Archives: Base metals

While the El Soldado copper operation in Chile may be one of Anglo American’s smaller assets, it has a big part to play as one of the company’s FutureSmart Mining™ hubs, piloting some of its innovative mining and processing technologies, according to Phil Newman, Anglo American’s Head of Innovation. Including in this innovative technology bracket[…]

MineSense Technologies Ltd says it has closed a $42 million Series E financing led by J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Sustainable Growth Equity team that, it says, will allow it to accelerate the commercial deployment of its solutions to drive further growth and profitability. The funding round includes participation from new investor Evok Innovations, a climate[…]

PT Redpath Indonesia says it achieved yet another milestone in November 2022, when the first ever Redbore 90 EX large diameter raisebore was successfully commissioned. The commissioning followed the large diameter contract awarded to PTRI earlier in the year. It said the historic achievement was the culmination of a very demanding and concerted effort by[…]

Global mining major BHP recently received the first hybrid crawler dozer in South America, which will start operating at the Escondida copper mine in Chile in December 2022. The initiative – led by the Vice President of Projects – it says is a sign of how the company seeks to advance in meeting its global[…]

The Taseko Mines story is indicative of the current environment miners find themselves in – maximise productivity to grow margins at existing operations or invest in innovative new methods of extracting critical metals that come with a reduced footprint. The Vancouver-based company is pursuing both options at the two main assets on its books –[…]

Foraco International, a provider of mineral and water drilling services, has announced a series of major contracts with Vale Canada for the provision of exploration, definition drilling and large diameter rotary drilling. The exploration and evaluation drilling services – both surface and underground – are key services for Vale operations and include drilling at the[…]

Metso Outotec says it has signed an agreement with Kyzyl Aray Copper, a subsidiary of Caravan Resources, for the supply of copper solvent extraction and electrowinning technology for a plant to be built in the Karagandy region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The order of approximately €35 million ($37 million) covers a technology package delivery[…]

First Quantum Minerals’ majority-owned Cobre Panama operation has signed a long-term contract with AES Panama for the supply of renewable energy, starting in January 2024. The agreement establishes that the energy supplied by the electricity generation company to the copper mine will be certified renewable energy from solar, wind and hydroelectric sources. The CEO of[…]

Metso Outotec has opened a new pump assembly plant in Lima, Peru, responding to the increasing market demand for large pumps used in mining applications in South America, and, at the same time, reducing delivery times to its customers in the region. Once fully operational, the plant will be able to deliver standard Metso Outotec[…]

OZ Minerals’ Carrapateena operation in South Australia is gaining momentum with its processing plant running in excess of nameplate through a cost-effective and efficient debottlenecking strategy. The latest sign of this strategy taking shape comes in the form of the installation of a second HIGmill from Metso Outotec. This high-intensity grinding mill has been installed[…]