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ABB is launching a new digital suite of applications for hoist monitoring and optimisation, now rebranded to ABB Ability™ Smart Hoisting. This new suite, ABB says, potentially offers further integration to other cloud solutions and extended offerings that significantly increase the operational performance and reliability of mine hoists. The new digital suite is an important[…]

Rolls-Royce Solutions and its Chile-based distributor Detroit Chile S.A. have helped lower emissions associated with Anglo American’s Los Bronces haulage operation thanks to a strategic engine repowering project on its 30-strong fleet of Komatsu 930E haul trucks. The project for Los Bronces, a copper mine in Chile, originated with the mining company looking to comply[…]

Serra Verde has commenced commercial production of Mixed Rare Earth Concentrate (MREC) from Phase I of its Pela Ema deposit in Minaçu, Goiás State, Brazil. Once it has ramped up to full production, Serra Verde is expected to produce at least 5,000 t per year of rare earth oxide used in the manufacture of high-efficiency[…]

Vale Base Metals in Canada took a big step forward recently with its Integrated Remote Operating Center (IROC) in Sudbury now servicing all five of its underground mines in Ontario which produce nickel, copper, cobalt and PGMs. The miner stated: “Using digital technology, the IROC serves as an air traffic controller of sorts, continuously monitoring our[…]

To date the Saudi Future Minerals Forum, the third edition of which is being held this week in Riyadh, has been primarily a conference and knowledge sharing event. However, it also has a sizeable and growing exhibition and as IM discovered, the latest installment of the event in 2024 is featuring more equipment on display[…]

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) has been certified by the international assessor DNV as having produced 614,000 t of ultra low carbon ammonia, representing the largest quantity accredited in the world to date, it claims. This is a significant step forward in Ma’aden’s plans to grow and transform its business to become an ESG role[…]

Metso says it is consolidating its strong position in delivering tailored solutions to mining and aggregate customers through the continued expansion of its Life Cycle Services (LCS) program. In 2023, Metso secured more than 110 new LCS contracts with global and regional mining companies as well as with sizeable quarries and aggregate contractors, it says.[…]

BQE Water Inc, a leader in the treatment and management of mine-impacted waters, reports the successful completion of on-site pilot demonstration of its patented Selen-IX™ process at the Coeur Wharf heap leach gold mine in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota, US. The demonstration was the first critical step in the process of implementing[…]

Brazil’s first AutoMine loader recently officially started operations at BHP’s Pedra Branca copper-gold mine in Para state, northern Brazil, an important milestone for Sandvik in the country, which says it is committed to supporting the future of sustainable and safe mining. Specifically, the LH514 loader is using AutoMine Lite. Sandvik says this is a system[…]

The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) has entered into an agreement with Metso and thyssenkrupp Uhde for the development and licensing of Ma’aden’s Integrated process concept, aiming for greenfield facilities at Ras Al Khair in Saudi Arabia, and the deployment of technology able to capture CO2 and recycle phosphogypsum. The technology for CO2 capturing comes[…]