Archives: Industrial minerals

Western Resources’ wholly owned subsidiary, Western Potash Corp, has entered into a lump-sum agreement with Stuart Olson Prairie Construction to become the General Contractor for the Milestone Phase I potash project, in Saskatchewan, Canada. Stuart Olson is one of the largest and most respected construction services companies in Canada, according to Western Resources. “Their unique[…]

Australia-based mining company Centrex Metals has partnered with CDE Meta to deliver a state-of-the-art wet processing plant, currently in transit to the company’s Ardmore site, that will produce phosphate concentrate, according to CDE. The plant is expected to arrive on site this month following the completion of fabrication and successful factory acceptance testing, CDE said.[…]

At APCOM 2019 in Wroclaw, Komatsu’s Willem Fourie outlined the company’s vision and reality for the digital mine ecosystem. The latter part of the 20th century witnessed the speeding up of the move to the 4th Industrial Revolution with Komatsu Mining Corporation (KMC) and its customer mining companies using machine learning and deep learning to[…]

To construct the initial 120 m of the 360 m deep MTS shaft at Woodsmith polyhalite mine as efficiently, expediently and safely as possible, the company and its contractors deployed specialised, innovative equipment for the first time ever in the UK. The application of the Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine (VSM) technology – developed by leading[…]

Argex Titanium says it has signed a long term strategic cooperation agreement with East China Engineering Science and Technology Co, located in Hefei, China, to provide access to engineering skills to address the rapidly expanding Chinese demand for titanium dioxide (TiO2). ECEC is, according to Argex, one of the largest engineering procurement and construction (EPC)[…]

Kenmare Resources’s board is backing a plan to relocate its Wet Concentrator Plant (WCP) B to the Pilivili ore zone at its Moma titanium minerals mine, in northern Mozambique, after a definitive feasibility study (DFS) indicated the move could deliver an additional 130,000 t/y of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) from 2021. The DFS, completed by[…]

International Mining Editorial Director Paul Moore recently had the chance to catch up with Gernot Beutle, eMining Switzerland Sales Project Manager, to get an exclusive insight into progress with its all electric mining truck program. It remains the only company globally to have successfully built and put into commercial operation a fully battery powered surface[…]

The new Cat® R2900 Underground Loader Cat says offers configurations to meet the strictest diesel engine emissions standards, including those in Europe and North America, and it continues to deliver the high performance and 17.2-tonne payload of its proven predecessor. The new LHD “leverages Caterpillar’s next generation design to provide extended durability, superior serviceability and the[…]

Environmental monitoring equipment made in the North West is set to protect miners working at the world’s largest copper mine, following a major new exporting deal for Stockport-based manufacturer Trolex Ltd. Trolex, founded in 1959, designs and manufactures high-tech instruments, such as gas detectors, air flow sensors and particulate monitors, to improve safety in hazardous environments[…]

Royal IHC says it has launched a mining cutter suction dredger (CSD) for Kenmare Resources’ Moma titanium mine in Mozambique. The launch occurred on May 20, with the naming ceremony taking place on May 24. During the ceremony, held at IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, the vessel was named JULIA. The new custom-built dredger will operate[…]