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Lifezone Metals Limited says it has received a Multi-Metal Processing Facility Licence from the Government of Tanzania to refine nickel, copper and cobalt from its Kabanga nickel project at Kahama, located beside Barrick Gold’s former Buzwagi gold mine. The Kabanga nickel project is in northwest Tanzania and is believed to be one of the world’s[…]

Rithmik Solutions, a leader in AI-powered analytics, has successfully closed a $2 million funding round that, it says, will help accelerate its growth, further enhance its product offerings, and expand its reach to help mines around the world maximise the efficiency and lifespan of their mobile equipment. This investment was spearheaded by a syndicate of[…]

Situated in the San Juan Province, at the heart of the Andes, Veladero mine is Argentina’s largest open-pit gold and silver mining operation. Positioned at elevations ranging from 4,000 to 4,850 m above sea level, it is also one of the world’s highest situated gold mines. The mine operates under a 50/50 joint venture between[…]

Scania’s company-owned network of sales and service branches will expand in 2024/5 with the opening of a brand-new purpose-built facility at Hope Valley, WA. The facility will comprise a new parts warehouse to distribute throughout the state (opening in 2024) and a sales and service workshop, due to commence trading in 2025. The selection of Hope Valley[…]

Metso says it has opened its largest service centre globally in Karratha, Western Australia, aiming to support the growing demand of customers’ needs, delivering more sustainable, state-of-the-art services to operators in the state. Located in the Pilbara, the centre serves mining and aggregates customers with comprehensive maintenance and repair solutions, it said. The inauguration ceremony[…]

Crushing and grinding remains the highest energy consumption in a mining operation. So if an operation can improve grinding efficiency, they get a powerful cost saving and a positive environmental impact. Glencore Technology have been exploring this for some time. But it says now a valued client’s separate agenda to chase the same outcome has[…]

Rio Tinto is progressing its mobile equipment electrification move at the Kennecott underground operation near Salt Lake City, Utah, having transitioned from using Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions battery-electric loaders and trucks in a proof of concept to commercially deploying Sandvik battery-electric TH550B trucks and a Sandvik LH518iB loader. Just last year, Rio Tinto approved[…]

The development of tunnels is one of the main challenges in underground operations. In unstable ground conditions, most fortification methods are applied post-advancement. These traditional methods, such as anchors and mesh, can be limited when the ground is severely altered, and progress cannot be made. The risks of gallery over-excavation and rock bursts are too[…]

On March 1, 2024, Hauhinco Holding GmbH – the parent company of HBT GmbH in Lünen, Germany – took over Breuer Motoren GmbH & Co KG. Hauhinco Holding is acquiring 100% of the shares in the Bochum-based mechanical engineering company – with retroactive economic effect from January 1, 2024. The traditional mechanical engineering company Breuer[…]

Pillar extraction is back on the agenda again and NEPEAN Longwall is proving the coal mining doubters wrong with an ambitious and innovative project that, it says, may lead to an industry step-change, prolonging the life of underground operations by supplying a system that combines elements of both longwall and room & pillar mining methods.[…]