News Archive

November 2020
16 Nov 2020
Rio Tinto signs up Ultromex to treat landfill aluminium salt slag
UK company Ultromex recently signed a major contract with Rio Tinto to remediate a salt...
16 Nov 2020
Australia’s ANSTO develops ultra-accurate portable radiation imaging device with applications in mining
A team of Australian scientists have created a new portable device that can pinpoint the...
16 Nov 2020
Blu Rock reports high Epiroc SmartROC D65 performance at Glencore’s Mutanda cobalt mine
Tough drilling conditions goes with the territory in Africa’s Copperbelt which straddles the border between...
16 Nov 2020
Sandvik Mining President says battery electric line-up will soon include 65 t underground truck
During today's Electric Mine virtual conference, which precedes the physical conference coming up on March...
16 Nov 2020
OZ Minerals plans vertical hoisting & battery electric underground fleet for Prominent Hill expansion
OZ Minerals has provided an update on its Prominent Hill Expansion Study which it says...
16 Nov 2020
Allison to highlight applications of transmissions in autonomous fleets at Bauma China
Allison Transmission will exhibit its Off-Highway Series™ of fully automatic transmission models and the latest...
16 Nov 2020
Decmil Group bolsters Rio Robe Valley iron ore work
Decmil Group says it has secured a A$30 million ($22 million) contract from Rio Tinto...
15 Nov 2020
SSR Mining plans new flotation plant to boost sulphide plant throughput at Çöpler gold mine in Turkey
The world class Çöpler (80% SSR Mining owned, acquired when SSR merged with Alacer Gold...
14 Nov 2020
Antofagasta Minerals starts Copper Mark journey at Centinela & Zaldivar mines
Antofagasta Minerals says that Minera Centinela and Minera Zaldívar will be the first of its...
14 Nov 2020
Trolley assist to lower GHG levels at Copper Mountain Mining in BC
In a November 2020 Investor Presentation, Copper Mountain (75% Copper Mountain Mining Corporation/25% Mitsubishi Materials...
13 Nov 2020
Champion Iron board pushes button on doubling Bloom Lake mine capacity to 15 Mt/y
Champion Iron Ltd has announced that its subsidiary Québec Iron Ore Inc (QIO), the operator...
13 Nov 2020
Leading contract miner Thiess opens new workshop at Encuentro Oxides copper project in Chile
Thiess’ newest workshop at Encuentro, in the Antofagasta region in Chile, will allow state-of-the-art maintenance to...