The Queensland Government has committed funding to “reinvigorate” the Mount Morgan gold mine in the state, backing the tailings processing plans of Heritage Minerals, Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment, Cameron Dick, has confirmed. “From its proud history as the world’s largest gold mine in the early 1900s, Mount Morgan has been under State[…]
NRW Holdings Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary, Action Drill & Blast Pty Ltd, has been issued a Notice of Award by Talison Lithium Australia Pty Ltd for drill and blast services at the Greenbushes lithium mine in Western Australia. This award follows the longstanding relationship Action has had with Talison Lithium since Action commenced drill and[…]
In a rapidly consolidating sector for primary underground load and haul machines, Olifantsfontein, South Africa-based Rham Equipment remains one of the few smaller, innovative and nimble players – which has enabled it to stay at the forefront of development and customisation in areas like battery electric power. The company had already built South Africa’s first[…]
Anglo American says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Aurubis AG, a provider of non-ferrous metals and one of the world’s largest copper recyclers, to develop a copper product offering that responds to increasing expectations for future-enabling metals that are sustainably sourced and supplied. The objective of the collaboration is to provide assurance[…]
Sandvik has received a large mining equipment order from the China-based global mining services provider JCHX Mining Management Co., Ltd to be used in the Kamoa-Kakula copper mine and the Kamoya copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The order is valued at SEK 210 million ($20.1 million) and will be[…]
Electricity is one of the biggest expenses associated with underground mining. Ventilation often accounts for 25% to 40% of the total energy costs and 40% to 50% of the total energy consumption of a mine operation. Systems used to ventilate underground mines and the total fan power installed in a single mine operation can easily[…]
Metso Outotec says it will deliver thickeners for a nickel laterite hydrometallurgy project owned by China’s Ningbo Lygend Resources Technology Ltd on Ono island in Indonesia. The order covers 25 state-of-the-art thickener units for its nickel laterite HPAL (High Pressure Acid Leaching) project, the OEM says. Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery includes several Planet Positive[…]
ESEMIN PERU, a mining contractor in Peru, needed to offer AuPlata Mining Group, the operator of the El Santo mine, dependable load–haul–dump (LHD) capabilities. So, they began to look for a reliable LHD in a short time frame. Their current LHD manufacturer lacked the viable financial options, technical support and machine dependability for their medium–sized[…]
The labour shortage wreaking havoc across North America has hit the drilling industry as hard as any. One recent advance that promotes workplace safety also helps solve the workplace shortage. It’s called RodBot™ and in most situations it reduces the number of people needed on a drill rig down to a single operator. MEDATech’s Borterra[…]
Anglo American, following the signing of an agreement with Aguas Pacífico, a Chile-based water desalination and solutions provider, says it has secured desalinated water supply for its Los Bronces copper mine in Chile from 2025. This pact will meet almost half of the mine’s water requirements, Anglo American says. In this first phase, Anglo American[…]