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Codelco says it will temporarily suspend some of its projects as part of its measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This will affect construction on the Chuquicamata Underground Mine project, which was previously expected to produce 320,000 t/y of fine copper by around 2026; the early works of Rajo Inca, a 70,000 t/y copper[…]

AGQ Labs says it has been awarded three-year water control and monitoring plan contracts with MLCC Caserones and Codelco, in Chile. Dedicated to providing laboratory analysis, advanced analysis and specialised chemical consultancy services, AGQ will service the two contracts from its new branch in Copiapó, northern Chile. MLCC (SCM Minera Lumina Copper Chile) is owned[…]

McConnell Dowell says it has signed an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract with the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) for its Shiploader 2 and Berth 2 Replacement (SABR) project at the Hay Point Coal Terminal, in Queensland, Australia. The SABR project scope encompasses replacement of one of the three berths and shiploaders at the terminal. The[…]

The latest provincial government-mandated restrictions to address the COVID-19 situation have seen miners down tools at operations in Quebec, Canada. Announced on March 23, the order was for the shutdown of all non-essential businesses and services for a period of three weeks, starting on midnight on March 24. While mining was listed as one of[…]

Stacktronic and Mayhew Performance say they have agreed a partnership to repurpose and electrify a personnel carrier for use in the underground mining sector. The project, to take place in the Sudbury Basin of Ontario, Canada, will kick off in early April, with the converted vehicle to be unveiled at MINExpo in Las Vegas, Nevada,[…]

Mincor says it plans to incorporate some of the most modern mining technology to enhance safety, boost operational efficiency and reduce costs at its integrated nickel re-start project in the Kambalda District of Western Australia. Having released the definitive feasibility study on the project, the company is now awaiting a positive final investment decision from[…]

Safer tailings storage facilities (TSFs) – or tailings dams – can be achieved when mine owners, contractors and engineering consultants work closely together, says SRK Consulting’s Linda Spies. Speaking after a recent Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) conference focusing on tailings dams, Spies, Senior Geotechnical Engineer at SRK Consulting, said that mining[…]

Austin Engineering’s David Pichanick thinks miners need to keep payload matching front and centre of their minds when looking to add to, refresh or replace their truck and shovel haulage fleet. Why payload matching and what’s involved in matching an excavator to a truck? According to Pichanick, Global Manager Market Development & Innovation at Brisbane-based[…]

South Africa’s mining operators are racing against time to prepare for a nationwide lockdown starting at midnight on March 26 and running until midnight Thursday April 16 as the government tries to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The priority is to ensure worker health and safety during the process while also ensuring where[…]

Philippi-Hagenbuch Inc. (PHIL), a global leader in off-highway truck customisation, recently announced that production of its patented Rear Eject Body to begin in Brazil the second quarter of 2020. PHIL’s line of rear eject bodies it says offer “the ideal solution for challenging hauling applications from general construction, road construction and sand/gravel to mine reclamation, and[…]