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Outotec has been awarded a contract for the delivery of minerals processing technology to a new copper concentrator to be built in Turkey. The contract value booked in Outotec’s 2017 fourth quarter order intake is approximately EUR 13 million. Outotec’s scope includes engineering of the concentrator and the delivery of main process equipment including a[…]

Reality Check has announced the launch of its Virtual Reality platform “bringing secure, curated, immersive and informative tours of remote and restricted access assets to investors anywhere in the world.” “Potential investors are based all around the world and industry assets are geographically fixed, the Reality Check team have designed and built the solution to[…]

With its Zinc Expansion Project, Lundin Mining expects to expand production from the existing mining areas and from the deeper, higher-grade zinc deposit Lombador Phase 2. In May 2017, Lundin Mining announced the results of its feasibility study for the Neves-Corvo Zinc Expansion Project, confirming the strong project economics and demonstrating significant incremental value for[…]

KAZ Minerals has announced a planned expansion of its processing facilities at the Aktogay copper mine in the East Region of Kazakhstan. Following the achievement of commercial production at the Aktogay sulphide concentrator in October 2017, the Board has approved the construction of a second concentrator which will double the current sulphide ore processing capacity[…]

MEI has issued a Call for Papers for Process Mineralogy’18. Sponsored by ZEISS, Bruker, Thermo Fisher Scientific and International Mining, this is the 5th International Symposium on Process Mineralogy MEI has organised in consultation with Dr Megan Becker, of the University of Cape Town, and will take place once again at the Vineyard Hotel in[…]

At the Iran Sharaf Abad gold project, the processing capacity of raw ore recently exceeded design scale and was expected to increase. Xinhai Mining reports that “since its launch in August 2017, this project has received high praise from customers, local government and industry insiders. The brand image of Xinhai Mining was comprehensively promoted in[…]

In America, the administration this week highlighted the strategic importance of minerals mining to the USA, issuing an Executive Order titled, A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals. “It is encouraging to see the administration identifying as a strategic priority the nation’s domestic minerals and metals, which serve as the[…]

Australian-based lithium-boron mine developer Global Geoscience Ltd reports that the initial mining study confirms that the large, shallow Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron deposit in Nevada, USA is amenable to low-cost open pit mining at rates of 2 to 4 Mt/y. This is based on only the high-grade (lithium-boron) component of the South Basin Resource . The[…]

Orica has entered into an agreement to acquire GP Holdco Pty Ltd (GroundProbe) from Crescent Capital Partners for A$205 million. GroundProbe is a global market leader in the provision of critical monitoring and measurement technologies for the mining sector. Its radar and laser based monitoring systems, combined with advanced processing and analytic software, provide mining[…]

MacLean has now completed close to 200 km of ramp run trials on our battery electric BT3 Boom Truck, the purpose of which was to address the question of range anxiety on high-tramming units in underground mines, “one that we hear routinely from mining companies and engineering consulting firms around the globe. These ramp trials[…]