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Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions’ newly launched technology centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, is, the company says, assisting the region’s mining industry on a journey into the digital future. The Sandvik Technology Centre has already begun working with technology-focused customers in underground hard-rock mines locally to raise the productivity bar. According to Sandvik Technology Centre Manager,[…]

ABB has signed a definitive agreement to divest its Mechanical Power Transmission division (Dodge) to RBC Bearings Incorporated for $2.9 billion in cash. The transaction will create a leading manufacturer of highly engineered, performance-critical bearings and motion control components serving the aerospace, defence and industrial markets. For more than 140 years, the Dodge business has[…]

OZ Minerals, in partnership with Titeline Drilling, has commenced a trial to test a hydrogen direct injection system to improve engine combustion efficiency for surface diamond drill rigs. The system has the potential to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and particulates, as well as improve fuel consumption, according to the company. The news came out[…]

NRW Holdings has secured two new contracts from Rio Tinto, one of which will see it enter the renewable energy fold with an agreement to deliver a 34 MW solar photovoltaic system at the Gudai Darri mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. This contract is part of Rio Tinto’s commitment to reduce the[…]

The Chemours Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Mining Solutions business for $520 million in cash to Draslovka Holding as, a Czech-based private company specialising in cyanide production. The transaction is expected to close in the December quarter of 2021 subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Chemours announced[…]

Perenti Global Ltd has launched a “new capital light technology-driven service offering” available to the mining and resources industry aimed at providing digital product and technology services to the sectors. idoba, a name that was co-created using human and artificial intelligence input, connecting the Greek word eidos (essence) and the Japanese term ‘ba’, meaning knowledge[…]

Scantech International Pty Ltd has released GEOSCAN GOLD, a premium elemental analyser that, it says, uses the highest specification PGNAA (prompt gamma neutron activation analysis) technology available. The analyser, which builds on Scantech’s GEOSCAN-M high-performance elemental analyser, provides previously unattainable levels of risk-free, real-time measurement performance to the resources sector to help digitalise and control[…]

acQuire has advanced its flagship GIM Suite product with a new release that, it says, includes a raft of brand-new features plus a transition to a new cloud-based licence model. GIM Suite 5 has been built for the future of data management, with the aim to improve the way geologists and miners manage their geological[…]

On July 22, XEMC’s recently completed 120 t all battery electric-powered AC drive mining truck was officially delivered to energy company SPIC’s Huolinhe open pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia and immediately put into use, which the OEM said opened the prelude of China’s mining operations entering a “new energy era.” It added that China[…]

Rio Tinto has signed a power purchasing agreement for a new renewable energy plant to power the operations of its QMM ilmenite mine in Fort Dauphin, Southern Madagascar. This project, which uses solar and wind energy, will significantly contribute towards Rio Tinto’s operations in Madagascar achieving its carbon neutral objective by 2023, it said. It[…]