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Nutrien says it is expanded its use of proximity monitoring and contact tracing technology, Proximity Trace™ from Triax Technologies, to its potash mines in Saskatchewan, Canada, as it looks to continue tracking and combatting the spread of COVID-19. More than 8,000 employees are using the technology to date, with an additional 6,500 expected to be[…]

Thiess says its mine planning team is pioneering the development and use of an advanced void management system that is informing probing, drill pattern and blasting design. The holistic system gives the contractor’s office and field-based teams immediate access to a central database of void information to support better, faster decision making and task optimisation.[…]

Mines Rescue Services (MRS), a non-profit organisation, has reportedly carried out test work on a “world first” new mobile rescue winder that, it says, can reach a depth of 3 km underground. MRS, on January 21, conducted the trial at Gold Fields’ South Deep gold mine, in Gauteng, South Africa, Engineering News reported. The winder[…]

Fluor says its leadership and robust experience in mineral production is exemplified by its work to develop the most advanced and significant lithium operation in the United States at Rhyolite Ridge’s lithium-boron project in central Nevada, USA. Fluor says its capabilities and experience in developing large-scale materials production facilities allow the company to address the[…]

RPMGlobal’s Consulting & Advisory division has expanded its local presence in Turkey in conjunction with the successful completion of a resource and reserve estimate for the local Gübretaş Söğüt gold project. The company’s local Advisory division has grown its in-country capabilities, having welcomed Egemen Saygın to the role of Senior Mining Engineer and Tunahan Kılıç[…]

MBU Capital says it has completed the aquisition of the Ben’s Creek Carbon mine, in West Virginia, USA, and has plans to extract the estimated 22 Mt of metallurgical coal reserves through highwall mining. Set over approximately 4,047 ha in Wharncliffe, West Virginia, the mine is serviced by an 8-km dedicated railway loadout, which gives[…]

Process Mineralogical Consulting Ltd (PMC Laboratory Ltd) and Gekko Systems Inc have signed an agreement that makes PMC the exclusive mineral laboratory services provider for Gekko’s North and South American customer base. Together the strengths of PMC Ltd and Gekko Systems will be able to provide customers with “innovative data-driven project development and implementation”, the[…]

With a successful joint venture in Canada, BME is now also established in the United States – offering its sought-after explosives product range including electronic and non-electric initiation systems and packaged explosive products. “We are confident that BME’s world-class, proven technologies will excite the USA market, especially those large USA drill and blast companies looking[…]

Proterra, a leading innovator in commercial vehicle electrification technology, and Komatsu, a global leader in construction equipment, have announced an agreement to leverage Proterra’s best-in-class battery technology for the development of Komatsu’s first battery-electric middle class hydraulic excavator. The collaboration represents Proterra’s entry into the off-road vehicle market and the company’s first Proterra Powered™ battery-electric[…]

Back in late 2009, with some fanfare, Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions opened one of its largest ever global mining equipment production and assembly sites in the Jiading Industrial Zone, just outside Shanghai, China – a site capable of producing almost the full underground and surface mining product line for both the Chinese but also[…]