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Liontown Resources Ltd has issued a letter of award to Byrnecut Australia Pty Ltd for Underground Mining Services to underpin the development and production of the Kathleen Valley hard rock lithium project. The appointment of Byrnecut is a significant milestone for Kathleen Valley which has a Mineral Resource Estimate of 156 Mt at 1.4% Li2O and[…]

Emerging critical mineral producer FYI Resources has announced that Minhub Operations Pty Ltd (MOPL) has appointed international engineering group, IHC Mining (IHCM) to undertake initial test work and engineering studies on a proposed Mineral Processing Plant (MSP) at the Minhub rare earths/zircon project in Darwin, Northern Territory. MOPL was established to develop an independent collaborative[…]

Operating muscle at Nevada Gold Mines has been beefed up with the ahead-of-schedule commissioning of the first seven of a new 22-unit Komatsu 930E fleet due this year. With the completion of major maintenance shutdowns at NGM, and a significantly improved performance from Carlin, the focus on driving flexibility and reducing production risk has intensified. NGM[…]

To strengthen its position as a leading mining rock drill manufacturer, Sandvik is investing SEK260 million to increase its rock drill production capacity in Tampere, Finland. The phased expansion will initially increase production capacity by 25%, with the potential to increase by a further 20%. “We see continuously increasing demand for our rock drills for[…]

Leading vehicle automation provider, ABD Solutions, has developed a new Mobile Supervisory System for its vehicle automation solution, Indigo Drive. It allows mining vehicles to be automated anywhere in the world without the need for existing infrastructure. “Indigo Drive automates existing vehicle fleets, accelerating autonomy at a fraction of the cost of replacing the fleet[…]

Sandvik Mining has successfully delivered a cutting-edge 63 t class TH663i truck to the Zone 5 copper-silver mine, owned by Khoemacau Copper Mining in Botswana, in partnership with mining contractor Barminco. The operation is in the heart of the Kalahari Copper Belt. The Khoemacau operations are comprised of the Zone 5 underground mine and associated[…]

The operating logic and control for the vast majority of cone crushers has largely remained basic over the decades. Despite theoretical proof from simulation or from pilot-to-small scale trials on more advanced cone control logic, the control adopted on most modern projects continues to factor in minimal inputs and have only basic control of feed[…]

QMAG Pty Limited, part of the Refratechnik group, owns the Kunwarara deposit of cryptocrystalline magnesite – one of the world’s largest – located in Central Queensland, Australia. It mines the ore using the open-pit method and processes it into high quality fused (FM), dead burnt (DBM) and caustic calcined (CCM) magnesia products at the nearby[…]

The Avebury nickel sulphide project has come out of care and maintenance after 10 long years and has stepped into the future of mining with the help of RCT. Owner Mallee Resources has empowered the site by installing RCT’s Digital Automation on three of its Sandvik LH517i loaders on site. Together with the deployment of[…]

Aether has announced a $49 million Series A funding round to, it says, power the next industrial revolution by helping extract rare metals and create new materials, leading to a more resource-efficient and sustainable future. The funding will be used to scale its platform and grow the company’s engineering, machine learning and hardware teams, Aether[…]