Archives: Base metals

It’s home to one of Europe’s deepest mines – and now a small town in central Finland could host the continent’s first full-scale gravity energy store. The community of Pyhäjärvi, with just 5,000 inhabitants, lies 450 km north of Finland’s capital, Helsinki. Nearby lies Pyhäsalmi mine – Europe’s deepest zinc and copper mine – owned by[…]

BQE Water Inc, a leader in the treatment and management of mine impacted waters, has completed the commissioning phase and transitioned to the operating phase of the agreement for a water treatment plant at a base metal mine in the southwestern US. Utilising its award winning Selen-IX™ process technology, BQE Water treats mine impacted waters,[…]

Minera Centinela, part of Antofagasta Minerals, and Colbun have signed a 100% renewable energy supply contract for up to 912 GWh, with the objective of delivering emission-free electrical energy to the Nueva Centinela project, the largest mining investment announced in the last five years in Chile. Centinela produces copper cathodes and copper concentrates containing gold, as[…]

Aeris Resources has provided an update on the feasibility study underway on its 100% owned Stockman project in Victoria, Australia, guiding for a development path that includes ultrafine grinding and the Albion Process from Glencore Technology. Andre Labuschagne, Aeris’ Executive Chairman, said: “We are very excited with the potential of the Stockman project. Since acquiring[…]

Anglo American has launched a research and development project in collaboration with GEM, one of China’s largest battery and battery material recyclers, to explore new and more efficient technologies for the use of existing and alternative raw materials to be used in batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). Paul Ward, Executive Head of Base Metals Marketing[…]

Technology group Wartsila has signed a second renewal of its Guaranteed Asset Performance (GAP) agreement with Indonesian state-owned mining company PT Aneka Tambang (Antam). Wartsila has had a full Operation and Maintenance agreement with Antam since the power plant’s commissioning in 2005, and a GAP agreement since 2017. This latest agreement renewal order was booked[…]

Epiroc released its Q4 2023 results today, and the overall trend with regard to mining was very positive. In the quarter, Epiroc’s order intake increased to MSEK 14,388, corresponding to an organic growth of 7%. Within mining specifically, the activity levels were high, and the OEM won several large orders. Mining customers represented 84% (79) of[…]

China’s JCHX is best known as a global mining contractor and services provider to operations like Kamoa-Kakula and Konkola but is rapidly increasingly its influence in Africa as a copper mine in its own right. It already has two mines in its own portfolio – Lonshi in DRC, previously owned by ERG; and Dikulushi, also in[…]

It is well known that the remote operation of large mining shovels is something that the major miners want – it is a natural progression as part of taking operators out of hazardous in-pit working locations and conditions, plus in mines that already have autonomous trucks as well as autonomous drills, the shovel and excavator[…]

Bradken, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd, has purchased the land, buildings and some facilities necessary for a foundry from Fundacion Technologica S.A. (Funtec), a manufacturer of steel castings for mining sites in Peru. Bradken says it aims to rapidly supply products and further expand its mill liner business to respond[…]