News Archive

July 2020
21 Jul 2020
Master Drilling completes record raise-bore pilot hole at Northam’s Zondereinde Number 3 Shaft
Northam Platinum Ltd has announced the successful completion of the raise-bore pilot hole for the...
21 Jul 2020
Bunting ups the Electro Overband Magnet stakes for Agnico’s Kittilä gold mine
The largest Electro Overband Magnet ever built at the Bunting manufacturing plant in Redditch, England,...
21 Jul 2020
Anglo American could use ‘green’ hydrogen power at Queensland open-pit coal mines
Anglo American has eyes on producing 'green' hydrogen to power the haul fleet at not...
21 Jul 2020
Gensource signs up K-UTEC, Koeppern and Ebner for Tugaske potash project
Gensource says it has engaged a consortium of world-class potash process design and equipment fabrication...
21 Jul 2020
BASF & IntelliSense.io partner to accelerate mining’s digital transformation
Global chemical company BASF and IntelliSense.io, a leading industrial artificial intelligence (AI) company, have announced...
21 Jul 2020
Hudbay invests in comminution energy efficiency research with CEEC sponsorship
The Coalition for Energy Efficient Comminution (CEEC) has announced new sponsorship from base and precious...
21 Jul 2020
Seequent helps miners in COVID-19 era with remote geoscience software tools
Geoscience software company Seequent says it is accelerating the development of its cloud-based solution, Seequent...
21 Jul 2020
Orica on the right Track with new digital blasting solutions
Orica’s suite of rock movement, blast fragmentation and digital blast optimisation solutions have been gaining...
21 Jul 2020
Nokia 5G standalone private wireless network selected by Sandvik to advance digital transformation in mining
Nokia today announced that Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology will deploy a Nokia 5G SA...
21 Jul 2020
BME keeps supply up amid lockdown as it prepares for COVID-19-related business changes
COVID-19 lockdown restrictions around Southern Africa have thrown the spotlight on mines’ supply security, with...
20 Jul 2020
RST Instruments & Measurand improve deformation monitoring in mining
RST Instruments of Maple Ridge, British Columbia and Measurand of Fredericton, New Brunswick have recently...
20 Jul 2020
Codelco lays out its electric & autonomous underground past, present and future
IM Editorial Director Paul Moore recently talked to Nicolás Puelma, Disruptive Innovation Director, Codelco and...