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Komatsu Mining says it has been leveraging technologies to help our customers mine in a more sustainable way, minimising the impact on the environment – Luke Tolley, Product Manager – Hybrid Shovels told IM that one example was demonstrated in a pilot of its 2650CX Hybrid Shovel. The 2650CX pilot unit has operated at Asarco’s[…]

Swift Media Ltd says it has secured two new technology, entertainment and support contracts with Atlas Iron and a contract extension from AngloGold Ashanti, both in Western Australia. The specialist technology company which delivers entertainment, communications and advertising to remote locations such as mine sites, has booked A$2 million ($1.56 million) in total contract value[…]

Atlas Iron has hauled its first shipment of ore by road to Port Hedland, in Western Australia, from its new Sanjiv Ridge operation in four brand new pink trucks. After announcing the first ore crushed earlier this month, the Hancock Prospecting owned company reached this new milestone this week. Some 4-5 Mt/y of iron ore[…]

MACA says it has been awarded an open-pit mining contract from Ramelius Resources for load and haul, and drill and blast services at the Tampia gold project in Western Australia. Tampia is near Narembeen, 250 km east of Perth, and 148 km by sealed roads from Ramelius’ Edna May gold mine where MACA currently provides[…]

Gold Fields says it has received the electricity generation licence approval from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) for the construction of a 40 MW solar power plant at its South Deep gold mine in the country. The acting CEO of NERSA now has to authorise the licence, a decision that should be[…]

As mines move towards using one large scalping screen between primary and secondary crushers – rather than a modular approach using multiple smaller screens – Kwatani says it has found ways to triple the panel life in these single mission-critical units. According to Kenny Mayhew-Ridgers, Chief Operating Officer of Kwatani, any downtime in this single-line[…]

Cascadia Scientific, a leader in advanced fuel management solutions for international mining and petrochemical companies, has announced the release of a Maintenance Module in its SmartRView Portal. The maintenance module it says “provides maintenance schedulers and planners with a highly sophisticated tool to optimise preventive maintenance scheduling for mobile mining equipment through the inclusion of[…]

The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday unanimously ruled in favour of the Clean Air Act permit issued to PolyMet by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, overturning an order by the state Court of Appeals that had remanded the permit back to the agency, according to Poly Met Mining, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of PolyMet Mining[…]

In January 2021, Kinross Fort Knox in Alaska, US says it celebrated a significant milestone with its first gold pour from the Barnes Creek Heap Leach Facility. Fort Knox completed construction of the Gilmore Expansion project in October 2020 and began processing at the Barnes Creek Heap Leach shortly after. The project is expected to[…]

Sandvik’s Artisan business unit is continuing to ride the battery-electric vehicle wave in mining, having just moved premises in California, USA, to expand its production and testing capabilities. Based in Camarillo, Artisan has been on a steep growth trajectory since it was established just over a decade ago. Having initially manufactured machines for several OEMs[…]