Archives: Base metals

Boliden has decided to introduce Komatu’s FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) on 11 haul trucks at its Aitik copper mine in northern Sweden, in the process becoming the first company to introduce AHS in the European Union. The investment is for a total of SEK218 million ($25 million) and will be fully implemented during 2024.[…]

An in person meeting at MINExpo 2021 with Wabtec’s Dr Bappa Banerjee, VP Mining; and Rogerio Mendonca, President Freight Equipment offered some fascinating insights into trolley assist technology and the technology side of electrifying mining fleets. Historically, Wabtec has been working on electric drive systems for mining trucks for many years. In fact as GE[…]

Civmec Ltd says it has received three notices of award from several repeat mining customers for maintenance and capital works projects collectively worth approximately A$130 million ($97 million). These orders – from BHP, Roy Hill and Rio Tinto – bring its total order book to about A$1.05 billion as at September 30, 2021. For BHP,[…]

Metso Outotec says it has been awarded a contract for the delivery of several horizontal grinding mills and thickeners to a greenfield nickel project in Indonesia. The value of the order is approximately €24 million ($28 million), and it has been booked in the Minerals business Q3 (September quarter) 2021 orders received, the company said.[…]

On October 15, China’s Zijin Mining released its Q3 2021 report, which detailed a net profit of CNY11.3 billion for the first nine months of the year, the first time it has broken through the CNY10 billion mark. This equates to some $1.76 billion, meaning it is rapidly positioning itself among the global Tier 1[…]

Timegate and Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy have performed the world’s first trials of measuring mineralogy of high-speed drill cuttings by using Timegated® Raman spectroscopy. The experiment is part of the H2020 GoldenEye project and was carried out last week in Sandvik’s Test Mine in Tampere, Finland. In total, 18 different samples from six mines[…]

South32 has entered into two binding conditional agreements with Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corporation (collectively Sumitomo) to acquire a 45% interest in the Sierra Gorda copper mine in Chile’s prolific Antofagasta copper region for an upfront cash consideration of $1.55 billion. Sierra Gorda is an operating mine in the prolific Antofagasta copper mining region,[…]

BHP says it expects to shortly enter into renewable energy supply arrangements to enable the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia to reduce its emission position to zero for 50% of its electricity consumption by 2025, based on current forecast demand. The arrangements will be supplied by Iberdrola, including from the Port Augusta Renewable Energy[…]

Epiroc says it has won a large order for mining equipment from Eti Bakir in Turkey, which includes a variety of drill rigs, trucks and loaders. The machines will be used to expand three underground copper mines – Kastamonu Küre, Artvin Murgul and Siirt Madenköywhile – making the operations as productive and safe as possible,[…]

Metso Outotec says it has signed an agreement with Codelco in Chile to design and supply a Foresight™ semi-mobile primary gyratory (SMPG) crushing plant for Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic operation. Equipped with a Superior™ MKIII 60-110 primary gyratory crusher, apron feeder discharge and dust collection, the Foresight™ SMPG meets the highest demands in productivity and sustainability,[…]