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Outokumpu’s Kemi chromite mine, together with blasting and explosives specialist Forcit, has introduced centralised wireless blasting via Wi-Fi using Davey Bickford Enaex technology. Forcit with its partner Davey Bickford Enaex and Kemi mine have co-operated to implement the centralised blasting system DaveyTronic®UG to ensure safe and economical blasting. The centralised blasting system enables controlled implementation[…]

RMIT University has signed an agreement with Amira Global that, it says, will see it join an international network of forward-thinking organisations working collectively to solve major mining industry challenges. The Memorandum of Understanding between Amira Global and RMIT paves the way for mining and mining supply companies to use the university’s test facilities to[…]

NRW Holdings has been awarded the mining contract for Nathan River Resources’ Roper Bar iron ore project in the Northern Territory of Australia. Roper Bar has a fully integrated ‘pit-to-port’ logistics chain including a privately-owned 171-km paved access road to an existing barge load-out facility and product stockyard, according to NRW. The project was commissioned[…]

Peel Mining says positive results from ore sorting test work at the Southern Nights and Mallee Bull deposits, part of its 100%-owned South Cobar Project, in western New South Wales, Australia, provide encouragement for the inclusion of this pre-concentration technology into future process plant design. So encouraged by this testing is Peel that it has[…]

The Solntsevsky coal mine, the key mining asset of East Mining Comany (EMCO), written in Russian Vostochnaya Mining Company (VGK) for the first time reached a thermal coal production volume of 11 Mt at the end of 2020. Despite a general decrease in production rates in the Russian coal mining industry, EMCO upped its level[…]

At the Pavlik GOK gold mine in Russia’s Far East Magadan region, nine Komatsu 91 t class HD785-7 dump trucks operated by contract miner Detra LLC have been equipped with the Caterpillar DSS safety system, which alerts the driver in real time to fatigue and distraction. This decision was made based on the results of[…]

A Howden SF18 single-stage turbo compressor, with its high aerodynamic efficiency and wide performance envelope, will be used to support the 3,500 Mt/d sulphuric acid plant’s leach process at ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project, located within the Silver Peak mountain range in Nevada. Howden says its longstanding experience in the sulfuric acid industry, quality equipment,[…]

The Pilar mine at the Caraiba Mining Complex in Bahia, Brazil, will soon have a high-tech, safe, and efficient underground mine cooling system through Howden and their TMVS – Total Mine Ventilation Solutions. The Caraiba Mining Complex is owned and operated by Ero Copper and is located in northeastern Bahia State, Brazil, approximately 385 km[…]

Barminco says it has become the first company in the world to debut the new generation of Epiroc’s Mobile Carrier Rig (MCR) – the GEN 2 Epiroc Diamec Smart 6M. This second-generation underground mobile core drill rig uses the drilling capacity of the Diamec Smart 6 automated operating system, and the mobility and sturdiness of[…]

Eriez Flotation is to supply four HydroFloat® Separators to Newcrest Mining for use in Stage 2 of the miner’s Cadia Valley Operations (Cadia) expansion project in New South Wales, Australia. This announcement follows the successful delivery, commissioning and ramp up of four Eriez CrossFlow Separators and two HydroFloats as part of the Cadia Coarse Particle[…]