News Archive

February 2022
17 Feb 2022
Sandvik introduces underground mining’s largest-capacity battery-electric truck
Sandvik is introducing what it says is the largest-capacity battery-electric truck for underground mining, with...
16 Feb 2022
Sandvik announces major equipment & automation contract for BHP’s Jansen potash mine including borer miners
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has been awarded a contract from BHP for the Jansen...
16 Feb 2022
Aggreko launching the world’s lowest-emitting modular thermal power generation system
Global provider of mobile and modular power solutions, Aggreko, has launched a revolutionary new power...
16 Feb 2022
Bougainville’s Panguna copper mine looks closer to reopening following 1989 closure after deal between landowners & autonomous government
The Autonomous Bougainville Government has stated that it and landowners from the Panguna mine area...
16 Feb 2022
Major drill contractor to deploy Sandvik’s AutoMine® Surface Drilling solution in Australia
A "leading mining services provider" will put Sandvik’s AutoMine® Surface Drilling solution to work at...
15 Feb 2022
NuScale Power and KGHM cement small modular reactor plans
US government officials and Polish officials, including Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister, Jacek Sasin, have announced...
15 Feb 2022
Rio Tinto wins US government funding for Tamarack carbon storage project
The US Department of Energy has awarded $2.2 million of funding to a Rio Tinto-led...
15 Feb 2022
Teck to pilot electric transport truck with MEDATech ALTDRIVE battery technology at its Highland Valley Copper Operations
Teck Resources Ltd and MEDATech have officially announced the pilot of a fully electric on-highway...
15 Feb 2022
Four trolley assist 830E trucks set to be commissioned at Copper Mountain in Q1 2022
Copper Mountain has recently released its Q4 2021 results in which it gave an update...
15 Feb 2022
New ICMM training material to support continual improvement in the safe and transparent management of tailings
As another step towards improving the management of tailings across the mining industry, the International...
14 Feb 2022
Ivanhoe and Gecamines JV to bring high grade Kipushi zinc mine in DRC back into production exploiting Big Zinc deposit
Ivanhoe Mines Executive Co-Chair Robert Friedland and President Marna Cloete, together with Alphonse Kaputo Kalubi...
14 Feb 2022
First undercut rings fired at Oyu Tolgoi block cave mine in Mongolia marking the start of underground production
Following a new long-term agreement between Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ) and the Government...