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Australia-based mining software developer Deswik says it has launched a new tool to help automate infill drill hole planning. Deswik Drillhole Optimizer (Deswik.DHO) is a module for the company’s Deswik.CAD design platform, which optimises the position of infill drill holes to maximise the uplift in resource classification within a given budget, the company says. “Deswik.DHO[…]

Two significant engineering changes have had a positive impact on the expected returns from Orion Minerals’ Prieska copper-zinc project in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Issuing an updated bankable feasibility study (BFS) for a proposed new 2.4 Mt/y copper and zinc mining operation earlier this week, the company said there had been “numerous[…]

Brisbane, Australia-based Components Only has charged Jeffery Chua with expanding the company’s heavy equipment components operations in his new role as Commercial Manager. With experience in corporate finance and commercial management, Chua is well placed to help the company continue its growth and expansion plans, according to Components Only. Chua believes his experience will prove[…]

Research by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has produced new understanding of mineralisation in the Yilgarn Province in WA, supported by the Western Australian government through the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA). Researchers found the formation of ancient gold deposits during the Archean period over 2,500 million years ago also produced distinctive patterns[…]

BHP is backing Austmine’s next mining innovation conference, to be held in Perth, Western Australia, from May 25-27, 2021. Austmine CEO, Christine Gibbs Stewart (pictured at the 2019 event), said the conference theme, ‘Harnessing Intelligence’, will explore the importance of optimising the interaction between people, processes and technology, further positioning Australia as the global hub[…]

Orway IQ has named former Sibanye-Stillwater employee Marnu Lombaard as its new Chief Executive Officer. Lombaard, who was named company chief with effect from May, takes over from Fred Kock who filled the role temporarily during the establishment phase of the business development, the company said. Kock remains a Director and Technical Consultant within the[…]

Rio Tinto researchers have developed a new process to extract high purity scandium oxide, a critical mineral, from by-products generated in the production of titanium dioxide at the Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metallurgical operation in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The company states: “We are now producing high quality scandium oxide that meets market specifications as[…]

Metalloinvest has begun replacing the magnetic separators at iron ore mining complex Mikhailovsky GOK’s beneficiation plant, as part of the company’s large-scale modernisation and technical re-equipping programme to increase the plant’s production volumes. Replacing single-drum magnetic separators with more modern and productive ones will increase iron ore concentrate production by 10,200 t per year. The[…]

Almonty Industries Inc has announced the finalisation of the plant layout and configuration upon the fixing of the location of the backfill plant at the site of the Sangdong tungsten mine in Gangwon Province, Almonty’s wholly-owned mine in South Korea. The Sangdong backfill plant has been prepared and designed by Upgrade Mining Solutions (Europe), a[…]

Zanaga Iron Ore says a concept study on the viability of using a floating dewatering, storage and offloading (FDSO) port facility shows the potential for a $184 million reduction in capital costs for the 12 Mt/y Stage One development at the Zanaga iron ore project in the Republic of Congo. Following an approach in 2019[…]