Archives: Diamond mining

Botswana Diamonds and its associate Vutomi have signed an agreement with Eurafrican Diamond Corp to mine and process the diamond-bearing gravels and residual stockpiles on a portion of the Marsfontein farm, in South Africa. The agreement gives EDC a contract for the mining and processing of the identified deposits on the Marsfontein Mining Permit, with[…]

Metso is expanding its remote monitoring services for the mining industry by opening its first Metso performance centre in Santiago, Chile, and by building up capabilities for a second centre in Changsha, China. Additional centres will be opened in major mining regions during 2020-2021. The new state-of-the-art Metso performance centres offer “continuous automated monitoring, improvements[…]

With the advent of high capacity and expensive earthmovers, mining operations have to achieve higher productivity in order to justify big investment. Graham Upton, Director of Business Development at Doron Precision Systems will discuss a unique approach to mine equipment operator training at the forthcoming Truck & Shovel conference in Singapore in two weeks time.[…]

TOMRA’s ore sorting technology has delivered impressive results in its first diamond processing plant application.  The company worked with Stornoway Diamonds and its Renard diamond mine, in Quebec, Canada. The Renard mine, in commercial production since 2017, is the first diamond mine in the province and one of six in Canada. It started with an open-pit[…]

Ontario’s government has invested over C$2.3 million ($1.7 million) in seven local businesses in North Bay, northern Ontario, the majority of which has gone towards mining equipment technology and service (METS) companies. Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing (pictured), was at Drillco Mining on Friday to announce C$250,000 to develop a diamond core drilling rig that[…]

Perth-based CPC Engineering has entered into what is says is a ground-breaking joint venture with African companies to service the continent’s mining industry. Africa Project Partnerships, formed in the first quarter of 2019, brings together companies with expertise across a range of disciplines with the ability to deliver EPC and EPCM projects. APP is working[…]

Mobilaris Mining & Civil Engineering has announced the official launch of Mobilaris Onboard™. Mobilaris Onboard™ “is a revolutionising new product running on a standard tablet with a patent pending disruptive technology that makes high accuracy positioning in underground mines possible, even without any positioning infrastructure.” “We are confident that Mobilaris Onboard™ will cause a paradigm[…]

Epiroc, the leading productivity provider for the mining and infrastructure industries, says it will expand one of its main production facilities, in Örebro, Sweden, “to boost productivity and ensure long-term efficiency.” The company says it will expand and consolidate the production capacity utilised by the Surface and Exploration Drilling division, including constructing a major new[…]

In response to several current needs and trends in underground mining, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has relaunched and upgraded its 400i-class drill family. A common denominator across the series it says is strong symbiosis of sound engineering design and advanced automation solutions.”The Sandvik 400i class offers a well-rounded package for mining and construction in[…]

Debswana’s Orapa diamond mine in Botswana, the world‘s largest by area, will continue mining up to just beyond 2050, Orapa Letlhakane & Damtshaa (OLDM) Mines General Manager Bakani Motlhabani revealed to the country’s Weekend Post newspaper on the sidelines of the OLDM  50 Years Anniversary Celebrations in Orapa recently. Debswana 50 year’s celebrations were held[…]