Archives: Base metals

AngloGold Ashanti says it is weighing up the potential introduction of battery-electric vehicles at its Cuiaba mine in Brazil as a small part of a wider initiative to achieve a 30% absolute reduction in its Scope 1 and 2 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 2030. The company says this carbon emission reduction target could be[…]

Metso Outotec says it is extending its Courier product family with the introduction of Courier 8X SL analyser. The new analyser “maximises plant efficiency by enabling measurement of light elements with enhanced technology, while improving recovery and reducing impurity content in flotation circuits.” Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) technology is used to measure both light and[…]

UK company Hewitt Robins says it has recently supplied two extra heavy-duty Vibrating Feeders to one of the world’s biggest copper ore mines, Codelco Chuquicamata. The mine, for which the production focus has now moved underground, is part of Chilean state enterprise Codelco, and situated in Calama, Chile and is the largest open pit copper[…]

For 15 years, Norsk Hydro-owned Hydro Paragominas has actively contributed to the economic and social development of the municipality of Paragominas and intends to continue with its sustainable bauxite mining operations in the region. The Miltônia 5 (M5) project represents this objective: an investment of approximately BRL 590 million (just under US$114 million) in a[…]

MineSense Technologies officially opened its regional headquarters and service centre for South America in Santiago, Chile, this week, in another move to capture growth across one of the world’s key mining hubs. Attended by senior executives and a MineSense workforce of over 50 hired so far in Chile and Peru, the ceremony celebrated the opening[…]

IMDEX has revealed record September-quarter revenue amid a strong start to its financial year, with CEO Paul House noting revenue growth was up in all key regions with an increasing demand for real-time orebody knowledge and robust industry fundamentals. IMDEX says its technologies enable resource companies and drilling contractors, to find, define, and mine orebodies[…]

LHDs are a mainstay of any underground hard rock operation. Engineered for the most demanding mining environments, Komatsu says its new WX03 LHD is a 3 t diesel-powered heavy-duty machine designed for especially small, narrow vein applications with limited manoeuvring space. ”This solid LHD features simple operation controls and a rugged long-life structure specifically designed for[…]

Industry interest in hard-rock cutting remains strong, with the majority of major mining companies factoring the technology into their sustainability-focused roadmaps, Arne Lewis, Vice President of Hard Rock Continuous Mining at Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions, told IM last month. Speaking on the side lines of Sandvik’s Innovation in Mining event in Tampere, Finland, Lewis[…]

In its latest move to become the most climate friendly and respected metal provider in the world, Boliden has opened the trolley line at its Kevitsa mine in Finland. The line, which encompasses a 1.3-km-long track, now has three Komatsu 227 t 830E-5 trucks running on it, according to Stefan Romedahl, President Business Area Mines,[…]

Core Resources has announced that its proprietary Toowong ProcessTM Technology has been acquired by “a leading resources group.” The process safely removes arsenic, antimony and other impurities from copper concentrates. At the heart of the process is a patented Alkaline Leaching (AL) step that selectively solubilises key penalty impurities. The process produces a clean premium[…]