The lighting and electronics specialist HELLA says it has further developed the popular RokLUME 280N worklight for mining and other heavy-duty applications and is launching the second product generation with six illumination variants in mid-2022. The illumination properties were further improved in the course of further development with six variants and adapted to different, specific[…]
Komatsu Ltd has announced that it and Anglo American Minas–Rio have signed a memorandum of understanding through Komatsu Brazil International Ltda, a wholly owned subsidiary of Komatsu, to carry out a trial of a large ICT mining bulldozer with remote control functionality. The companies intend to trial a D375Ai–8 teleremote control bulldozer at the Minas–Rio iron[…]
Metso Outotec has been awarded what it says is a major contract for the delivery of sustainable tailings filtration technology to PT Huafei Nickel Cobalt’s greenfield laterite nickel ore project in Indonesia. Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery consists of the engineering, manufacturing and supply of the Planet Positive Larox® FFP3512 filters, as well as installation[…]
Mineral process equipment specialist Multotec’s global reach has recently been highlighted with the supply of slurry pumps to a chrome project in Kazakhstan. According to Gerhard Hendriksz, General Manager, responsible for slurry pumps at Multotec, an order of 38 slurry pumps was delivered in mid-December 2021 through a collaboration of Multotec’s international business team and[…]
With the implementation of the Integrated Operations Centre (CIO), the Quellaveco copper mine in Peru will become the first Anglo American operation in the world that has been 100% digital since its inception. Anglo American Peru comments: “Thus, while other mines adapt their processes to technology, a project conceived to put data at the service[…]
MMG Ltd has announced progress with two major expansions at its mining operations – first off it has approved extending the life of its Kinsevere copper operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for at least 13 years; while in Peru, the Ministry of Energy and Mines has released the regulatory approval for the[…]
In an interview with Codelco managers back in July 2020, the Chilean copper mining giant told IM that it was planning to trial an Epiroc ST14 Battery LHD. While the delivery of the machine was delayed due to COVID-19 and other operational reasons, the company recently stated that the unit will soon begin its pilot[…]
The Musonoi River Valley in the Katanga region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has, for some decades, been the site of land degradation resulting from inadequate and ineffective tailings and other waste management systems. The local water system and surrounding land has been subjected to pollution from more than 83.2 Mt of[…]
SGS, one of the world’s largest testing, inspection and certification companies, has completed the expansion of its state-of-the-art minerals and metals testing laboratory in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands, enhancing the facility’s testing capacity to support global business. The company, back in July 2021, announced it was expanding the testing hub on a rising demand for testing[…]
De Beers says it is making good progress on the installation of a comprehensive water management system at its Venetia Underground Project (VUP) in Limpopo Province. Costing US$2.2 billion to develop, the VUP will see an ultra-modern sub-level cave diamond mine replacing the current open pit operations, which are due to cease shortly after being[…]