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Sandvik-owned Artisan Vehicle Systems has upped the stakes in the battery-electric underground haulage game by introducing a new 50 t haul truck. The company made the announcement at the Digitalization in Mining event, in Australia, held by Sandvik on December 3-4, 2019. The Z50 is based off the existing design for the Z40 truck, which[…]

Vital Metals says it has agreed multiple development and supply contracts that will assist it in rapidly becoming North America’s next rare earth mining company. The ASX listed company’s Cheetah subsidiary has signed preferred mining contractor and ice-road construction contracts for its Nechalacho rare earth project, in the Northwest Territories of Canada, with Det’on Cho[…]

One year on from the Brumadinho dam collapse, ICMM CEO, Tom Butler, says the mining industry may have made progress with how it operates, but it still has much more to do to on the environmental, social and governance front. The collapse, which reportedly killed 270 people, was attributed to poor internal drainage and intense[…]

CR Digital has agreed terms to acquire Seattle-based Thunderbird Mining Systems in a transaction that, it says, further expands CQMS Razer’s digital technology division’s product offering, IP, sales/marketing and technical support activities. Thunderbird founder, John Vynne, and his team have been pioneering measurement while drilling (MWD) technologies since founding the company and have a rich[…]

Environmental organisation GRID-Arendal, with support from the UN Environment Program (UNEP), says it has launched the world’s first publicly accessible global database of mine tailings storage facilities. The database, the Global Tailings Portal, was built by Norway-based GRID-Arendal as part of the Investor Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative, led by the Church of England Pensions[…]

After carrying out a successful pilot at its Bagdad copper operation, Freeport McMoRan says it is rolling out a program across its North America and South America mines involving the use of data science, machine learning and integrated functional teams. The program, aimed at addressing bottlenecks, providing cost benefits and driving improved overall performance, was[…]

Newmont, this week, has been recognised by a trio of independent organisations for its management performance and social responsibility, action on climate-related issues and advancing women in the workplace. The leading gold miner, which is scheduled to produce 6.4 Moz of gold in 2020, ranked as the top mining company on FORTUNE’s 2020 list of[…]

Graco Inc has launched a new automatic lubrication system specifically designed for heavy-duty earth-moving machines in extreme work environments. The Compact Dyna-Star® (CDS) lubrication system offers the power and performance needed for the toughest users and markets, according to the company, adding that it also has a smaller footprint and is priced to fit customer[…]

Black Rock Mining says it has signed an agreement with China Railway Seventh Group Co Ltd (CRSG) that could see the major Chinese infrastructure contractor help build the Mahenge graphite project in Tanzania. The project is envisaged as a graphite development that would gradually ramp up to its ultimate 340,000 t/y capacity through the addition[…]

Following several years of sustained sales growth, Bunting is expanding their manufacturing plant and offices at the Redditch site just outside Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Since the global Bunting Group acquired Master Magnets in January 2017, manufacturing output at the Redditch plant has increased significantly. Redditch is the European manufacturing headquarters for magnetic separators[…]