Archives: Base metals

Thiess has announced that it has been awarded a Letter of Agreement (LOA) to provide mining services to Minera Centinela to perform full-service mining at the Llano copper project, located in the Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile. The LOA is for a contract valued at A$155 million, which will commence in March 2023, with Thiess’[…]

Ericsson has signed a reseller agreement with Comsol at Mobile World Congress 2023, Barcelona, Spain to provide the Ericsson Private 5G solution that will enable Comsol to expand its enterprise business within South Africa’s mining industry. With Ericsson’s high-end connectivity solution and Comsol’s expertise in mining and systems integration, this collaboration is set to help[…]

Sepro is celebrating 35 years of Falcon Concentrators in 2023. Falcon Concentrators was started from scratch by Steve McAlister in 1987 and officially branded in 1988. Falcon Concentrators later merged with Sepro Mineral Processing International to become world renowned experts in gravity concentration and continues to innovate today. Appropriately in this anniversary year, Sepro Systems is in[…]

Hitachi Construction Machinery and First Quantum Minerals have announced that they have entered into a Letter of Intent to advance the development of sustainable mining solutions at First Quantum’s flagship mining operations in Zambia. A proof of concept will be implemented as part of the LOI; Hitachi Construction Machinery supplying the first of its full[…]

It is well known in the mining industry that the biggest mining concentrators, with the highest throughputs and largest mills, have long used gearless mill drives (GMDs). Since their introduction into the market in the 1960s, the GMD installed base has increased steadily, both with respect to cumulative install power and individual drive power. Gearless[…]

Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia, one of the world’s largest copper-gold mines, recently received its first battery-powered mining vehicle for trials – a significant milestone for the underground operation and a testament to the successful collaboration of multiple teams. The machine is a Normet Utimec MF100 Material SD where SD stands for SmartDrive – Normet’s modular[…]

NextOre and its magnetic resonance (MR) technology have made another advance in the ore sorting and material classification game with the development of a new “open geometry” sensor that could enable mines to scan mining truck loads. The company, in the last year, has surpassed previous throughput highs using its on-conveyor belt solutions, accelerated the[…]

With a loading capacity of up to 14 t and without the generation of direct greenhouse gas emissions, the first 100% electric LHD in South America, an Epiroc ST14, is advancing in its tests phase at Codelco’s El Teniente Division, the world’s largest underground copper mining complex. The equipment, which has been in operation since[…]

Anglo Asian Mining says it has placed orders for the major items of equipment required for production from its new Zafar and Gilar mines in Azerbaijan, with a fleet made up of Epiroc drills, Caterpillar loaders and auxiliary machines from the likes of Paus and Tunelmak. The company has also made progress with the upgrades[…]

Teck Resources Ltd has announced today the reorganisation of its business to separate Teck into two independent, publicly-listed companies: Teck Metals Corp and Elk Valley Resources Ltd. The separation it said “will create two world-class resource companies and provide investors with choice for allocating investment between two businesses with different commodity fundamentals and value propositions.”[…]