News Archive

February 2021
03 Feb 2021
Major funding boost for high efficiency gas engine-based remote power innovator VoltaGrid
Remote power solutions innovation company VoltaGrid LLC has announced the closing of an equity commitment...
03 Feb 2021
Antofagasta Minerals joins H2 Chile – the Chilean Hydrogen Association
Antofagasta Minerals recently became the first mining company in the country to join the Chilean...
02 Feb 2021
BHP and Risen Energy to increase renewable use at Kwinana nickel refinery
BHP has signed a renewable power purchasing agreement (PPA) to supply up to 50% of...
02 Feb 2021
MST Global on the rise of remote operating centres in mining
The spread of COVID-19 has seen renewed interest in remote operating centres (ROCs) and how...
02 Feb 2021
MACA expands WA presence with Mining West acquisition
MACA Ltd has completed the acquisition of the Mining West business from Downer EDI Ltd,...
02 Feb 2021
Blast Movement Technologies bolsters post-blast data acquisition with FED 2.0
Blast Movement Technologies, part of Hexagon, has released a new flight enabled detector to safely...
02 Feb 2021
Newmont sets up global centre to promote meaningful engagement with Indigenous Peoples
Newmont Corp has launched the Newmont Global Center for Indigenous Community Relations as a key...
02 Feb 2021
Matrix aims to replace steel componentry at Newcrest’s Cadia block cave
Matrix Composites & Engineering has secured a contract with Newcrest Mining to develop a “high-tech...
01 Feb 2021
Novamera signs up Hochschild to assess its narrow vein “surgical mining” by drilling tech
Novamera Inc has announced that Hochschild Mining PLC has joined its Preferred Partner Program. The...
01 Feb 2021
Cat Mining signs global simulator-based training deal with ThoroughTec
Caterpillar Mining and South Africa-headquartered ThoroughTec Simulation have concluded a global cooperation agreement that they...
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01 Feb 2021
FEATURE ARTICLE – Mining Software
No modern mine is short of data, but what these operations continually lack is an...
01 Feb 2021
MBV Systems upgrades 3DPM particle size measurement system
MBV Systems has upped the accuracy of its 3D particle size measurement system, 3DPM, as...