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dynaCERT Inc reports that its HydraGEN technology has been approved for underground mining applications in Canada pursuant to a formal risk assessment commissioned by dynaCERT’s Dealer, Total Equipment Services Inc (TES), based in Sudbury, Ontario, and one of TES’s major underground mining customers in northern Ontario. dynaCERT Inc manufactures and distributes Carbon Emission Reduction Technology[…]

ROST International Trading Ltd and 247Solar Inc have announced an exclusive agreement for ROST to market 247Solar’s modular, scalable concentrated solar power (CSP) technology to the worldwide mining industry. The 247Solar Thermal Storage System™ stores the sun’s energy as heat instead of electricity, eliminating the need for costly batteries, to ensure 24/7 availability. To guarantee[…]

Harsco Corporation has announced that its Environmental division (HE) will serve as pilot customer for Volvo Construction Equipment’s (Volvo CE) new autonomous battery-electric hauler. While not yet on the market, the hauler is being heralded as the “next groundbreaking step in Volvo CE’s innovation journey.” “We are delighted to partner with Volvo CE on this[…]

Dassault Systèmes says it has appointed Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) Chair, Michelle Ash, as CEO of its GEOVIA software division. Ash will help shape strategy to build growth across the company’s Natural Resources sector, as well as deliver next-generation solutions based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, which integrates all the technologies and capabilities that leverage[…]

Newmont Goldcorp Corporation’s Board of Directors have unanimously approved advancing the Tanami Expansion 2 project into the execution phase. The project is expected to exceed the company’s required internal rate of return with profitable production and mine life extending beyond 2040. “The approval of our second expansion project at Tanami in Australia will further improve[…]

Master Drilling is set to break a drilling world record having recently commenced collaring for a 1,420 m pilot hole at a South Africa platinum mine. The 4.6 m diameter hole is being sunk as part of an expansion project at the mine. It will help lead to the development of a rock hoisting shaft[…]

As IM goes to press on its November issue, which includes a feature on Drives and Controls, one of the leaders in this space, ABB, reflects on the spate of new copper miners to have opened up in South America, Russia and Kazakhstan, and the drive solutions powering them forward. This online editorial feature also[…]

GoldSpot Discoveries Corp has announced that its team of expert geologists and data scientists has been engaged by Vale Canada Ltd to use machine learning to identify new drilling targets at its Coleman nickel mine, part of its flagship base metals operations located in Sudbury, Ontario. “With the tremendous amount of data Vale has acquired[…]

Seven leading mining and metals companies have partnered with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to experiment, design and deploy blockchain solutions that will accelerate responsible sourcing and sustainability practices, the WEF reports. The Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative will pool resources and cost, increase speed-to-market and improve industry-wide trust that cannot be achieved by acting[…]

Vale says it is to start trialling autonomous haulage at its Carajás mine in Pará, Brazil, following a successful deployment at its Brucutu iron ore mine in Minas Gerais. The company plans to run both autonomous and manned trucks at the operation, the world’s largest open-pit iron ore mine, it said. Completion of the autonomous[…]