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The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has launched an updated Water Reporting: Good Practice Guide to, it says, improve the quality and consistency of corporate water reporting that will enhance stakeholders’ understanding of, and ability to use, water reports and associated data. The guidance broadens ICMM’s minimum reporting commitments to include new metrics[…]

The subtleties behind FLSmidth’s acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s mining business appear to have got lost within the financial community. The company’s Denmark-listed shares, since announcing the transaction in late July, lost 16% of their value to August 20. This downward move is hardly surprising when focusing on pure financials: FLSmidth is looking to acquire a company[…]

For the month of July 2021, a TAKRAF SRs(K) bucketwheel excavator (BWE) at SUEK’s Nazarovsky open pit mine in Russia, part of an integrated high-capacity material handling system, dug and moved 1,236,000 m3 of overburden material – beating a previous monthly record that had stood for six years. TAKRAF says it is proud of its[…]

In a ceremony with reduced capacity, and led by the Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, Codelco officially began the works of Rajo Inca, a major expansion project that seeks to give continuity to Salvador Division. “Today we are very happy to be able to discard that ghost that haunted these lands, to give them the tranquility[…]

At mining and quarry sites, haul road dust can take a toll on safety and productivity, leading to a continuous struggle to balance dust suppression with overwatering. Built on the proven Cat® 777G truck platform, the new Cat 777G Water Solutions truck offers mining and quarry operations an innovative and smarter water truck to help[…]

Industrial IoT solutions provider Latium Technologies has launched its Ingenious line of IoT technologies, first introducing the “groundbreaking” E-Sense™ device. Mining operations often depend on networks of high-voltage cables to power electric rope shovels and electric hydraulic excavators – so when a faulty or damaged cable triggers an automatic shutdown, mining firms need a way[…]

Doing duty as an integral part of a mine’s minerals extraction circuit, Weir Minerals’ Warman® mill circuit (MC) slurry pumps withstand the harshest conditions while delivering their mission-critical function. Marnus Koorts, Weir Minerals Africa’s Product Manager Pumps, emphasises that a mill circuit pump must deal with relatively large rock fragments from the primary mill, which[…]

Howden’s pledge to provide “total mine ventilation solutions” to the industry has led to many corporate transactions and partnerships over recent years, with this customer vow showing no signs of abating. A recent tie-up with South Africa-based VortexOHS might have gone under the radar among all the Howden M&A noise, but it is arguably one[…]

Howden, as part of its Quick Ship Program, is now assembling underground mine fans in the Abitibi region of Quebec, Canada, as it looks to provide a quick and efficient distribution network across North America. The company says it knew it needed to create a program to get its products to customers faster so, some[…]

South Africa’s ProProcess Engineering, based in Germiston, Johannesburg, recently switched on the power to Anglo American Platinum’s new Modular Fines Flotation Pilot Plant and has commenced C1-C3 commissioning. In August 2020 ProProcess was awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract for the plant for Anglo American which it describes as a “world class test facility[…]