient agitated media mill for the wet grinding of ores and minerals. The aim of the partnership is to build high-capacity, powerful[…]

CSIRO and Enirgi Group have joined forces to develop and commercialise an affordable and low-emission technology for producing magnesium metal.  The CSIRO-developed technology, known as MagSonic, produces magnesium using up to 80% less energy and up to 60% less carbon dioxide emissions thanks to a supersonic nozzle. CSIRO and Enirgi Group’s Innovation Division will work[…]

Richard Budge, the former Chief Executive of Doncaster based RJB Mining, died this week at the age of 69 and an obituary was released by now-retired former Public Relations Officer for RJB Mining, Stuart Oliver. Budge was famously crowned “King Coal” after he successfully spearheaded the purchase of State-owned British Coal’s mining assets in England when[…]

Joy Global Inc, the global supplier of high-productivity mining solutions, has announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Komatsu America Corp, a subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd, will acquire Joy Global in a transaction valued at approximately $3.7 billion, including Joy Global’s outstanding indebtedness. Komatsu intends to operate[…]

Data gathered by ITRI reveals estimated global primary tin smelting feed capacity of 1,080,000 t, with refined tin production capacity of 633,000 t. Clear tin smelting overcapacity is shown by average utilisation rates in 2015 calculated at 47%, rising to 70% with the exclusion of Indonesia. Indonesia and China have the most excess capacity, primarily[…]

Ucore Rare Metals has partnered with an undisclosed Major Alberta Oil Sands Producer (MOSP), for the purpose of recovering rare earth elements (REE) and other technology metals from Alberta oil sands operations. Concurrent with this announcement, the partnership has obtained a funding grant from the Government of Canada through the Industrial Research Assistance Program (“IRAP”). […]

Supplier of compact power transmission solutions for mineral processing plants in the form of cast resin busbars, BKS stromschienen says its in-house laboratory has been accredited by LOVAG after a year of intensive renovation and preparation. BKS is now able to carry out authorised tests for lifting; ability to withstand mechanical loads; clearances and creepage[…]

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has reported that its 23 member companies, which employ over 900,000 people recorded 60 fatalities across the globe in 2015 with five members recording zero fatalities for the year. ICMM CEO Tom Butler said, “Nothing is more important to us than people’s health and safety and ICMM’s[…]

Located at 3,200 m above sea level in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, the Escondida mine currently produces more than 1.1 Mt/y of copper. In 2015, the massive open pit mine also saw byproduct output of some 88,000 oz of gold and 4.8 Moz of silver. In 2012, the mine started construction of two[…]