Archives: Comminution of minerals

Orica has released a new integrated digital solution for the quarry market to streamline and optimise blasting operations. BlastIQ™ Quarry is a smart solution that harnesses the power of digital technologies to help quarry operators optimise their drill and blast activities in near real-time. The offering is from Orica Digital Solutions, and allows quarry operators to[…]

Cardinal Namdini Mining Ltd, a subsidiary of Shandong Gold, has awarded Metso Outotec an order for a SAG mill and a mill relining machine as well as a sizeable wear and spare parts package to be delivered to their gold project in the northern part of Ghana. The order value, which was not disclosed, was[…]

Lundin Mining Corporation has entered into a binding purchase agreement with JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries to acquire 51% of the issued and outstanding equity of SCM Minera Lumina Copper Chile, a wholly owned subsidiary of JX which operates the Caserones copper-molybdenum mine in Chile. The transaction will see[…]

NRW Holdings Ltd has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Bunbury based company OFI Group Holdings Pty Ltd. OFI specialises in industrial electrical engineering, automation, switchboard design & manufacture, instrumentation and design & construction within the mining and resources sector, government and defence, fuels and explosives and other key markets. It said the acquisition augments[…]

Orica has unveiled its new range of 4D™ bulk explosives for the underground market at AusIMM’s Underground Operators Conference in Brisbane, Australia. Designed for production and development applications, the Subtek™ 4D™ range “enables underground operators to gain unprecedented control of energy through a single explosive solution that drives best practice mining outcomes and sustainable blasting practices.”[…]

Weir Motion Metrics recently cut the ribbon on a new state-of-the-art facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, that, the company says, will allow the business to better serve customers and provide employees with an innovative workspace for collaboration and development. On March 13, Weir Motion Metrics opened the site, which is a combined manufacturing, R&D and[…]

In its 2022 Annual Report, released today, Weir Group reviews its performance from several angles – financially, strategically and of course from a sustainability standpoint. It says with large greenfield expansion projects slow to convert, miners met demand by accelerating production from existing assets and by developing harder and more complex ore deposits. Group revenue was[…]

To support the company’s One Komatsu global strategy and the integration of their legacy companies into the Komatsu brand, sizers, reclaim feeders and surface feeder breakers will be rebranded to Komatsu natural yellow from the previous Joy orange. Displayed in the Komatsu booth at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 this week is the newly rebranded yellow 1,800 t/h[…]

The Metso Outotec global network of testing, research and product development facilities covers the whole process flowsheet from comminution through separation, to filtration, refining and pyrometallurgical/hydrometallurgical processing. It has centres all over the globe – in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Finland, Peru, USA and more – able to, the company says, offer extensive expertise and[…]

First Quantum Minerals Ltd and its Panamanian subsidiary, Minera Panamá, S.A. (MPSA), have agreed and finalised the draft of a concession contract with the Government of Panamá related to continuing operations at the Cobre Panamá copper-gold mine. The Proposed Concession Contract meets the objectives outlined by the Panamanian Government in January 2022 related to government[…]