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It is fair to say Epiroc’s September quarter results surprised on the upside. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, orders received held up, dropping just 2% to SEK9.37 billion ($1.07 billion) compared with orders in the September quarter of 2019. In fact, on an “organic basis”, orders received were up 10% year-on-year. At the same time, operating[…]

Varel Mining and Industrial is changing its name to Terelion, as the drilling company looks to focus solely on the mining sector. The new brand will continue to design, manufacture, and deliver quality drill bits and complementary products for its blasthole drilling clients around the world, it said. Terelion is headquartered in Carrolton, Texas, USA,[…]

Metso Outotec and Boliden have signed an extension of their service contract for Boliden’s Aitik copper mine in Gällivare, northern Sweden. The “3+2-year extension” of the Life-Cycle Services agreement covers the supply of mill lining, chute lining solutions, preventive maintenance of the grinding circuit and recycling of used wear parts, the mining OEM said. The[…]

Technology Metals Australia (TMT) says it has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with APA Group under which TMT and APA have agreed to investigate the provision of gas transportation services along a new gas pipeline to be developed by APA from the south to supply gas to the Gabanintha vanadium project, in[…]

SafeAI, a platform for autonomous heavy equipment, and Obayashi Corporation, a Japanese-based global leader in construction, have announced a partnership to create autonomous construction sites, beginning with a pilot program on a US test site. “Joining with one of the largest names in construction, SafeAI is demonstrating industrial autonomy in a real world situation and[…]

On September 11, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), the government agency focused on the responsible development, use and competitiveness of Canada’s natural resources and products, announced the launch of a pilot project focused on testing a new technology developed by E2metrix, which will help clean and recycle Canada’s mining wastewater. As the lead proponent of the[…]

BHP is driving a procurement overhaul using SAP Ariba, giving it executive visibility and an elevated role in helping execute BHP’s business strategy, outlined in a recent article by Ry Crozier from iTnews. The global miner is looking deeper into its A$20 billion annual procurement spend with the aid of SAP Ariba software under an[…]

A “robotic dog” called Spot® has begun work with iron ore miner LKAB at its Kiruna operation within the Sustainable Underground Mining (SUM) project and it says is now being “trained intensively” for underground tasks. “Spot is an innovative step towards an even safer LKAB,” says the company. “Spot gives us greater possibilities for inspecting[…]

Leading mining & mine infrastructure contractor North American Construction Group Ltd (NACG) has announced the award of a major earthworks construction contract at a gold mining project in Northern Ontario. The contract was awarded to a newly formed joint venture owned and operated equally by NACG and Nuna Group of Companies (which NACG owns 49%[…]

Ural Mining Metallurgical Company (UMMC), one of the top Russian producers of copper, zinc and other precious metals is equipping copper-zinc miner Uchalinsky GOK, one of its key mining enterprises, with a set of mine-hoisting equipment designed by Russian manufacturers. By November 2021, Uralmashplant JSC (part of the UZTM-KARTEX Group) will supply the mining complex[…]