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Sandvik AB has announced its Q4 2020 results with positive results for Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology. Stefan Widing, President and CEO said: “A record order intake was noted for Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, increasing by 15% year on year, with a continued strong momentum in equipment and improved performance in the aftermarket business.[…]

Perenti Global Ltd has announce the award of more than A$307 million in new work and contract extensions at Australian mining projects through its leading hard rock underground mining business, Barminco and Australia’s premier drilling services provider, Ausdrill. The new work and contract extensions are across four underground and two surface mining projects in New[…]

RIEGL is adding increased user optionality for its VZ-i Series of 3D terrestrial laser scanners with the development of three new mining apps for everyday use, especially in critical situations. Based on reliable real-time data, these apps allow users to make necessary decisions quickly with sound knowledge of the situation at hand. RIEGL’s 3D terrestrial[…]

France’s CGG says it has become a member of Amira, an independent global not-for-profit organisation representing members from the mineral resources industry seeking to enhance, sustain and deliver transformational R&D, innovation and implementation to the benefit of society. As part of its membership, CGG’s Minerals & Mining group is sponsoring an independent industry research program[…]

Following signoff of the $112 million construction of the box cut, exploration decline and associated surface infrastructure at the Havieron gold project in Western Australia, Greatland Gold, one of the joint venture owners, says early works activities have commenced at the project. Operated by Newcrest under this JV agreement with Greatland, Havieron has an initial[…]

Conveyor Products and Solutions’ (CPS) conveyor roller and idler sets have achieved “SKF Equipped” status, providing clients with assurance of industry-leading premium quality conveyor products and technology, CPS says. The trademark licence agreement with SKF builds on the supply partnership between the two companies, which has been in place since 2013. “CPS clients can be[…]

Fortescue Metals Group has continued its longstanding commitment to Aboriginal procurement and delivery of benefits for its Native Title partners, with over A$13 million ($10.1 million) of new contracts awarded as part of the company’s Iron Bridge Magnetite project. Two contracts have been awarded to 100%-owned Aboriginal-owned business Jukawalyi Resources Pty Ltd, and the Yulu[…]

In Kiruna, Sweden, tests are ongoing to set a new world standard for sustainable mining. In the process to achieve this, LKAB has ordered more industry-leading battery-electric vehicles from Epiroc to be tested for future carbon dioxide-free operations. The newly ordered equipment, Scooptram ST14 Battery and Minetruck MT42 Battery machines, will be used both in[…]

Trelleborg has introduced what it says is a unique natural abrasion-resistant rubber sheeting product to the mining market in the form of its GoldLine® Premium 38. This sheeting protects mine owners’ investments in mineral processing plants from wear caused by wet abrasive slurries, the company says. Recognising that limitations in testing of sheeting makes it[…]

Mineralogical data can be used across the entire mining value chain, from exploration to production, to build a detailed picture of a project, according to one of the world’s leading spectral mineralogy experts. Dr Sasha Pontual, who developed aiSIRIS – a cloud-based artificial intelligence spectral interpretation software for portable spectrometer data – told an IMDEX[…]