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On June 29, 2020, just before the combination of Metso and Outotec to become Metso Outotec, Finnish hard rock lithium ore to battery grade lithium hydroxide project developer Keliber and mineral processing technology provider Outotec signed an agreement regarding the basic engineering of Keliber’s Päiväneva concentrator. Outotec will design the concentrator process and process equipment[…]

Paladin Energy Ltd has announced the results of the Langer Heinrich Mine Restart Plan, which marks the completion of an extensive work package aimed at “delivering a reliable mine restart to bring the globally significant Langer Heinrich Mine back into production under the right uranium pricing environment.” Paladin owns 75% of the Langer Heinrich mine,[…]

Exxaro has marked a significant safety milestone this month, with the Plant and Central Engineering Workshops (CEWS) – work areas within the organisation’s Matla coal mine, in South Africa – achieving 730 lost-time injury (LTI) free days. This achievement is equivalent to two years of zero mine worker LTIs, the company said. The accomplishment forms[…]

A new product to move, lift, stack, turn containers and support containerisation of bulk material has been launched by Robert Huthloff (formerly MAFO and CES GmbH in Germany). The Revolution Container Loader & Mover, designed by Dr Ing Gianguido Corvi, is a straddle carrier equipped with a tilting spreader for 20-40 ft (6.1-12.2 m) containers.[…]

BHP and Rio Tinto have agreed to jointly fund a new initiative at the University of Western Australia that aims to improve global tailings management. Over five years, the companies will invest A$4 million (($2.7 million) A$2 million each) in training, research, education and practice to support tailings and waste management facilities as part of[…]

Multotec Process Equipment’s high-precision sampling equipment has found a home in Guinea, with bauxite producers in the West African country using the South Africa-based company’s tools to verify the quality of mined material before it is shipped overseas. The company has recently provided two tariff sampling plants to a major bauxite producer in the country,[…]

Fortescue Metals Group has officially opened the Fortescue Hive, the company’s newly expanded Integrated Operations Centre (IOC) which, FMG says, uses the latest technology and brings together the company’s fully owned and integrated supply chain. Fortescue Founder and Chairman, Dr Andrew Forrest, and Chief Executive Officer, Elizabeth Gaines, celebrated the official opening in Perth with[…]

GR Engineering Services has been awarded additional work by Saracen Mineral Holdings at the Thunderbox and Carosue Dam gold operations in Western Australia. The contract additions, which have a combined value of A$29 million ($19.9 million), include an engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Thunderbox Paste Plant project and an approved variation of the[…]

Newcrest Mining has become the latest member of the not-for-profit Coalition for Energy Efficient Comminution (CEEC). Headquartered in Melbourne, Newcrest Mining has gold and copper operations in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Canada. Newcrest Head of Technology and Innovation, Andrew Logan, said the sponsorship of CEEC was a natural fit, as sustainability, technology and innovation,[…]

As part of its range of froth recovery upgrade solutions which also include actuators and level sensors, FLSmidth has introduced a radial launder and froth crowder system which it says represents a small shift in recovery but one that means millions of dollars towards the bottom line. It allows the improvement of separation efficiency to[…]