Anglo American and Vale confirm talks to jointly develop Serpentina iron ore resource next to Minas Rio mining complex
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Anglo American and Vale confirm talks to jointly develop Serpentina iron ore resource next to Minas Rio mining complex
December 29, 2021

Anglo American PLC says it notes the announcement by Vale SA on 28 December and confirms that Anglo American and Vale have had preliminary discussions about the potential to jointly develop Vale’s Serpentina iron ore resource that is next to Anglo American’s integrated Minas-Rio iron ore operation in Brazil. It adds: “These discussions are preliminary[…]

India’s CSM Technologies unveils IntegratORE digital mining solutions suite
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India’s CSM Technologies unveils IntegratORE digital mining solutions suite
December 27, 2021

Bhubaneswar, India-based CSM Technologies has rolled out IntegratORE, which it claims to be a “first-of-its-kind integrated suite of digital mining solutions.” IntegratORE “caters to every stage of the ore’s pit-to-port journey. From ore extraction to processing, stacking, sampling, loading and its transportation to the final consumer touchpoint, this unified digital solution seamlessly tracks the movement[…]

Codelco to run two simultaneous, comparative AHS fleet pilots on LTE networks – four Cat trucks at Ministro Hales & four Komatsu at Radomiro Tomic
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Codelco to run two simultaneous, comparative AHS fleet pilots on LTE networks – four Cat trucks at Ministro Hales & four Komatsu at Radomiro Tomic
December 27, 2021

Chile’s copper mining major Codelco has the distinction of the longest running autonomous mining truck fleet, consisting of 930E-AT haulers at Gabriela Mistral (Gaby) that have been operating since 2008. Now the company is taking its AHS program into a new phase – four new Caterpillar AHS trucks are being deployed at Division Ministro Hales[…]

FLSmidth to implement Tripper Car Optimisation Project for Oyu Tolgoi ore storage facilities
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FLSmidth to implement Tripper Car Optimisation Project for Oyu Tolgoi ore storage facilities
December 27, 2021

FLSmidth was recently awarded a contract from Oyu Tolgoi LLC for a Tripper Car Optimisation Project. Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia’s largest copper and gold mining company, operates an overhead self-travelling tripper car in the ore storage building, that was initially commissioned in 2012. In December 2018, FLSmidth began supporting Oyu Tolgoi due to constant operational problems[…]

Rail-Veyor estimates cost to transport 10 Mt/y of chromite from Ring of Fire mine 338 km to process plant or transfer point
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Rail-Veyor estimates cost to transport 10 Mt/y of chromite from Ring of Fire mine 338 km to process plant or transfer point
December 24, 2021

KWG Resources Inc and its subsidiary, Canada Chrome Corporation (CCC), have announced their receipt of an Engineering and Design Services Report from Rail-Veyor Technologies Inc. The report estimates that the capital cost of construction of a Rail-Veyor tramway system designed to transport 10 Mt of chromite ore annually over 338 km from the proposed underground[…]

Bedeschi awarded contract to supply stacker & conveyor for Peruvian iron ore miner Shougang Hierro’s San Nicolas beneficiation area
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Bedeschi awarded contract to supply stacker & conveyor for Peruvian iron ore miner Shougang Hierro’s San Nicolas beneficiation area
December 24, 2021

Chinese-owned Peruvian iron ore mining company Shougang Hierro Peru SAS recently awarded Italy’s Bedeschi a contract for the supply of a new stacker and stockyard conveyor. The Bedeschi equipment forms part of a new expansion project at Shougang Hierro and will be installed in the San Nicolas beneficiation area, where the iron ore is processed[…]

Nordgold Irokinda underground mine in Russia upgrades fleet with Sandvik & Normet equipment
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Nordgold Irokinda underground mine in Russia upgrades fleet with Sandvik & Normet equipment
December 23, 2021

Nordgold, the internationally diversified gold producer, has upgraded the mining fleet at its underground Irokinda mine in Russia to ensure safer and more efficient operations. A Sandvik DD321, a modern compact, two boom electro-hydraulic mining development drill rig, has already been put into operation at the Tuluinskaya-Medvezhya vein of Irokinda. The mine has also purchased[…]