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OZ Minerals has announced that the Carrapateena cave safely propagated to surface on December 29, 2022, marking the transition from development to production planning at the operation in South Australia. OZ Minerals Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Cole, said: “The Carrapateena cave safely breaking through to surface marks a significant milestone for the[…]

Albemarle Lithium Pty Ltd has awarded Metso Outotec an order for two pyro processing and comminution lines for its Kemerton lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australia, the OEM says. Previously, Metso Outotec delivered two similar pyro process lines to the plant as part of another order. Metso Outotec’s delivery consists of rotary calciner kilns[…]

Patricio Apablaza has been appointed as the new President of Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions’ (SMR) Load & Haul Division, replacing Mats Eriksson, who took up the role of President of SMR as of October 1. Apablaza now becomes a member of the Business Area management team, reporting direct to the President of Sandvik Mining[…]

Regulus Resources Inc has announced a $15 million non-brokered private placement by Nuton, which will see the Rio Tinto Venture take an approximate 16.5% interest in the company and jointly undertake copper sulphide leach testing using Nuton’s copper sulphide leach technologies with samples from the AntaKori project in Peru. The Nuton™ technologies, Rio says, have[…]

Fresnillo PLC has confirmed that final testing of the downstream power distribution and control systems at the Juanicipio silver-gold project in Mexico is now complete. This concludes the additional testing requested by the state-owned power company, CFE (Comision Federal de Electricidad) to verify compatibility between new and updated substation equipment installed by Fresnillo on behalf[…]

Metso Outotec says it strengthens its market-leading position in providing unique solutions for its mining and aggregate customers through its Life Cycle Services (LCS) program. During 2022, the company says its LCS business “experienced substantial growth with more than 130 new agreements covering global and regional mining companies as well as large to mid-size quarries[…]

Minera Los Pelambres, one of the world’s leading copper producers and operated by Antofagasta PLC and a Japanese consortium that includes Marubeni Corporation, was recently awarded the Copper Mark as of November 30, 2022. Antofagasta owns 60% of the operation with the remaining 40% held by a Japanese consortium as follows: JX Nippon Mining &[…]

The first photovoltaic plant built on a closed tailings dam was recently inaugurated by Chilean copper miner Pucobre, within the framework of its commitment to sustainable mining. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Minister of Mining, Marcela Hernando, the National Director of Sernageomin, David Montenegro, the Regional Governor of Atacama, Miguel Vargas, the Presidential[…]

Thiess is one of the largest global surface mining services companies today, with fast growing businesses in metals and minerals, rehabilitation, technology and technical services. The term mining services is deliberate – because it is no longer enough to describe Thiess as a contractor, with many of its client relationships equating to long term alliances.[…]

Exyn Technologies has announced a successful $35 million Series B round of funding that will, it says, help it grow and diversify its sales, marketing and product teams to support continued worldwide expansion and movement into new industries and applications. The lead investor, Reliance Industries, is a multinational corporation and India’s largest company headquartered in[…]