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NioCorp Developments says it has signed a contract with Cementation USA, part of the Cementation Americas group, to continue advancing detailed engineering work associated with the Elk Creek Superalloy Materials project in Nebraska, USA. Under the contract, the underground mine contracting and engineering company will conduct an evaluation of the current design for the project’s[…]

SOMEVAM, a subsidiary of the Tunisian Sebri Group, has announced plans for a significant investment in the development of its second CDE wet processing solution for the production of high-specification silica sand products. Sebri Group will work with its wet processing partner, CDE, to design and engineer the new plant, which will be located at[…]

Euroforgroup and BIA have signed a distribution agreement for BIA to supply the Furukawa and RTDrill drill brands on behalf of Euroforgroup in Central and West Africa, thus strengthening their presence in these territories. BIA will represent Euroforgroup in West Africa in Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast,[…]

MineSense Technologies says the use of its ore characterisation and sorting technology is seeing improvements in both the ore from waste recovery and ore dilution at Copper Mountain Mining Corp’s namesake mine in British Columbia, Canada. Having deployed the company’s ShovelSense solution on two shovels and a wheel loader in 2020, Copper Mountain now has[…]

Shell today announced it will offer customers carbon neutral lubricants across a range of products for passenger cars, heavy duty diesel engines and industrial applications including mining. Shell aims to offset the annual emissions of more than 200 million litres of advanced synthetic lubricants, expecting to compensate around 700,000 t of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)[…]

Kumba Iron Ore, energised by a record annual EBITDA of R45.8 billion ($3.12 billion) for its 2020 financial year, has made plans to extend the life of its Sishen iron ore mine in South Africa out to 2039. The R3.6 billion ultra-high dense media separation (UHDMS) project was approved by the Kumba board late last[…]

Perenti Group has targeted the North America market for further contract mining growth, establishing a US office in the first half of its 2021 financial year. The office, thought to be in Denver, Colorado, will help the company make the most of the substantial pipeline it has identified in North America. The news came during[…]

NexGen Energy CEO, Leigh Curyer, says the company’s Rook I uranium project has earnt its place as one of the “leading global resource projects with an elite ESG profile” after the publication of feasibility study results on the project’s Arrow deposit in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan, Canada. The study was completed jointly by consultants[…]

There is a lot of news on innovations across its sites in the Rio Tinto annual report 2020 released today, including at the new Gudai-Darri (Koodaideri) PIlbara iron ore mine where the company says it is shaping new ways of working – “some never seen in our business or industry.” Set to be one of[…]

Evolution Mining’s transformation plans at the Red Lake gold mine in Ontario, Canada, are tracking ahead of schedule with the Australia-based company’s board signing off the development of a surface decline at the operation. The company acquired the Red Lake Complex from Newmont in November 2019 in a deal that could eventually rise to $475[…]