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Walkabout Resources has exercised its option to acquire the remaining 30% of the prospecting licence hosting the Lindi Jumbo graphite deposit in Tanzania. The application for transfer has now been registered with the Ministry of Minerals, Tanzania. Walkabout now owns 100% of tenement PL9992/2014, a part of which is the subject of a pending mining[…]

MinePortal™ is a cloud-based ‘Earth Model’ platform providing real-time management and analysis of drill data, geologic models, rock properties, and ore/waste boundaries. DataCloud, a leading real-time geoscience technology company serving the global mining industry, has launched MinePortal, enabling mining companies to dramatically improve productivity while increasing profitability. With the new MinePortal platform, mine operators can[…]

Explaurum Ltd has announced an initial ore reserve of 7.2  Mt grading 2.09 g/t Au (485,000 oz contained) and completion of the feasibility study for the development of the Tampia gold project in the wheatbelt of Western Australia, 240 km east of Perth near the township of Narembeen. Highlights: Tampia is confirmed as technically sound[…]

Exciting news ahead for the UNEXMIN project: the first UX-1 robot prototype has been shipped to Finland – in time for the preparations of the first UNEXMIN pilot trial in Kaatiala, Finland. After the extensive preparations in the last months, the first UX-1 prototype – UX-1a – has been sent to Finland, where the UNEXMIN[…]

We will be closing the nominations for the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame in August. Do you know of someone who has contributed an important innovation or invention, recent or historic, to conveying, unloading, transportation, storage and re-loading of raw materials? Contact [email protected] about nominations. The chosen nominees will be inducted at the International[…]

Downer EDI Ltd has announced that, along with its joint venture partner Waanyi, it had been awarded a life of mine contract by New Century Resources Ltd (NCZ) to provide mining services for the mining of East Fault Block and South Block Resources immediately adjacent to the Century Open Pit Mine in Queensland. The execution[…]

Senior coal company executive and Peabody Australia President George J. Schuller Jnr. has been appointed by the Board of the COAL21 Fund as its new Chair. Schuller succeeds David Moult, who has joined the board of Yancoal Australia. The Board thanks Moult for his significant contribution as a board member and Chair. The board also[…]

With just about two weeks to the opening of Euro Mine Expo the conference is nearly fully booked, 200 exhibitors are on their way and Project Manager Jaana Tengman looks forward to this year’s event. When it opens on June 12, it is with two fully booked exhibition halls, about 30 learning sessions, social events[…]

FLSmidth has launched multiple sizes of its Buffalo reclaim feeder, providing a wider range of productivity solutions to meet each customer’s unique requirements. The expanded range offers a modular, customisable, economical, and productive solution for mines of any size. FLSmidth Buffalo reclaim feeders reclaim stockpiles and deliver ROM material to a conveyor belt, sizer, or[…]

Three new Sandvik Plant Solutions’ offers now provide customers with the opportunity to acquire the plant that is exactly suited to their needs. The company says that by “analyzing our current global installed plant base, we have been able to gain valuable insights into the core needs of our customers when it comes to Plant[…]