Northern Alberta’s two oil sands giants and neighbours are finally coming together. Suncor, as 58.74% owner of the Syncrude Joint Venture, has announced that it, together with the other Syncrude joint venture owners – Imperial Oil Resources Ltd (25%), CNOOC Oil Sands Canada (7.23%) and Sinopec Oil Sands Partnership (9.03%) – have agreed in principle[…]
A new agreement signed on November 24 by Amira Global and Canada’s Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) the partners say has the ability to fast-track solutions to major industry challenges. The Strategic Alliance Agreement opens more pathways for companies to commercialise R&D developed through Amira Global and CEMI. In announcing the agreement, Amira[…]
Nordic Lights Suzhou Co Ltd has received its first-ever Caterpillar SQEP (Suppliers Quality Excellence Program) Platinum rating in October 2020. The facility supplies lighting solutions to Caterpillar factories including its Suzhou location that makes Medium Wheel Loaders (MWL) and Motor Graders (MG) for the mining market including the 120K and 140K graders and 966M/966H loaders.[…]
Henkel’s LOCTITE® 270 adhesive thread locking has come to the rescue of a mining operation in Australia that was facing a potential collapse of the jaw crusher equipment frame. According to Henkel, the failure of a threaded assembly through self-loosening not only risks lost production but also worker safety. This was the case at the[…]
There was an interesting presentation today during IMARC Online 2020 from Sundeep Singh, Group Procurement Officer at BHP, titled Developing Resilient Supply Chains in which he covered how the company has been working with its key suppliers during the COVID-19 pandemic era. He stated: “We knew our partnerships were going to be a key differentiator[…]
Ahead of her appearance at the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) Online, conference organisers spoke with Michelle Ash, CEO of Dassault Systèmes’ GEOVIA division, to get her thoughts on some of the biggest problems the mining industry needs to solve today, and what the mining industry can learn from other industries to gain a[…]
Technology designed to give athletes an advantage during competition is being rolled out at mines across Australia to improve the health of miners. Dehydration in mines reduces worker concentration and efficiency while increasing the risk of long-term health issues, according to MX3 Diagnostics. At the same time, hydration testing at mines can be inconvenient, inaccurate[…]
Percepto has announced a strategic investment of $45 million in funding to, it says, launch a transformative solution for remote, fully autonomous, asset monitoring, inspection and compliance of industrial sites. The financing, led by Koch Disruptive Technologies, with contributions from new investors State of Mind Ventures, Atento Capital, Summit Peak Investments and Delek-US, plus existing[…]
Africa-focused mining services company, Capital, says it expanded its operations at Barrick Gold’s Bulyanhulu gold mine in Tanzania with the award of two new contracts for its drilling and geochemical laboratory services divisions. The contracts include a five-year laboratory services contract for Capital’s MSALABS subsidiary, together with a two-year underground grade control drilling agreement. Capital[…]
NRW Holdings is in pole position to take over Primero Group following a cash and shares bid that values Primero at A$100 million ($74 million). Primero Directors, who own around 30% of Primero’s equity, have unanimously recommended its shareholders accept the offer in the absence of a superior proposal coming forward. The addition of Primero,[…]