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The Think & Act Differently (TAD) incubator, powered by BHP, has announced its support for a new cohort that has come together to develop an innovative technology roadmap for in-situ and alternative extraction options, the company says, lower the impact of mining and processing. In collaboration with its partner, Unearthed, the TAD Cohort was curated[…]

Vale has started load tests of its iron ore briquette plants at the Tubarão Unit in Vitória, Brazil, as part of a project it believes could eventually reduce steel industry CO2 emissions by up to 10%. The load tests are part of the plant’s commissioning and are one of the last stages before production begins,[…]

BQE Water, a leader in the treatment and management of mine impacted waters, has entered into a contract with the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources of the Yukon Government to provide expertise and support with water management at Minto mine, in central Yukon and on settlement land of the Selkirk First Nation. Under the[…]

On August 26, Lingong Machinery Group (LGMG) held a Global Partner Conference in the city of Jinan, Shandong Province, China. Industry experts from over 60 countries around the world attended the conference. EACON, as LGMG’s autonomous driving partner, gave an address to attendees.  During the conference, EACON and LGMG held a strategic partnership signing ceremony.[…]

WesTrac and its subsidiary Hushpak have delivered what they say is as an innovative sound suppression solution to The Bloomfield Group that has reduced the noise output of 19 Cat 793F mining trucks. Managing the sound output from heavy machinery can be a challenging task on mine sites, but this is starting to become easier[…]

Draslovka a.s., a specialty chemicals company, has executed a user license with Bayan Airag Exploration LLC in Mongolia for the world’s first application of its proprietary glycine gold leaching process, GlyCat™, in a commercial heap leaching application. Application of the technology has commenced to extract gold from ores mined from its Golden Hills and Limestone[…]

As well as posting record underlying earnings for its financial year ending June 30, 2023, IMDEX made significant strides with deploying its newest technology, the company says. This is the first set of financial results to include revenue from global directional drilling and sensor technology company, Devico, which IMEX acquired in February. Revenue for the[…]

Chemwatch says it has been quietly revolutionising the way the mining sector approaches chemical management, with the company ready to showcase this at the 2023 International Mining and Resource Conference (IMARC) in Sydney later this year. With a legacy spanning over three decades, Chemwatch says it has consistently been at the forefront of the chemical[…]

Cummins Inc has announced approval of its entire line of diesel high horsepower engines across all ratings for use with unblended paraffinic fuels (EN15940), often referred to as renewable diesel, including hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). It states: “Utilising renewable diesels like HVO are shown to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) emission by up to 90%[…]

In the summer in Chinese mines in Xinjiang, high heat conditions of over 40°C and sandstorms are frequent which represent a major test to equipment along with high altitude; with temperatures in the winter dropping to an average of -20°C in January. Even in these conditions, Xugong-headquartered global mining equipment major XCMG says it has been[…]