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The new Liebherr PR 766 crawler tractor the company says offers the best conditions for continuing the success story of Liebherr crawlers in the 50 tonne category. With operating weights of between 46,200 kg and 54,200 kg, the PR 766 is the successor model to the successful PR 764. The latest model in the crawler[…]

Any driller with a talent and a passion for the craft will tell you that drilling is an art form. They drill by speaking the language of their equipment and responding with subtle adjustments on the controls unseen to the average person. One such driller put on quite a performance in Canada. Near the coastlines[…]

Ahead of the January issue special feature on power for mines comes news that Aggreko has fully commissioned the 7.4 MW diesel power facility on site to provide power to the process plant at Hummingbird Resources’ Yanfolila gold mine in Mali. Highlights: 7.4MW facility of installed diesel power at Yanfolila Complete turnkey solution on a[…]

Greg Evans, Executive Director – Coal, Minerals Council of Australia – says the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Southeast Asia Energy Outlook report, just released, “presents a positive outlook for Australian coal producers with expected increasing demand, particularly for thermal coal. “The ten nations that make up the ASEAN region are exhibiting strong population growth, increasing[…]

The ITRI reports that official statistics from the Bolivian Ministry of Minerals and Metals reveal a 13.8% quarter-on-quarter increase in refined tin output to 4,359 t and a 7.9% increase in tin mine output to 4,726 t in Q2 2017. Refined production saw a lower 1.8% increase and mine production a 7.8% increase relative to[…]

Megan Davison, Executive Director, MCA Victoria notes that “in 1993, local emergency response organisations tested their skills at the State Coal Mine Rescue at Wonthaggi” A quarter of a century later, 10 teams – six from Victoria and four from interstate – returned to Gippsland for the 25th Victorian Mine Rescue Competition last weekend. “After[…]

MST Global has entered into an agreement to acquire MISOM Technologies (MISOM), based in Tucson, Arizona, for an undisclosed fee. The move is a significant step in the progression of MST’s global digital transformation strategy. MISOM is a software technology company with foundations in big data, mine automation services and analytics for the mining industry.[…]

Heap leaching and SX/EW are under the spotlight in the upcoming November issue. It was not possible to publish all the news of advances, and one of those came from TechnipFMC. Over the past four years, TechnipFMC has improved its proprietary TechnipFMC-Krebs Mixer-Settler equipment, operated worldwide, as reported by Guillaume Fenol and Francois Daroux, TechnipFMC,[…]

ITRI reports ASX-listed Aus Tin Mining Ltd has carried out its first sale of tin concentrate from the Granville tin project, near Zeehan, Tasmania, under its off-take agreement with Traxys Europe. The shipment, which was dispatched on October 5, totalled some 5 t of concentrate assayed at some 63% Sn. This first delivery will be[…]

Long-lead time process plant equipment for Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte gold project in southeast Ecuador has been ordered and soft tunnelling is well advanced. Details of the Outotec plant order were posted on October 23 – https://im-mining.com/2017/10/23/outotec-contract-fruta-de-norte-gold-project/ Further highlights Detailed engineering contracts for the process plant, tailings facility and water management have been awarded[…]