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In its 2021 guidance and three year outlook, just released, Centerra Gold outlines the near future for its flagship operations, including developments and production predictions for the next few years at Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan and the Mount Milligan copper-gold mine in BC, Canada. Looking first at Kumtor, operated by Kumtor Gold Company (KGC),[…]

Gold Fields has implemented both Mobilaris Onboard and Mobilaris Situational Awareness at its Granny Smith underground mine in Western Australia as part of an ongoing modernisation program. In 2018, Gold Fields launched a five-year modernisation program for the site. The first phase’s ambition is to ensure cost efficiency, productivity and a safe work environment by[…]

ABB has been awarded its first contract in China for ABB Ability™ Asset Vista Condition Monitoring by Shaanxi Chenghe Shanyang Coal Mine Co Ltd, installing the solution to streamline maintenance, minimise costs and optimise capacity at Shanyang Coal Mine in Heyang near Weinan City in China’s Shaanxi province. The digital solution has been installed at[…]

Mineral Resources Ltd’s CSI Mining Services team has reached a major milestone with the NextGen II modular crushing plant having now crushed its first ore at the BHP-owned Mt Whaleback iron ore mine in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The relocatable plant, developed by CSI and Metso Outotec, has been painted in Lifeline WA’s trademark[…]

Maptek is looking back on its roots, 40 years after geologist Bob Johnson laid foundations for the company to become a leading provider of innovative software, hardware and services for the mining industry. In the mid-1970s, Johnson opened a small bureau service above a row of shops in suburban Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to[…]

B2Gold’s strong growth path in Africa looks like continuing into future years after the company laid out preliminary plans to develop a mine in Burkina Faso that could use on-site hybrid power in addition to dual fuel haul trucks burning a mix of diesel fuel and LNG. The Vancouver-based miner reported record total production in[…]

Jord International has been tasked to develop a safer solution to filter press maintenance at BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s Caval Ridge metallurgical coal mine, in Queensland, Australia, as part of BHP’s Supplier Innovation Program challenge, launched in partnership with Austmine in 2020. The program follows a model that has operated successfully in BHP’s Minerals Americas business[…]

At the end of 2020, Chile’s Minera Centinela, part of Antofagasta PLC, approved the implementation of autonomous haulage at the Esperanza Sur open pit copper operation, with which it will target high utilisation and average speeds. The company said at the time, “we are targeting specific performance improvements to come from these changes.” The company[…]

RPMGlobal has provided an update on its purpose-built Discrete Event Simulation solutions SIMULATE and HAULSIM which it says continue to lead the way in haulage simulation platform solutions for miners and OEMs. RPM is currently engaged with a global Tier 1 miner to simulate the benefits of haulage vehicle electrification within their mining operations and[…]

Glencore’s Compania Minera Lomas Bayas (CMLB) copper mine is located some 120 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile and extracts low grade oxide copper ore. A major focus currently is to increase productivity and reduce operational costs, as well as focussing on safety and sustainability. As such, the mine recently implemented its new Ultra Class Project[…]