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Lycopodium says it has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract for Talison Lithium Australia’s Chemical Grade Processing Plant #3 (CGP3), to be developed at its Greenbushes site in Western Australia’s southwest. Talison Lithium and its predecessor companies have been producing lithium minerals from the Greenbushes lithium operations since 1983, with[…]

For decades, oil sands mining giants Suncor and Syncrude have been neighbours across Highway 63 in the Wood Buffalo region of Alberta. Suncor has been growing its ownership steadily since 2016 but the two have now finally come together on the ground as well. Suncor confirmed on October 1 that it has assumed operatorship of[…]

As part of the modernisation of production at its PJSC Gaisky GOK underground copper mine in Russia, Ural Mining Metallurgical Company (UMMC) has invested in a new fleet of Caterpillar 45 t class AD45 trucks, the first of which are currently being commissioned. In 2020 the mine produced 8.3 Mt of ore but is ramping[…]

Northern Star Resources has recently worked with Nomadic Energy to commission an additional 3.3 MW of solar power at its Carosue Dam gold operations in Western Australia. Nomadic worked with the Carosue team to install and commission the solar farm over a six-week period using pre-fabricated mobile arrays, pre-made DC harnesses and modular inverter stands.[…]

Redline Communications Group Inc is set to provide industrial-grade Citizens Broadband Radio Systems (CBRS) spectrum and Private LTE connectivity solutions for what it says is a leading salt and minerals mine in Salt Lake City, Utah. USA. The provider of mission-critical data infrastructure for remote and harsh environments is supplying the company with its 150[…]

Mammoet has helped BHP deliver on its goals for the South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara of Western Australia, using its expertise to transport over 1,000 oversized items to site safely and on time. These components needed to be transported to site safely, on schedule and in the right sequence. With a cumulative[…]

Having previously relied on conventional non-electric initiation systems, Indonesia-based PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) has turned to AECI Mining Explosives’ IntelliShot® electronic blasting initiation system to improve the safety and efficiency of its operations. Located close to Sangatta and Bengalon, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, KPC operates one of the largest open-pit mines in the world with[…]

Fortescue Metals Group has announced what it says is an industry-leading target to achieve net zero Scope 3 emissions by 2040, addressing emissions across Fortescue’s entire global value chain, including crude steel manufacturing which accounts for 98% of the company’s Scope 3 emissions. Fortescue’s approach to reducing Scope 3 emissions is to develop projects and[…]

ALROSA plans to reclaim the tailings pit of processing plant No. 8 at its Aikhal Division by 2029 in a project worth over RUB2.5 billion ($34.3 million) that will seek to restore 650 ha of land and have it planted with pine forests, the diamond miner says. The tailings pit is located 1.2 km southwest[…]

Rio Tinto says it is supporting iron ore rail car manufacturing in Western Australia with a commitment to use local suppliers to build ore rail cars for its Pilbara mining operations. A tender will soon be released to the local market for an initial purchase of 50 ore rail cars, followed by an ongoing commitment[…]