When planning and implementing load-haul mining contracts, the importance of close cooperation between contractor and customer cannot be over-emphasised, says Graeme Campbell, Commercial and Operations Manager of Raubex Group company SPH Kundalila. “It begins with the customer providing relevant and accurate data, so that the contractor can make the right calculations, but it goes much[…]
Robert Friedland and Jiang Zhaobai, Co-Chairmen of Clean TeQ Holdings Ltd and Sam Riggall, Chief Executive Officer, are pleased to announce the results of the Definitive Feasibility Study for the Clean TeQ Sunrise Project. “The Definitive Feasibility Study confirms Clean TeQ Sunrise’s proven status as a globally significant cobalt, nickel and scandium resource which, once[…]
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has received its first shipment of bauxite ore in preparation for the commissioning of its under-construction Al Taweelah alumina refinery. The 61,450 t shipment of bauxite from Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée sailed to the UAE from the Republic[…]
MACA Ltd has provided an update on recent project awards exceeding A$60 million within the MACA Civil, Infrastructure and SMP business units. In civils it includes a A$12 million variation to the bulk earthworks contract with the Gruyere Joint Venture, which extends contracted works to October 2018; anda Civil Earthworks Contract constructing evaporating ponds for[…]
Galantas Gold Corporation reports that an underground development at the Omagh gold-mine, Northern Ireland, has reached the main Kearney gold vein. The main decline tunnel descends at a slope of 1 in 7, from near the base of the former Kearney open pit. A horizontal west to east access tunnel driven from the decline tunnel[…]
Orica says it welcomes the Anti-Dumping Commission’s decision to formally investigate the dumping of ammonium nitrate from the People’s Republic of China, Sweden and the Kingdom of Thailand into the Australian market. This follows a joint application from a group of Australian manufacturers concerned by the impact of dumped product on the long-term viability of[…]
An outstanding collaboration between Karara Mining Ltd and Nippon Eirich to implement grinding circuit process improvements at Karara Mine has been awarded the 2018 CEEC Medal. The winning team – Sam Palaniandy, Matthew Spagnolo, Rinto Napitupulu Halomoan, Huiwen Zhou and Hidemasa Ishikawa – shared its work ‘Fine grinding circuit process improvement at the Karara Mine[…]
Rocketmine is proud to have received Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) approval for the flight of their commercial drones from the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA). This is a major achievement for the company, as they are now only the second South African operator, in four years of drone legislation, to be approved[…]
Innu Inuit Redpath Ltd Partnership (IIR) will be the primary contractor on Vale’s Voisey’s Bay underground mine development project located on the east coast of Labrador, approximately 350 km north of Goose Bay. The existing Ovoid open pit operation is expected to be exhausted by 2022. Future mining from the two separate underground deposits will[…]
Jordan’s mining sector is considered a cornerstone to the Jordanian economy. It plays a vital role in growth of many other important sectors in the economy and contributes to Jordan’s standard of living. The mining industry in Jordan is dominated by the production of phosphate, potash, building and decoration stones, glass sand and other nonmetallic[…]