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In keeping with the Department of the Interior’s priority of providing opportunities for the sustainable and responsible development of the nation’s natural resources, the Bureau of Land Management Ely District says it is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) analysing a proposal to expand the Robinson Copper Mine in Nevada, which is operated by Robinson[…]

Etherstack PLC has announced that its Australian subsidiary Auria Wireless Pty Ltd, has entered a contract with Perth base system integrator, CSE Crosscom, to provide Auria’s P25 digital radio network technology to CSE Crosscom’s customer, being a “mining company with activities in the Pilbara region of north-west Western Australia.” The delivery is described as just[…]

Often forgotten on lists of major gold mining enterprises as they are state-owned by Uzbekistan, Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combine (NMMC) and Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (Almalyk MMC) are set to see their joint production exceed 5 Moz a year by 2026, an unprecedented figure, with Almalyk’s copper production also to reach 400,000 t/y.[…]

In a recent online article, Michał Zagdański, Export Engineer in the Service Centre of Poland’s mining equipment major FAMUR, outlined some recent successes for the company in penetrating India’s coal mining market with its technology. The company now has three machines in operation in the Indian mines, namely the EZ-K10 bolting and drilling rig and[…]

Optimize Group says it is supporting innovative material handling system company, Rail-Veyor, with a series of South America initiatives, including the development of a conceptual trade-off study model comparing truck, conveyor and Rail-Veyor scenarios over a life-of-mine plan. The model considers technical, financial and environmental metrics and is suitable for both open pit and underground[…]

A 60 t BELAZ mining truck equipped with an engine compliant with Stage V European emissions regulations has been tested in Poland. In February, Polmark Kielce, the official representative of BELAZ in the country, together with experts from Volvo Penta in Sweden in close cooperation with ERS Engineering Corp (USA) and Western Technologies (service dealer[…]

Flowrox has come up with a new design for big slurry knife gate valves that, it says, eliminates the need for a cylinder tower and repositions two actuator cylinders to each side of the valve. Knife gate valves are often found in mineral processing plants, tailings and slurry transport, as well as leaching operations. The[…]

Thompson Pump and Manufacturing Company recently released a new diesel-powered dewatering pump that, it says, features high air handling and large water volume capabilities. USA-based Thompson is a leading manufacturers of heavy-duty portable diesel-powered bypass and dewatering pumps,. The company debuted its 6 in (152 mm) rotary wellpoint 6RW-DIS-4LE2T-X pump  at this year’s CONEXPO-Con/AGG trade[…]

It is a combination of improved technology, reduced fine grind requirements and maintenance benefits that led to Los Andes Copper replacing the SAG and ball mill crushing circuit proposed in its Vizcachitas copper-molybdenum project preliminary economic assessment (PEA), with a three-stage crushing circuit that uses high pressure grinding roll (HPGR) technology in the tertiary crushing[…]

LKAB is developing technology to recycle mine waste to produce phosphorus mineral fertilisers, rare earth elements (REEs), fluorine and gypsum, in a project called ReeMAP. The first step is to use the mine waste to produce an apatite concentrate, something LKAB is now doing in their pilot plant. Leif Boström, senior Vice President for Business[…]