Archives: Base metals

MMD says it has signed a contract to deliver a 1150 Series Fixed Sizer Station to an open-pit gold and copper mining operation in Southeast Asia in 2023. Once installed, the sizer station will provide increased processing at 2,600 t/h and extend the mine’s life, according to the company. The open-pit mine is situated in[…]

Metso Outotec says it has signed a Life Cycle Services (LCS) contract with Boliden for its Kevitsa mine in the Sodankylä region of Finland, which will see the OEM offer the mining company a novel Planet Positive mill lining recycling service for used liners. The 3+2-year agreement covers the supply and optimisation services of the[…]

BASF and the Catholic University of the North (Universidad Católica del Norte – UCN) in Antofagasta have signed a collaboration agreement to promote research, development and innovation in mining. The aim of this collaboration is to strengthen the cooperation between academia, students and industry experts. In addition to leveraging synergies in the development of innovative[…]

BIA Group has made Zambian mining equipment history with the commissioning of a PC8000-11E mining shovel from Komatsu at First Quantum Minerals Ltd’s (FQML) Sentinel copper mine. It states: “Following the Zambian government’s challenge to mining companies to increase copper production from 882,000 t to 2 Mt by 2026, FQM’s Sentinel Mine in Kalumbila has[…]

Horizonte Minerals Plc has awarded Wood Plc the principal engineering contract to undertake the feasibility study for its 100%-owned Vermelho nickel-cobalt project, in Brazil. Vermelho is a large high-grade, long mine life, scalable resource, designed to be a low-cost producer of nickel and cobalt for the battery industry, Horizonte says. The Vermelho FS contract award[…]

Hitachi Energy has signed a long-term service agreement with Société Nationale d’Electricité (SNEL), the national electricity company of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to secure power supply in the country’s most important power transmission asset: the Inga-Kolwezi high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link. The link supplies up to 1,000 MW of emission-free electricity from the Inga[…]

More than a few companies and technology providers claim to have solved the primary copper sulphide leaching conundrum, but only one has close to 30 years of R&D and the Rio Tinto name behind it. Rio, through its Nuton venture, is the latest to table a solution to treat primary copper sulphides such as chalcopyrite,[…]

Today, Vale Canada Ltd officially opened the initial phase of its C$945 million Copper Cliff Complex South Mine Project in Sudbury, Ontario. “The first phase of the Copper Cliff Mine Complex South Project enhances our supply of low-carbon nickel and other critical minerals and adds to the long-term sustainability of our Sudbury operations,” said Deshnee[…]

General Motors Co says it has secured a new source of cost-competitive nickel and cobalt for Ultium battery cells after making a strategic investment in Queensland Pacific Metals of Australia. The nickel laterite ore is expected to be processed using a new and proprietary process that helps reduce waste with no requirement of a tailings[…]

The largest copper producer in the world, the Chilean state-owned Codelco, and the Anglo-Australian multinational Rio Tinto have signed a collaboration agreement that will focus on the accumulated experience of both companies in the design, construction and operation of underground mines, with the objective of sharing knowledge about security, technology, operational performance, productivity and advances[…]