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Tinka Resources Ltd reports an updated Mineral Resources estimate for its 100%-owned Ayawilca zinc and tin deposits in Peru. Part of the Zinc Zone Mineral Resource is now classified as Indicated, incorporating a higher-grade portion of the deposit. In addition, the updated Inferred Mineral Resource is of a similar size and grade to the previous[…]

Further to last week’s reports and tweets from the Volvo/Skanska ‘Electric Site’, advances in electric-driven technology and improved battery capacity are powering Volvo Penta’s pledge to offer electrified solutions by 2021. Its engineers are securing, testing and evaluating electric drive solutions that are set to help power the next generation of the company’s products. Collaboration[…]

Newmont Mining Corp has achieved commercial production at the Subika underground project, adding higher-grade, lower-cost gold production at the Ahafo mine in Ghana. Subika underground represents Newmont’s third profitable expansion in 2018 and its tenth completed project since 2013. It was delivered on schedule and within budget for about $186 million in development capital. Beginning[…]

Eurasian Resources Group has concluded power supply arrangements for its Frontier SA copper mine on the Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zambia border. The contract was signed by the Société Nationale d’Électricité (SNEL), the national electricity company of the DRC, with power supply of 41 MW to be sourced from ZESCO, the national electricity company of[…]

In preparing for the next step in Chinese legislation for off-road machinery, Volvo Penta has developed an engine range that maximizes productivity while complying with more stringent emissions. It says its new engine range for upcoming China IV regulations “is optimized for tough off-road applications, offering ease of installation, operation and maintenance – as well[…]

Australia company, Forefront launched an innovative charging product to the world’s mining community at the fourth International Symposium on Block and Sublevel Caving, held in Vancouver, Canada, last month. The event allowed the company to launch HEX-RITE®, a lifting tool used for charging high explosives into drawpoints associated with block-cave, sublevel-cave and open-stope mining. Forefront[…]

LiuGong celebrated its 60th Anniversary at a ceremony in LiuGong International Industrial Park in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China, today, at the same time as heralding the production of its 400,000th wheel loader. Attendees at the event included domestic and overseas customers, distributors, suppliers, government officials, shareholders, and stakeholders who have worked with LiuGong throughout its 60[…]

SIMPEC is continuing to win business in the Western Australia mining sector, this time being awarded a contract to install a flocculant treatment plant for Iluka Resources’ new mineral sands project in Cataby. The A$1.7 million ($1.2 million) contract award will see SIMPEC, a subsidiary of WestStar Industrial, start work on the plant immediately. It[…]

Hitachi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) aimed at cooperating in areas of research and development and social innovation. Examples of potential cooperation identified in the MoU include research and development activities in the fields of autonomous systems, digital twins, material tracking, urban systems, security, artificial[…]

European Electric Metals has engaged the Nordmin Group of Companies to undertake a site inspection and to comment on the apparent condition of the surface and underground infrastructure and equipment of the Skroska project in Albania. The site inspection will allow Nordmin to judge whether the existing underground workings and mine equipment can be used[…]