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Centamin’s Sukari gold mine in Egypt is in the process of upgrading its fleet of Caterpillar 785C haul trucks with “lightweight truck trays” designed by VR Steel and fabricated by Egypt-based Aresco. In 2020, the miner trialled the use of these high production trays, which demonstrated a 10% gain in truck productivity through larger payload[…]

Udokan Copper says it has completed the installation of a thyssenkrupp gyratory crusher at the coarse crushing plant at its namesake operation in the Far East of Russia. The company is in the process of developing one of the largest copper deposits in the world into a mine, currently building a mining and metallurgical plant[…]

Newcrest Mining will proceed with the West Dome Stage 5 cutback at its Telfer gold-copper operation in Western Australia. The cutback underpins the continuity of operations at Telfer, with further mine life extension opportunities to be assessed within the open pit and underground, the miner said. Telfer is well positioned in the Paterson Province, with[…]

Wilhelmsen and NorSea have together acquired an 18% stake in Norway-based deep-sea mining company Loke Marine Minerals. This will see the two companies invest and subscribe for, in aggregate, NOK85 million ($9.6 million) in an ongoing NOK115 million private placement of equity in Loke. Loke was established in 2019 by experienced off-shore energy leaders and[…]

Australia-based Commit Works’ global expansion is continuing with the company set to open an office closer to home in Western Australia. In recent years, the Brisbane-based company has focused its growth overseas, announcing a move into South America in 2020, following office openings in South Africa, North America and New Zealand in 2017, 2018 and[…]

Veris Ltd’s wholly owned subsidiary, Aqura Technologies, says it has secured a new agreement to provide Managed Services Support for BHP West Australian Iron Ore (WAIO) accommodation village entertainment networks across nine sites. Aqura’s in-house team will provide managed support services for village entertainment network and Wi-Fi access across BHP WAIO village accommodation rooms and[…]

Thiess has been awarded a contract extension by MACH Energy Australia to continue providing mining services at the Mount Pleasant Operation in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. The contract extension, which will commence in April 2022, will generate revenue of approximately A$920 million ($678 million) to Thiess over four-and-a-half years. Having commenced operations[…]

Caterpillar has revamped its 6040 hydraulic mining shovel with an added engine configuration to meet US EPA Tier 4 Final and EU Stage V emission standards, new heavy-duty undercarriage, as well as enhanced integration to improve servicing efficiency and parts sourcing. The new engine configuration includes two Cat C32 engines, offering a total gross power[…]

Otso Gold Corp has executed a mining contract with E Hartikainen Oy, one of Finland’s largest mining and construction contractors. The agreement is for the provision of all mining services at the Otso gold mine, in central Finland, for a term of three years. As part of the agreement, machinery for mining has begun to[…]

Abra Mining has placed orders for two key long-lead items for the processing plant at its namesake base metal project in Western Australia, tapping CITIC-Heavy Industries for the ball mill and Ishigaki for the horizontal filter press. The project, owned 77.28% by Galena Mining, is set to turn into a mine and processing facility with[…]