News Archive

February 2022
08 Feb 2022
Centamin’s Sukari underground gold operation transitioning to owner-operator mining
Centamin has announced that, following an independently managed contractor tender process, the underground operations at...
07 Feb 2022
The Electric Mine 2022 mine electification technology conference taking place on February 17-18 in Stockholm, Sweden
Despite all the challenges of business travel and changing regulations due to COVID-19 – The...
07 Feb 2022
BHP achieves shipping first as it extends funding for steelmaking decarbonisation
BHP has welcomed the arrival of MV Mt. Tourmaline – the world’s first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax...
07 Feb 2022
India’s Gainwell signs new IP licensing deal with Caterpillar enabling it to produce medium & high seam room & pillar mining equipment
India's Gainwell Engineering Private Ltd has announced a new expansion of its mining equipment manufacturing...
04 Feb 2022
Sandvik says its Battery as a Service is a solution driven by partnership
Battery electric vehicles or BEVs are driving the mining industry to a cleaner future and...
04 Feb 2022
Nussir to present zero-emission mining plan at The Electric Mine
Nussir ASA and its ambition to develop the world’s first zero-emission copper mine in Kvalsund,...
04 Feb 2022
Total Eren, Chariot and Tharisa to build solar PV plant at PGM mine
Total Eren, a renewable energy independent power producer, and Chariot, an Africa-focused transitional energy company,...
03 Feb 2022
Suncor to accelerate rollout of CAS and fatigue management across entire mining fleet following recent fatality
Canadian oil sands giant Suncor, which now also majority owns and operates the adjacent Syncrude...
03 Feb 2022
Contractor Macmahon starts mining at Red 5’s King of the Hills gold project in WA
Red 5 Ltd reports that, following months of detailed planning and preparation, its mining contractor,...
03 Feb 2022
Antofagasta & mining truck Scope 1 emissions reduction – HYDRA FCEV at Centinela, battery trucks at Antucoya & now trolley assist at Los Pelambres
Antofagasta is evaluating green hydrogen projects that could lower its Scope 1 and Scope 3...
03 Feb 2022
Caterpillar passes milestone of 500 autonomous mining trucks in operation worldwide
Caterpillar has reached a significant milestone of 500+ Cat® autonomous trucks in operation worldwide, stating:...
03 Feb 2022
Nine Chinese NHL NTE360A mining trucks of planned 28 so far assembled at Yancoal Mt Thorley Warkworth and in testing
Chinese mining truck leader Inner Mongolia North Hauler Joint Stock Co Ltd (NHL) based in...