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Macmahon Holdings says it has been selected to provide surface mining services at Anglo American’s majority-owned Dawson metallurgical coal mine in Queensland, Australia, starting from July. The work at the Dawson South operations, which forms part of the Dawson Mine, an open-pit met coal mine owned in a joint venture between Anglo American and Japan’s[…]

As part of its work towards eliminating occupational disease, Teck has completed a pilot project using an innovative combination of on-the-ground data and video technology to help better understand potentially harmful dust exposures at a task level. The Nanozen pilot project, completed in 2020, was devised to understand task level exposures so the company could[…]

The MLT Group, manufacturer of splicing solutions for conveyor belts, headquartered in Saint-Chamond, France, continues its growth by acquiring the Belgian company TechnicGum Polymères, a manufacturer of conveyor accessories and equipment based in Neufvilles. TechnicGum designs, manufactures and markets accessories for belt conveyors: a wide range of belt cleaners, belt trackers, spillage controls, screening media[…]

NextSource Materials Inc has announced it has commenced the construction process of its Molo graphite mine in Madagascar with the awarding of the EPCM contract to Erudite Strategies Ltd of South Africa. The statement said: “Erudite has an excellent track record of delivering projects on time and on budget in Africa, with a particular expertise[…]

Auric Network Ltd, the Hong Kong based blockchain innovation group, has announced the commencement of on site safety works ahead of gold mine construction in Geochang (Kochang) county, Korea, in partnership with Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd (BMV), the Korea-focused gold development group, and Mine Foundation, a commodities investment platform focused on financial inclusion. This news[…]

Chinese rare earths mining company Beixin Minerals, focused on the operation and development of its 100% owned Qixia rare earths mining project in Yantai, Shandong has announced that it has completed the acquisition of an initial 51% interest in a mining research company focused on rare earth magnet recycling, and has an option to invest[…]

One of China’s leading domestic mining truck manufacturers, Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd (XEMC), recently signed a contract with energy company SPIC for conversion of a 108 t class SF31904 AC drive rigid truck (an example of this truck type is shown) to run on all electric lithium battery power in Huolinhe coal mine, Inner[…]

After a competitive bidding process, Artemis Gold has executed a binding memorandum of understanding with Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc providing for a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) for a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to construct a 5.5 Mt/y processing facility and associated infrastructure at the Blackwater gold project in British Columbia, Canada. The[…]

The electric revolution looks to be well and truly underway in the mining space, with underground mines of all sizes planning, trialling, or ordering various battery-electric machines to help them decarbonise their operations. Yet, the latest report on the off-highway vehicle market from Interact Analysis has indicated the transition above ground will take a little[…]

A collaboration between STRYDE, a seismic technology provider, and Explor, a geophysical technology and data acquisition company, has indicated seismic imaging surveys in mountainous terrain could become much less onerous in the future. As STRYDE explains, mountains present a significant challenge for any sector seeking to map the subsurface to determine the abundance of resources,[…]