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In a recent blog post, Caterpillar outlines the high performance levels being achieved by its shovels and trucks at Southern Peru Copper Corporation (SPCC). Caterpillar points out that SPCC parent company, Grupo Mexico, boasts the highest copper reserves in the industry. Cat states: Led by an experienced management team, the company delivers consistent strong operational[…]

The 300th MacLean Engineering SL3 Scissor Lift has come off the production line in the company’s Owen Sound, Ontario, manufacturing facility, some two decades after its initial introduction to the mining industry, destined for a longstanding customer’s mining operation in the Sudbury basin. As one of the original MacLean Mine-Mate™ Utility Vehicle solutions for mine[…]

Nordisk Bergteknik has entered into a letter of intent regarding the acquisition of all shares in the Finnish underground mining contractor Power Mining Oy, including the Swedish subsidiary Power Mining Sverige AB. Power Mining has sales of approximately SEK160 million on annual basis, with an EBIT margin that was very strong during the last financial[…]

NRW Holdings Ltd advises that its wholly owned subsidiary, Golding Contractors Pty Ltd has entered into a five year Mining Services Agreement with Jellinbah Mining Pty Ltd at the Jellinbah East coal mine in Central Queensland. The scope includes mining pre-strip overburden, operating and maintaining an existing 600 t excavator and 220 t rear dump[…]

Subsoil Technologies recently delivered a flagship underground communication network from Australia-based Northern Lights Technologies’ (NLT) to gold miner Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Company (AMAK Mining) in Saudi Arabia. The solution delivered to AMAK Mining includes a 1 Gbps WiFi network, real time positioning system for people and equipment with evacuation system and rugged mine[…]

Australia-based engineering company S5 System says it is out to solve three common mining workplace problems using artificial intelligence-based technology that takes minutes to install, is affordable and offers rapid payback on investment. The company has produced three OEM-agnostic asset management products and is advancing research and development to expand the application range of its[…]

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has appointed Black & Veatch to design and manage the delivery of a seawater desalination plant for its Manyar Smelter in East Java, Indonesia, as part of its sustainable development commitments. The seawater desalination plant will support the processing of mine concentrates from the Grasberg mine in West Papua. The new[…]

Perenti-owned African Mining Services (AMS) has been awarded a contract extension for surface mining activities at Resolute Mining Limited’s Mako gold mine in Senegal, it says. The revised contract is valued at approximately $85 million over a period of four years, commencing on January 1, 2023. Through AMS, Perenti has provided surface mining activities at[…]

MMG Limited has acquired new underground equipment for its Dugald River zinc-lead mine in Queensland, Australia, as it gears up to make the transition from a contract miner-led operation to a run of mine (ROM) owner-operator model in 2023. Among the purchases are three Sandvik DL421-15C longhole drills that will allow the team to drill[…]

Metso Outotec says it has been awarded an order for the supply of key minerals processing technologies to OZ Minerals’ West Musgrave copper-nickel project in Western Australia. The OEM’s scope of delivery includes an MP1250™ cone crusher, as well as Planet Positive classified flotation units and high-rate thickeners. The TankCell® e630 flotation units (pictured) are[…]