Archives: Mine operation news

Rio Tinto has awarded Metso an order for 10 HP Series cone crushers to be installed at the company’s Tom Price iron ore mine in Western Australia, the OEM says. This order follows the initial award of six HP series cone crushers in late 2022. The crushers in the initial order are currently being delivered[…]

Five years since Trafo Power Solutions supplied Alphamin’s Bisie tin mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo with two dry-type transformers, the mining company has now ordered another three of these modular substations equipped with dry-type transformers to keep up with the mine’s expansion. “This latest order is testament to the operational performance of our[…]

Vale says it has signed a MoU with the Port of Açu to study the development of a Mega Hub at the port located in São João da Barra in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to produce HBI (hot briquetted iron) using the direct reduction route. The Mega Hub will initially receive pellets[…]

Damstra Holdings Limited has announced the signing of a three-year agreement, plus two one-year options, with New Hope Corporation Limited to impement its new Enterprise Protection Platform (EPP). The agreement, which has an estimated contract value of A$1.2 million ($769,255) includes workforce management covering employees and contractors as well as our solution enabling modules of[…]

DRA Global says it has secured the contract for a major design package for Whitehaven Coal’s Vickery Extension project located in New South Wales, Australia. As the preferred supplier, the DRA team will execute the detailed engineering and design and post Whitehaven’s Financial Investment Decision provide technical and project support services during the tendering, construction[…]

Minera Carola in Chile has agreed to purchase six Toro™ TH663i dump trucks to add to its fleet for its mining operations in the Atacama Region. This will be part of a total of nine pieces of Sandvik equipment the company is purchasing for its production process. “For us, the reliability and support that Sandvik[…]

CIMIC Group’s minerals processing company, Sedgman, has secured an operations and maintenance contract at Pembroke Resources’ Olive Downs Complex in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, Australia. The five-year contract is expected to generate revenue for Sedgman of A$125 million ($80.3 million). Sedgman and CPB Contractors, also a CIMIC Group company, have been working together to[…]

The Board of Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) has approved in principle a further mine life extension from 2033 to 2050, marking a significant milestone for OTML, its shareholders and for Papua New Guinea (PNG) in general. It is also a sign of the confidence the board has in the company’s ability to deliver over[…]

Vale has started to implement, in partnership with Vivo, an unprecedented technology infrastructure to extend the reach of the 4G internet signal along the Carajás Railroad, which connects the states of Maranhão and Pará, covering 28 cities in Brazil. The initiative includes the installation of 49 new telephone towers and the activation of the signal[…]

Capital, a leading mining services company, has announced the award of a material drilling contract in Nevada with Nevada Gold Mines and associated rig purchases, together with an update on the ramp up of operations at its Ivindo iron ore contract in Gabon. The three-year drilling services contract with Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) in the[…]