News Archive

August 2023
10 Aug 2023
Westgold’s Clean Energy Transition initiative accelerates with start up of first hybrid power station
The Tuckabianna hybrid power facility – the first of four new hybrid power stations being...
10 Aug 2023
Metso books filter and pump orders from India iron ore projects
Metso has been awarded orders to deliver concentrate dewatering filters and pumps to two iron...
09 Aug 2023
Epiroc’s battery electric ST14 SG Scooptram well received at Grupo Peñoles’ Fantasma mine
Grupo Peñoles opened one of its flagship zinc mines, Fantasma, in Velardeña in northern Mexico's...
09 Aug 2023
Masters of drilling and bolting
On June 23-24 2023, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore had the privilege of being present...
09 Aug 2023
Oyu Tolgoi prepares concentrator for higher grades & hardness as underground ramps up
With the commencement of underground operations in March 2023, Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine...
09 Aug 2023
Vollert robot rail shunters help Bogatyr ramp up coal production capacity in Kazakhstan
Bogatyr is planning to expand the production capacity of Kazakhstan’s largest open-cast coal mine from...
08 Aug 2023
BHP rolls out hybrid Normet technology at Olympic Dam
BHP has announced that it has a new low emissions equipment trial underway at the...
08 Aug 2023
Mining3’s Alternative Explosives Project finding the right formula
Later this year, Mining3 is to demonstrate to funding supporters and commercialisation partners a significant...
08 Aug 2023
Zest WEG to supply Ivanhoe Mines with range of electrical, energy solutions for Kipushi
As part of Ivanhoe Mines’ refurbishment of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper mine in the Democratic...
08 Aug 2023
Murray & Roberts Cementation hits 1,000 m shaft sinking milestone at Palabora’s Lift II expansion project
Leading underground mining contracting company, Murray & Roberts Cementation has achieved what it says is...
08 Aug 2023
Australia’s first fully-automated, battery-electric Sandvik DL422iE drill goes to work at IGO Nova
IGO and Barminco have put Sandvik’s DL422iE longhole drill to work at the Nova operation...
08 Aug 2023
Metso and Rio Tinto to work on continuous pilot plant for BioIron process
Rio Tinto has awarded Metso a detailed design and engineering contract for its continuous pilot...