Archives: Mine operation news

MineSense is gearing up for a move underground with the help of New Gold and its New Afton gold-copper mine in British Columbia, Canada. The Vancouver-based technology company has already established and proven its ShovelSense technology for the open-pit mining sector, with its X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) sensor-based system now operating on shovels, wheel loaders and[…]

GHH India’s recently established contract mining arm, GHH Bumi Mining Service, has notched up its first significant award, being recognised by Vedanta Group/Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) for the work it is doing at the Zawar Mala zinc-lead underground mine in Rajasthan, India. In a recent online event, GHH Bumi Mining Service, established late last year,[…]

Australia-based drones-as-a-service provider, Delta Drone International Ltd, is expanding its enterprise mining operations after being appointed by Rustenberg Platinum Mines Limited, a subsidiary of Anglo American Platinum, to provide surveying and mapping services at the Mogalakwena PGM mine in South Africa’s Bushveld Complex. The contract, secured via Delta Drone’s Rocketmine brand, will see it manage[…]

Hochschild Mining, in its 2020 sustainability report, has flagged the arrival of further electric vehicles at its mine sites in Latin America as it looks to cut emissions and reduce ventilation requirements at its underground operations. The company said it has been operating six electric mine vehicles, purchased between 2017 and 2018, at its San[…]

Macmahon Holdings Ltd has added around A$1.35 billion ($988 million) of work to its order book with the signing of three previously flagged contract mining gigs, plus announced the addition of surface mining work at Northern Star Resources’ Julius gold project in Western Australia. The three projects making up the A$1.35 billion of contract mining[…]

ALROSA says it has approved the introduction of automated wireless monitoring systems at the hydraulic structures of its tailings dumps as it looks to further reduce the risk of emergencies, improve operational safety of the structures and facilitate the accumulation of data on their operations for future analysis. The automated wireless monitoring system (AWMS) consists[…]

AMAX, a joint venture between Perenti Global’s surface mining business in Africa, African Mining Services (AMS), and Ghana-based mining services company MAXMASS Ltd, has been awarded a new circa-A$470 million ($346 million), five-year contract at AngloGold Ashanti’s Iduapriem gold mine in the Western Region of Ghana. Perenti’s work in hand will increase by circa-A$280 million[…]

In line with its mechanisation and modernisation program, Tata Steel’s Jharia Division has commissioned a “state-of-the-art” 2 Mt/y coal preparation plant and 400 kVA uninterrupted power supply (UPS) for the main ventilation fan at the Jamadoba Colliery in India. On the occasion, D B Sundara Ramam, Vice President (Raw Materials), Tata Steel, said: “Introduction of[…]

Sandvik has recently delivered its first i-series truck to Brazil, with the 45-t payload TH545i heading to OZ Minerals Brazil’s Pedra Branca copper mine in Pará in the northern part of the country. The model has automation features that bring more productivity and safety to the operation, according to Sandvik. Compared to its predecessor, the[…]

Compass Minerals says it has identified a lithium brine resource of around 2.4 Mt of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) at its active Ogden, Utah, solar evaporation site, and it was in the process of selecting an “extraction technology partner” that could help leverage the resource. Included within the 2.4 Mt LCE resource was an indicated[…]