In October 2018, Caterpillar is to launch another new surface drill in the form of the small rotary MD6200, a highly transportable offering (has the option for example to leave the mast on and load it on a truck for moving to another mine, jobsite or bench area), which is expected to be available in[…]
Komatsu today announced it is accelerating the development of smaller drills for surface mining applications. Furthering its commitment to be a full solutions provider to the mining industry, Komatsu is expanding its P&H product line to include articulating boom track drills. The first machine in the series, the 44XT, is now being tested at the[…]
Peak Resources provides an update on the Special Mining Licence (SML) application for the Ngualla Rare Earth mine and multi-stage processing plant in Tanzania. The SML application was lodged with the Ministry of Minerals in August 2017. Due to changes in the Tanzanian legislation surrounding all mining activities in the country the SML application is[…]
Canada Cobalt Works is accelerating key corporate strategies as a vertically integrated and leading domestic pure play cobalt company focused exclusively on the prolific Northern Ontario Cobalt Camp. Highlights: •Canada Cobalt has retained a major global engineering firm specializing in the energy and industrial markets to complete necessary earthworks studies and advance the permitting process[…]
The first second-generation Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) loaded for the first time this week at the port of Tubarão, in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. The vessel, Yuan He Hai, with a capacity of 400,000 t, is the first to come into operation of a total of 32 under construction to serve the seaborne iron[…]
Orica, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems, today announced the release of the new Bulkmaster 7 Mobile Manufacturing Unit (MMU™). Designed for use in the open cut mining sector, the Bulkmaster 7 “is the latest evolution of Orica’s market-leading delivery system technology, delivering a leap in productivity and safety on[…]
Downer announced today that it had been awarded a three year contract, valued at approximately A$600 million, to provide mining and related services at the Blackwater coal mine in Central Queensland. Owned by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), the scope of work includes overburden removal and haulage; equipment maintenance; and drilling services. The contract consolidates two existing contracts and[…]
The award-winning AutoMine® product family from Sandvik continues to evolve. The brand new next generation release of AutoMine Lite 2.0 includes both consistent high-speed automated production missions and smart teleoperation capabilities for dynamic mining operations. As a combined package, the new AutoMine Lite 2.0 is a unique solution for integrated autonomy and advanced remote control[…]
Identified Technologies has a suite of new drone mapping features and services for its customers in the mining and other engineering sectors. The new features which will be launched and automatically pushed to customers throughout 2018 include: Haul Road Analysis – Allows the user to incorporate mapped haul roads into the orthomosaic they receive when[…]
Amur Minerals (AMC), a nickel-copper sulphide mineral exploration and resource development company focused on the far east of Russia, has provided details on its 2018 work program for defining and attaining project development criteria at its Kun-Manie project. A new Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) is in progress: Completion of an update to the February 2017[…]