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Amid growing demand for its crushing and screening services, Trollope Mining Services, one of the largest open-pit mining contractors in Africa, has continued to increase its fleet of Metso machines from Pilot Crushtec, the South Africa-based company says. With nearly 500 pieces of equipment in its fleet, Trollope has over the years established itself as[…]

Contract mining major BUMA Australia says it has implemented Carlson machine guidance technology across all of its sites. BUMA Australia was established in 2021 to acquire the open cut mining business of Downer and is part of Indonesian company Delta Dunia Group. Its current sites include the Blackwater, Broadmeadow East, Burton, Commodore, Goonyella, Meandu and[…]

Leading global mining and metals companies have today committed to take urgent action to support a nature positive future by 2030 that promotes the health, diversity and resilience of species, ecosystems and natural processes. With responsibly produced minerals and metals playing a critical role in advancing global sustainable development goals, ICMM members, representing a third[…]

Ero Copper Corp has provided a construction update for the Tucumã Project, highlighting significant progress since October 2023. With physical completion now at over 85% and production of copper concentrate scheduled to commence in H2 2024, the company has initiated the transition from construction to commissioning, as outlined below in the 2024 commissioning plan. The[…]

The potential of hydrogen peroxide emulsion (HPE) to reduce explosives emissions will come under the spotlight at the upcoming 50th Conference of the International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE) in USA. In a paper to be presented jointly by Omnia group company BME and strategic partner Hypex Bio Explosives Technology (Hypex Bio), the authors will[…]

Metso says it is expanding its testing capabilities by investing €8 million ($8.7 million) to build a state-of-the-art DRI (direct reduced iron) smelting furnace pilot facility. The pilot plant will be constructed in Pori, Finland, where Metso has one of its major R&D centres serving the minerals and metals industry. The new facility will allow[…]

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd says it has completed the test machine version of an engineless, full battery rigid frame dump truck and on January 20, 2024, the test machine will be shipped from Hitachi Construction Machinery’s Hitachinaka-Rinko Works in Japan to the Kansanshi copper and gold mine operated by First Quantum Minerals Ltd in[…]

Komatsu has introduced the new GD955-7 motor grader to the North American market, saying the machine offers operators the control and precision needed to build and maintain haul roads for truck fleets of 100 tons (91 t) and up. This powerful new machine stands out with its 426 horsepower at 1,900 rpm (313 kW at[…]

Murray & Roberts Cementation continues to add to its order book of business in southern Africa, with the company saying it is engaged in a number of projects in South Africa and having project prospects in nearby countries. According to Graham Chamberlain, New Business Director at Murray & Roberts Cementation, the busy pipeline of projects[…]

BHP, together with the mining companies Anglo American, Antofagasta Minerals, Codelco and Collahuasi, have launched the Mining Cybersecurity Corporation in an effort to tackle rising cybersecurity risks in Chile. More than 4 billion cyber-attacks took place in Chile during the first half of 2023, positioning it as the fifth country in Latin America with the[…]