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Beacon Events has rebranded the Mines and Money London event and come up with three comprehensive tracks that, it says, covers a spectrum of critical topics around the energy transition, ESG, sustainability, circular economy, technology, services and junior mining investment. New for 2022, Resourcing Tomorrow, brought to you by Mines and Money, is a global[…]

Perenti Group’s underground mining business Barminco is to further strengthen its relationship with Evolution Mining, having been awarded a new A$60 million ($42 million) contract to carry out diamond drill work at Cowal Gold Mine operations in New South Wales, Australia. The four-year contract will see Barminco use state-of-the-art drill rig technology to improve safety,[…]

Epiroc has signed an agreement to acquire South Africa-based low-profile mining equipment manufacturing specialist, AARD Mining Equipment, in a deal that will see the Stockholm-based OEM further strengthen its growth ambitions in Africa and beyond, Helena Hedblom says. AARD, based near Johannesburg, designs, manufactures, services and supports a wide range of mining equipment, specialising in[…]

Following the rollout of its series of Truck Unloaders (Olympian® Drive Over, Titan® Rear Tip and Titan Dual Entry Truck Unloader), Telestack has added a Side Tipping Truck Unloader to its Titan range. The latest Telestack Truck Unloader is based on decades of proven design and enables clients such as mine operators or contractors to[…]

After a pre-release at MINExpo 2021, Epiroc has now introduced its Automatic Bit Changer (ABC) for hands-free bit changes on Pit Viper 270 and Pit Viper 290 series drill rigs used in rotary drilling. The Automatic Bit Changer option is designed to change rotary tricone bits significantly faster than manual exchanges and eliminates human interaction[…]

ABB and Hydrogen Optimized Inc (HOI), the Canada-based technology innovator unlocking green hydrogen production at scale, have signed an agreement to expand the companies’ existing strategic relationship. This includes an investment by ABB into Key DH Technologies Inc (KEY), the parent company of HOI, as it seeks to accelerate the fast-emerging green hydrogen production segment[…]

Strata Worldwide says it has acquired the assets and intellectual property rights to Bright Path AI (BPAI) and its artificial intelligence-backed camera solution, developed by Boral Limited and Firetail Pty Ltd. The acquisition of the BPAI technology and software platform will enable Strata to provide customers with powerful systems that allow operators from several industries[…]

Magna Tyres says it intends to unveil two new mining patterns at Bauma 2022 in Munich, Germany, in October. The company will showcase a selection of products on its 106 sq.m booth, with the main priority being the introduction for the very first time of the all-new Magna MU30 mining pattern (pictured) for underground trucks[…]

Dräger has launched the Dräger BG ProAir, a closed-circuit breathing apparatus with innovative features to protect emergency responders during longer deployments typical in tunnelling and mining rescue operations. The BG ProAir’s positive pressure breathing closed circuit prevents toxic substances from entering the breathing system, according to the company. Both inhalation and exhalation are optimised by[…]

Chaarat Gold has announced the completion of the first phase metallurgical test program performed by SGS Lakefield on its Kyzyltash gold project, in Kyrgyzstan, which showed similar first stage recoveries from both pressure oxidation (POX) and Albion™ technologies. The project has a current JORC-compliant measured, indicated and inferred sulphide resource of 5.4 Moz of gold[…]