Archives: Diamond mining

The first ever mining sector Group Purchasing Organisation (GPO) has launched to initially serve the Canadian mining market. Founders Lee Barter and Ben-Schoeman Geldenhuys are industry veterans who bring decades of mining supply chain experience from across the globe to this new venture. Specialising in mining procurement, Tamarack it says will be the first to[…]

TOMRA’s COM XRT 2.0/1200 ore sorters have aided Lucara Diamond’s Karowe diamond operations, in Botswana, once again, recovering an unbroken 998 ct high white clivage diamond from the 100%-owned mine. The diamond, measuring 67 x 49 x 45 mm, was recovered from direct milling of ore sourced from the EM/PK(S) unit of the South Lobe,[…]

Global mining truck major BELAZ working jointly with Russian mining company partners continues implementation of several breakthrough projects on gas-motor mining equipment. The company said the project meets mining customer aims to switch to alternative, more ecological pollution-free fuels. Joint work on the gasification of BELAZ mining vehicles has two directions – gas-diesel hybrids (dual[…]

After 37 years of operations and having exhausted its economic reserves, the iconic Argyle mine in the remote east Kimberley region of Western Australia has celebrated its final day of mining. The Argyle orebody, a single pipe known as AK1, was discovered in October 1979. Alluvial operations began in 1983, open-pit mining began in 1985[…]

Redpath Australia and Redpath Mining Africa have announced the award of the mining services contract at the Venetia Mine, in South Africa, from De Beers Group. Venetia is South Africa’s largest producer of diamonds, and is situated close to the town of Alldays in the Limpopo province. The contract comprises Redpath providing skilled management, operational[…]

TAKRAF, formerly referred to as a Mining Division of Tenova, has announced that it has, as of October 5, 2020, revised its branding to now operate as TAKRAF Group which includes the TAKRAF and DELKOR brands. “The revised branding underlines our core strengths and value-adding proposition towards clients and partners within the mining and adjacent[…]

Liebherr Group recently commissioned its 100th PR 776 Litronic crawler dozer, a major milestone for this machine, which was launched only in 2016 and is manufactured in Telfs, Austria. Paul Moore spoke to Liebherr Area Sales Manager, Max Muench, about the journey so far with the powerful machine, which is mainly used in the mining[…]

The utilisation rate for dump trucks at the Jubilee open pit mine, part of diamond miner ALROSA’s Aikhal Division, has increased by 7% to over 81% due to the implementation of the Ideal Shift project. This leads to a more rational use of resources and reduces costs of purchasing equipment. The Ideal Shift project, previously[…]

ALROSA recently launched a tailings thickening complex at the processing facility N12 of Udachny mining and processing division. The project, which costs over RUB 3 billion, will significantly reduce water consumption and increase the efficiency of tailings storage, the waste rock left after kimberlite ore processing. The tailings thickening complex comprises of a pump system,[…]

Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Seamus O’Regan, has announced a C$1.6 million ($1.2 million) investment in the development of an analyser able to provide near real-time measurements of the active clay content in oil sands and mine tailings. The project, led by the Saskatchewan Research Council with Suncor Energy Inc and the Northern Alberta Institute[…]