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Austin Powder has developed a lead-free primary explosive detonators for its clients that, it says, comes ahead of regulators mandating the use of such an alternative. Austin Powder started looking for a lead-free alternative to lead azide back in 2007 at its detonator facility, Austin Star Detonator. The initial work was started by Morris Bannerman[…]

BHP and Rio Tinto have joined together to invite expressions of interest from technology providers, equipment manufacturers, reagent suppliers, startups and research groups across the globe with innovative ideas and technologies to help improve tailings dewatering and management performance. The global miners aim to jointly identify a portfolio of tailings management partners with whom they[…]

Leading technology and products have been added to the FLSmidth stable with the TK Mining acquisition, strengthening FLSmidth’s comminution portfolio even further. Craig Brickhill, FLSmidth’s Regional Product Line Manager – Milling and HPGR, highlights that the FLSmidth brand now encompasses the best solutions, equipment and expertise from across the flowsheet. He comments: “On the grinding[…]

Gradiant, a global solutions provider and developer for advanced water and wastewater treatment, has announced partnerships with SLB (formerly Schlumberger), Rio Tinto and an Australia-based global mining company to, it says, improve productivity and sustainability in the mining industry with a focus on reducing carbon and water footprints. The projects are in the US and[…]

GR Engineering Services says it has entered into a binding term sheet with Yangibana Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hastings Technology Metals Limited, for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the beneficiation plant and associated infrastructure for the Yangibana rare earths project in Western Australia. The project is approximately 250 km north east[…]

Vale says it has successfully tested a new type of iron ore briquette, adapted for the direct reduction route, which will contribute to the decarbonisation of steel production. The new type of briquette, which will support the steel industry’s efforts to meet emission reduction targets worldwide, emits about 80% less CO2 compared with pellets in[…]

Newmont says it has delivered over $1 billion in annual synergies, significantly exceeding the initial value commitment of $365 million a year following the company’s acquisition of Goldcorp in April of 2019. All while doing it six months ahead of schedule. More than three quarters of the synergy value has been generated by focusing on[…]

One of the mining industry’s biggest concerns is workforce and asset safety. Leading deployer of 4G/5G private networks Ambra Solutions says that it was built on the premise that while any company prioritises employee security above anything else, in mining, the obstacle to an optimally safe and efficient mine has been the fact that in[…]

Foran Mining and Sandvik have unveiled the first Sandvik battery-electric jumbo drill, a DD422iE, to be used at its McIlvenna Bay project in Saskatchewan, Canada, at the CIM 2023 conference in Montreal. The DD422iE is part of a 20-strong battery-electric vehicle fleet for the project and comes with drilling and bolting capabilities. When Sandvik announced[…]

MacLean EV Series™ production support mining equipment has been chosen by Torex Gold Resources Inc for their Media Luna Project at the gold producer’s Morelos Complex in Mexico. The fleet of MacLean EV Series battery electric mining vehicles (BEVs) that will be manufactured, commissioned, and supported by MacLean at the Media Luna Project will include a[…]