The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has found high rare earth element (REE) concentrations in coal samples taken from the Illinois, Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, Rocky Mountain Coal Basins, and the Pennsylvania Anthracite region. These highly concentrated samples are greater than 300 ppm. “Rare earth elements are vital to the[…]
The mining industry has been following Rio Tinto for the past few years to see how the leading global mining company will incorporate drone technology into its operations. At the Bingham Canyon Mine, Kennecott now has 30 FAA-certified drone pilots running four to five flights per day. The company states: “Through drones, employees can access[…]
Semafo’s Boungou is a high grade gold project acquired in 2015 and will have been taken from a scoping study to production in only three years. The deposit is located in the Est region in southeastern Burkina Faso. Construction is well underway with first gold pour scheduled for the third quarter of 2018. It has[…]
Mining machinery manufacturers in Germany have mastered the turnaround. After revenues continued to decline for four consecutive years, the sector is now expecting to break even in 2017. Based on the figures for the first nine months of the year, the mining equipment manufacturers are expecting to at least repeat their turnover of EUR 2.95[…]
Further to the its previous market update on 18 October 2017, Macmahon Holdings has advised that it has executed the final mining services contract for the Byerwen Coal project. The three year contract is worth approximately A$350 million in revenue to Macmahon and includes the provision of all open cut mining and bulk earthworks at[…]
GE Power was chosen by Southern Copper Corporation (SCC) to provide the harmonic filter for its Toquepala Concentrator located in southern Tacna, Peru. The filter will be integrated into the copper concentrator’s power system to improve the power quality. “The $1.2 billion Toquepala expansion will see the production capacity of the mine’s copper concentrator double[…]
The most recent addition to Epiroc’s Minetruck series has been engineered for smart and efficient haulage. The rugged Minetruck MT54 is a powerhouse just like the larger Minetruck MT65. The more compact Minetruck MT54 is designed for 54 t load capacity and higher ramp speeds than its predecessor Minetruck MT5020. “Minetruck MT54 is based on[…]
Ivanhoe Mines Executive Chairman Robert Friedland and Chief Executive Officer Lars-Eric Johansson this week welcomed the positive findings of an expanded, independent preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the development of the Kakula Discovery at the Kamoa-Kakula Project on the Central African Copperbelt, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Given the dramatic expansion and upgrading[…]
West Cumbria Mining (WCM), having submitted its mine planning application to Cumbria County Council earlier this year, is now hoping a decision from planners will be forthcoming in spring 2018, according to local newspaper, Times & Star. If the £165 million mine application is successful, initial construction work would now start in winter 2018 and[…]
More time is needed to allow for adequate mine site restoration practices, according to a new paper from the ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration (CMSR), an Australian Research Council funded centre, based at Curtin University. Dr Adam Cross from the CMSR explained current mine site closure legislation provides a relatively short timeframe for industry[…]