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24 Feb 2019
Battling convergence events at BHP’s Broadmeadow coal mine
Following a number of "severe convergence events" after employing the top coal caving method at...
22 Feb 2019
Diesel power up and running at Tanami gold project, Zenith Energy says
Zenith Energy says it has achieved completion on the diesel portion of its 62 MW...
21 Feb 2019
First Muckahi mining system on site in Mexico, Torex Gold says
At the same time as reporting record gold production for 2018, Torex Gold has provided...
21 Feb 2019
Remote operations could be the way forward at Westwood, IAMGold says
IAMGold says it is looking to remotely-operated machinery to battle the challenging ground conditions being...
21 Feb 2019
Anglo American on the potential of bulk sorting technology
Anglo American has talked up the use of bulk sorting in its operations as one...
21 Feb 2019
NRW looks forward to further growth as iron ore focus pays off
NRW Holdings has reported year-on-year increases in revenue and earnings in the six months to...
21 Feb 2019
Norilsk Nickel chooses Metso Megaliner for Talnakh concentrator
Norilsk Nickel has recently switched out the chrome and molybdenum alloy lining of a SAG...
20 Feb 2019
Liebherr crawler excavators proving their worth in South Africa chromium mine
After more than 1,000 operating hours, three Liebherr R 920 crawler excavators are still exhibiting...
20 Feb 2019
Transense iTrack II mining tyre monitoring system coming to Nordgold’s Bissa
Transense Technologies’ Translogik division has won a contract, through its Ghana partner WATS (West African...
20 Feb 2019
LKAB invests in phosphorus and rare earth production pilot in Sweden
Sweden-based miner LKAB says it will invest SEK45 million ($4.8 million) in pilot plants that...
20 Feb 2019
Fortescue on the lookout for more automation and AI opportunities
In Fortescue Metals Group’s half-year report to end-December, the company provided an update on its...
19 Feb 2019
KiD2 at Aitik raises the bar for very large mine crushing stations
The KiD2 open pit crushing project at Boliden’s Aitik copper operation in northern Sweden just...