Archives: Base metals

Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and STRACONTech, a Kinetic Mesh Partner in Lima, Peru, say they have increased bandwidth and improved networking coverage at the Constancia mine in Peru, a project owned by Hudbay Minerals. After reviewing options, the mine selected to invest in Rajant’s solution for mobility, which allows an[…]

Grupo Peñoles opened one of its flagship zinc mines, Fantasma, in Velardeña in northern Mexico’s Durango state in 2013. Today, the mine is also home to one of the global mining industry’s foremost technologies in the form of a battery-driven electric loader, the Epiroc Scooptram ST14 SG, formerly known as the Scooptram ST14 Battery. The loader[…]

On June 23-24 2023, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore had the privilege of being present at the 30th anniversary celebrations of Poland-based underground drilling and bolting major, Mine Master, having also attended the company’s 20th anniversary back in 2013. The event saw a tour of its facilities in Wilkow, including a demonstration of the world[…]

With the commencement of underground operations in March 2023, Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine now has two sources of feed that comes its concentrator – open pit ore from the conventional load and haul Oyut deposit and underground ore from the Hugo North Deposit via the Hugo North Lift 1 first stage of the[…]

BHP has announced that it has a new low emissions equipment trial underway at the Olympic Dam copper-gold-uranium mine in South Australia. It includes two Normet machines – the Utimec XL 1100 Agitator ED, the first in Australia, and the MF 050 VC Spraymec. The Utimec machine is built on the new low-emission Normet ElectroDynamic[…]

As part of Ivanhoe Mines’ refurbishment of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zest WEG is to supply a range of electrical and energy solutions. Ivanhoe Mines acquired its 68% interest in the Kipushi project in November 2011; the balance of 32% is held by the DRC’s state-owned mining[…]

Leading underground mining contracting company, Murray & Roberts Cementation has achieved what it says is a remarkable milestone at the end of July 2023, successfully reaching the 1,000 metre mark on its contract to sink the 1,200 metre ventilation shaft at Palabora Mining Company’s Lift II expansion, in South Africa. This significant feat stands as[…]

IGO and Barminco have put Sandvik’s DL422iE longhole drill to work at the Nova operation in Western Australia, becoming the first mine in Australia to roll out the fully-automated, battery-electric rig. The nickel-copper-cobalt mine, in the Fraser Range, is owned by IGO and operated by Barminco. Both companies have been trailblazers in terms of trialling[…]

Dyno Nobel was recently part of the largest blast ever performed at the Caserones copper-molybdenum mine and the third largest ever in Chile. The products used in the blast were TITAN DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY bulk emulsion and the DigiShot Plus 4G initiation system. Some 3 Mt of material were successfully blasted. Lundin Mining Corporation is now[…]

Metso has developed and supplied a FIT™ Recrushing plant to Mantencion Proyectos Montajes (MPM), a contractor customer located in Chile, which operates the plant for a copper producing end mining customer. The project kicked off in 2021 when the customer approached us about a need for a new crushing and screening plant. The FIT Recrushing[…]