News Archive

November 2020
09 Nov 2020
Vale teams with Komatsu and CMIC on ‘revolutionary’ hard-rock cutting project
Vale, in 2021, is due to embark on a major hard-rock cutting project at its...
09 Nov 2020
Cokal drafts in PT Harmoni Panca Utama for contract mining at BBM coal project
Cokal Limited has selected PT Harmoni Panca Utama (HPU) as the preferred tenderer to provide...
09 Nov 2020
Ausdrill commissions automation-ready Cat MD6250 drill at Boggabri
Ausdrill says it has just commissioned the first of four new Caterpillar MD6250 drills at...
09 Nov 2020
DRA under budget and ahead of schedule at NST’s Jundee expansion project
DRA Global says it has completed its engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract under...
09 Nov 2020
Aeris Resources adds battery-electric 20 t carrier/loader to Tritton fleet
Aeris Resources has confirmed the arrival of the battery-electric retrofit ‘TRITEV’ 20 t underground loader...
09 Nov 2020
BHP and China Baowu take on steel industry GHG emission reduction challenge
BHP has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with leading steel producer, China Baowu, with...
09 Nov 2020
Orica to deliver tech and blasting services to Glencore’s Australia copper, zinc ops
Orica says it has been awarded a five-year explosives technology and services contract for Glencore’s...
06 Nov 2020
Open drawbells number passes 300 at Grasberg Block Cave & DMLZ
In its Q3 2020 and nine months to September 30 results, Freeport McMoRan reports that...
06 Nov 2020
ABEL partners with IoT company AMI Global to offer remote pump monitoring
AMI Global LLC, a rapidly growing industrial IoT solutions provider, has announced a partnership with...
06 Nov 2020
Terelion – a new name & future for a well proven drill bit performer
IM Editorial Director Paul Moore recently spoke to David Harrington, the President of Terelion, about...
06 Nov 2020
Ausdrill gets hands on with hands-off-steel diamond drilling tech
With Ausdrill having recently added a Boart Longyear LF160 drill rig and FL262 FREEDOM™ LOADER...
06 Nov 2020
Metso Outotec ups recovery at Hudbay Constancia with centre launder upgrade
Optimising the froth surface area throughout the flotation circuit has a critical impact in the...