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Global mining equipment design and manufacturer, Austin Engineering Ltd says it is expanding its North American operations into Canada and has signed a ten-year lease on a four-acre site with 23,000 square feet of manufacturing facilities in Fort McMurray, Alberta. It said: “The company’s recently completed strategic review of global operations supported focusing on growth[…]

In a major change in how Hitachi mining machines will be supplied to American markets, John Deere’s marketing arrangement for Hitachi-branded construction excavators and mining equipment in the Americas that has been in place since 1988 is set to end effective March 2022; Hitachi will now assume distribution and support for these products  covering the[…]

South Africa’s Master Drilling has been advancing its partnership with Detra in the Russian market, with the companies having completed six months of work at Norilsk Nickel’s Severny copper-nickel mine, part of its Kola MMC division, using a Master Drilling RD3-250 raiseboring rig. DETRA says that in Russia this is the first raiseboring project of[…]

Newcrest Mining Ltd has announced that the Newcrest Board has approved the Cadia PC1-2 Pre-Feasibility Study, enabling the commencement of the Feasibility Stage and Early Works Program. The Study updates and defines a significant portion of Cadia’s future mine plan, with the development of PC1-2 accounting for ~20% of Cadia’s current Ore Reserves. “The approved[…]

Vale says it has been investing in different models of robots to assist employees in maintenance tasks, helping to remove them from risky situations and contributing to the company’s objective of becoming benchmark in mining safety. Currently, Vale works with three main robot models: two developed by the Vale Institute of Technology (ITV – Mining),[…]

Chrysos’ PhotonAssay technology is set to make a debut in the Western Africa market after Capital Ltd’s MSALABS signed a provisional five-year agreement with Societe Des Mines De Morila SA at the Morila gold mine in Mali. The mine, which has an existing drilling contract with Capital Ltd, is 80%-owned by Firefinch. The ASX-listed company[…]

Metso Outotec says it will supply cutting edge flotation technology for a “major nickel producer” in Western Australia as part of their concentrator modernisation. Start-up of the new flotation cells is scheduled for 2022. The order value, which is not disclosed, has been booked in Minerals’ Q3/2021 orders received. In a recent presentation at the[…]

Element 25 Ltd has acquired two STEINERT 2-m-wide KSS ore sorters fitted with multiple sensors that are now installed at its Butcherbird manganese project in Western Australia. The sorters will be used to upgrade the high-quality manganese concentrate for export markets, STEINERT says. The Butcherbird operation has a proven and probable manganese ore reserves of[…]

Austin Engineering Ltd says it has commenced a A$6.5 million ($4.7 million) capital investment to transform and automate its design and manufacturing facilities at its major Asia Pacific centres in Perth and Indonesia. The capital expenditure program will involve a new manufacturing flow approach with increased automation, custom jigs, fixtures, workstations and a standardised manufacturing[…]

The Board of Alpha HPA Limited has executed binding, definitive agreements with Orica Australia in respect of Alpha HPA’s First Project in Gladstone, Queensland. The agreement relates to the supply of process reagents and the offtake of process by-product to/from Alpha HPA’s First Project and Orica’s Yarwun manufacturing facility within the Gladstone State Development Area[…]