Archives

Metso Outotec says it has been awarded a contract to supply key grinding equipment for ArcelorMittal’s Las Truchas 2.3 Mt/y iron ore processing plant revamp project in Mexico. The value of the order is approximately €17 million ($19 million), to be booked in the Minerals division’s Q4 (December quarter), 2021 orders received. The order includes[…]

Southern Innovation, a developer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art real-time materials analysis equipment for the global mining industry, says it has taken a strategic step forward in sales and marketing with the appointment of Steve Russell as Head of Sales and Business Development. Russell, currently Director of Mining at Scott Automation & Robotics, joins the Southern[…]

Researchers from the University of Sydney’s Centre for Internet of Things and Telecommunications are developing a long-range WiFi system that can be integrated into existing WiFi infrastructure to achieve long-range communication, high data rates and low latency for the mining industry. Supported by an A$800,000 grant from the NSW Physical Sciences Fund, the system is[…]

De Beers Group has signed a contract with a Northwest Territories Indigenous community-led joint venture to manage the closure, demolition, and rehabilitation of the Snap Lake Mine site in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT). MET/Nuna, a joint venture between the North Slave Métis Alliance and Nuna Logistics, was awarded the contract worth approximately C$110 million over[…]

An important milestone was recently achieved by the Codelco Andina Division, when it began testing with copper ore loading on the equipment that is part of its Traspaso project. The initiative, which involved an investment of $1.326 billion, seeks to extend the production of this work centre located in the Aconcagua Valley by 30 years.[…]

Kumba Iron Ore has announced the award of an industry first ZAR1.6 billion ($100.8 million) mining contract to a new black-owned and community-based joint venture to mine iron ore at its Kolomela mine in the Northern Cape. The joint venture represents another major advance towards Kumba’s goal of developing sustainable communities and businesses that help[…]

Ahead of the Future Minerals Summit set to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 11-13 January, 2022, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore had the opportunity to talk with the Vice-Minister of Mining Affairs for the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Khalid Al-Mudaifer, who also happens to[…]

GenusPlus Group Ltd says it has secured Construction of Civils and Lines contracts with a value of circa-A$30 million ($21.5 million) with Pilbara Energy Company Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. The contracts relate to the construction of a 98 km, 220 kV single circuit overhead transmission line for the[…]

Increased demands on safety, carbon emissions, energy efficiency and productivity are driving a technology shift in the mining business. One of the leading actors in this paradigm shift is NEXGEN SIMS, an EU-sponsored consortium of 13 partners – with Epiroc at the helm – that aims to demonstrate working autonomous processes in real mining environments[…]

RPMGlobal has announced a further software product acquisition after entering a collaborative research partnership with Canada-based MIRARCO. The agreement gives RPM ownership of three mine planning optimisation software products that will strengthen its Design and Scheduling product suites, in particular the SOT product, RPM said. The acquisition is part of a three-year collaborative research partnership[…]