Worley has reported that oil sands miners, Imperial Oil Limited and Syncrude Canada Ltd, have extended the ASX-listed firm’s long‐term engineering and procurement services contract for an additional five years. Building upon the long‐term relationship that began in 1991, Worley will continue to provide Imperial and Syncrude a full range of engineering, procurement and project delivery[…]
Silver Bear Resources, owner of the Mangazeisky silver project in Russia’s Far East, has announced it is to raise $4 million via two shareholder loans in order to acquire an X-ray Transmission (XRT) ore sorting system and help construct the flotation line at its flagship mine. Vadim Ilchuk, President and Chief Executive Officer, said the[…]
Superior Industries, a US-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, is to showcase a newly configured portable wash plant at the upcoming CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 event, in Las Vegas, USA. The portable wash plant is one of 12 new products the company will introduce during the trade show on March 10-14,[…]
Following the start of production on December 16, Nevada Copper has shipped the first copper concentrate from its Pumpkin Hollow copper mine, in Nevada, USA. Having reached these milestones, the company is now focused on ramping up the mine, in Yerington, to reach nameplate capacity in the first half of 2020. The 2017 prefeasibility study[…]
Building on an already strong partnership, Epiroc and Aramine have signed a distribution contract that will see the France-based company become Epiroc’s official distributor of underground mining and tunnelling equipment in France and several Central and West African countries. Aramine, which is already the official distributor of Epiroc drilling, loading and rock transport products, said:[…]
Voith says it is planning to acquire 70% of the shares of ELIN Motoren GmbH as it looks to strengthen its position in the market for electrical drive systems. A corresponding purchase contract was signed on December 20, with closing of the transaction anticipated to occur at the beginning of the June quarter. ELIN is[…]
As IM goes to press on its first monthly issue of 2020, which includes its annual feature on mine maintenance, Giles Bloxwich, Service Manager at Radicon, has warned miners that they need to prepare for gearbox failures with an effective maintenance program. He issues this warning knowing full well that these components can take anywhere[…]
Anglo American says it has received an important licence for the tailings facility at its Minas-Rio iron ore mine, in Brazil, that will help the long life operation reach its full potential. The company received the next phase of its operating licence for the facility following the work to raise the dam as part of[…]
Canada’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson, in partnership with Natural Resources Minister, Seamus O’Regan, have announced that Canada will launch a strategic assessment looking into how future new thermal coal mine projects will be assessed under the government’s Impact Assessment Act. The strategic assessment will include, but not be limited to:[…]
Located in the Moquegua region in the south of Peru, Anglo American’s Quellaveco is one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits. Part of the mine plans are to transition to autonomous haulage systems, and Quellaveco will utilise simulation-based training and workforce development solutions from Immersive Technologies to improve the efficiency of new operator training,[…]