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The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) has announced the submission of a full application for a clean resources Supercluster as part of the Government of Canada’s Innovation Superclusters Initiative. The CLEER (lean, Low-energy, Effective, Engaged and Remediated) Supercluster – prepared on behalf of the mining sector by CEMI, CIMRE, CMIC, COREM, IMII, and[…]

Hitachi Ltd yesterday announced at its Social Innovation Forum Queensland that over the past 18 months it has invested approximately A$875 million of the A$1.25 billion it committed to investing in its Australian Social Innovation business by FY2020. Owing to the company’s belief that Australia’s mining sector is an undisputed world leader, Hitachi has focused[…]

The overland conveying, portable conveying and stacking equipment from Terra Nova Technologies (TNT) is now being installed on site at Nordgold’s Gross all-season open-pit heap leach project, located in southwestern Yakutia, Russia, 4 km east of the Neryungri mine. At full production, Gross is expected to mine and process 12 Mt of ore, producing over[…]

Diversified engineering and infrastructure company RCR Tomlinson Ltd has been awarded a contract valued at approximately A$33 million to design, manufacture and construct a 5 km relocatable conveyor system for Fortescue Metals Group. This project is the first to emerge under an innovation and development Memorandum of Understanding ‘MOU’ between RCR and Fortescue, targeted at[…]

Downer’s Mineral Technologies business was last month awarded a contract to deliver a new C$34 million turnkey solution for Quebec Iron Ore’s Bloom Lake, a subsidiary of Champion Iron. Due for completion in 2018, Mineral Technologies’ turnkey solution incorporates engineering, process equipment, construction and commissioning services. Mineral Technologies has a long and successful history delivering[…]

Outotec has signed a contract with a major copper producer for the design and supply of two grinding mills, for their concentrator in Southern Africa. The order value, over EUR10 million, has been booked in Outotec’s 2017 fourth quarter order intake. Mills ordered for the project are a semi autogenous mill, and a ball mill,[…]

Roskill reports that Australian company Syrah Resources produced the first saleable flake concentrate at its Balama project in Mozambique last week. It has prioritised initial production of coarse flake and achieved grades in excess of 95% C. “Commissioning and process plant optimisation are underway as Syrah Resources now works towards commercial scale production. In a[…]

Pipework at an installation was experiencing severe corrosion issues caused by abrasive limestone slurry material. Due to the extent of the damage, the average lifetime of the pipes had been dramatically reduced to less than six months before the pipe spool pieces had to be completely replaced. The facility required a repair solution that would[…]

As part of its mining technology innovation program, Chilean mining explosives major Enaex (subsidiary of the Sigdo Koppers Group) recently launched Robominer®, a teleoperated robot for mine safety and exploration, developed in collaboration with SRI International. Robominer technology is designed to improve safety for miners, while expanding access to minerals that are difficult or expensive[…]

Seven new IZ-KARTEX shovels started working in mining enterprises in Russia and CIS countries in the summer and autumn of 2017. In addition, in the rest of the world, from August 3, 2017 to October 2, 2017 four EKG-10 shovels made by IZ-KARTEX started working in India. The contractor DDPN with the participation of IZ-KARTEX[…]