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Tata Steel’s Ores, Mines & Quarries (OMQ) Division has opened an 8 Mt/y crushing and washing plant at its Khondbond Iron and Manganese Mine (KIMM) near Joda in the Keonjhar district of Odisha, India. The facility was inaugurated today by T V Narendran, CEO & Managing Director, Tata Steel, in the presence of D B[…]

With the opening of Berco’s new R&D facility in Copparo, Italy, the manufacturer and supplier of undercarriage systems and components has cemented a growth plan that could see it gain further market share in both its OEM and aftermarket segments and expand its product range for mining applications. Covering 2,000 sq.m, the new department is[…]

Tata Consultancy Services, a global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, has been selected as a strategic partner by South32 to enhance its IT operating model and provide application and infrastructure services critical to its global operations, strengthening its operational resilience and business agility, TCS says. The multi-year managed services partnership builds on the[…]

Certarus Ltd says it has entered into a long-term agreement with McEwen Mining to convert and supply the Fox Complex in Ontario, Canada, with compressed natural gas (CNG) for mine air heating in the underground ventilation system. CNG will be used to replace propane as the primary fuel for heating at both the Froome and[…]

The Wits Mining Institute (WMI) at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) says it will boost its contribution to the future of mining by hosting two of the new research centres established through the South African Mining Extraction Research, Development and Innovation (SAMERDI) strategy. The two SAMERDI Research Centres (SRCs) at the WMI will focus[…]

Chrysos Corporation says it has reached an agreement with Ravenswood Gold for the installation of a custom-built Chrysos PhotonAssay™ facility on site at its namesake gold mine in Queensland, Australia. Originally developed at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, Chrysos PhotonAssay is billed as delivering faster, safer and more accurate gold analysis, and is an environmentally-friendly[…]

The story that led to the installation of a Weir Minerals Enduron® high pressure grinding roll (HPGR) at Eldorado Gold’s Kışladağ heap leach operation in Turkey is a fascinating read, as well as a great example of the benefits of using such technology. Back in March 2018, Eldorado announced it would suspend mining to evaluate[…]

Cornish Lithium Ltd, the innovative mineral exploration and development company based in Cornwall, UK, has announced that it has secured a transformational investment package of up to £18 million from TechMet Ltd, a leading technology metals investment company. “Securing long-term investment from TechMet is a significant step forward for Cornish Lithium and allows the company[…]

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider, has announced a group-wide partnership with Ericsson to provide private network, data and internet connectivity services across the oil and gas, mining and ports industries. The integrated solution provides secure, reliable and low-latency local[…]

Sandvik’s underground automation system AutoMine® has been on the market since 2004 with the first installation at Codelco’s El Teniente underground copper mine in Chile where semi-autonomous loading was achieved in the Pipa Norte area. More than 15 years have passed since then, and today more than 65 mining companies around the world use AutoMine[…]