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FLSmidth has been chosen as the supplier of the rotary kiln and rotary dryer for the Araguaia Niquel Metais Ltda ferronickel mine in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The order was booked in Q1 2022 and is valued at approximately DKK285 million. Alongside the pyroprocessing systems, which include the rotary kiln,[…]

The Mandela Mining Precinct (MMP), through the CSIR and Minerals Council South Africa, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) to establish a test mine at its Maseve Mine. The test mine situated 50 km north of Rustenburg, in the North West province, will be developed as an industry site for[…]

Hawsons Iron Ltd (HIO) says it has engaged global specialists to examine optimum infrastructure pathways, process engineering design and decarbonisation opportunities to improve the economics and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) outcomes for its Hawsons Iron Project. Worley has signed a feasibility services agreement with HIO to undertake, together with its subcontractor Mineral Technologies, the[…]

Hexagon’s Mining division has been awarded a fleet management project by PT Antareja Mahada Makmur (PT AMM), which provides contractor services to Indonesia’s coal mining sector. The five-year deal will see 176 units of HxGN MineOperate OP Pro (OP Pro) implemented across multiple sites. PT AMM is a subsidiary of PT Putra Perkasa Abadi, the[…]

CDE, a leading supplier of wet processing solutions for the mineral processing and waste recycling sectors, has revealed its new AquaCycle A2500 thickener, the latest addition to its top-of-the-line water management and recycling systems. With a capacity of 2,500 m³/h, the new A2500 is CDE’s largest and most advanced water management system to date. It[…]

Kinross Gold, after making plans to suspend its operations in Russia at the start of the month, is now in exclusive negotiations with a third-party mining company regarding a potential sale of 100% of its assets in the country. On March 2, the company said it was making plans to suspend its Russian operations following[…]

Thiess says it has been awarded a three-year contract renewal to provide mining services at Harum Energy’s Mahakam Sumber Jaya coal mine in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Under the contract extension, commencing from April 1, 2023, Thiess will continue providing mine design and planning, drill and blast, overburden removal, load and haul, asset maintenance and management,[…]

ABB and Savannah Resources have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore industrial automation and smart electrification solutions for the development of the Barroso lithium project in northern Portugal. Under the early-stage agreement, ABB will apply its technical expertise to outline production control and process solutions for lithium concentrate production and integrated spodumene mining operations[…]

On March 20, a ceremony was held at the heartland of the Catamarca Andes, at 4,100 m above sea level, to mark the start of construction of Zijin Mining’s 3Q lithium brine project, a project with an initial annual production of 20,000 t of lithium carbonate. Also in Argentina, Rio Tinto has announced that it[…]

Weir Minerals has announced a new partnership with XMPro, a digital twin platform, to enable intelligent equipment and services and support miners to achieve higher performance while also reducing the environmental footprint of their operations, the mining OEM says. The XMPro platform – as a part of the Synertrex® digital ecosystem – will facilitate the[…]