Archives: Mine operation news

On February 28, 2023, at the MWC Barcelona 2023 event, Botswana’s Debswana and Huawei jointly announced what they hailed as the world’s first 5G-oriented smart diamond mine project. Guests included the Hon. Thulagano M. Segokgo, Minister of Communications, Knowledge and Technology of Botswana, Debswana’s Head of Information Management Molemisi Nelson Sechaba and Xu Jun, Chief[…]

Rockwell Automation Inc has, as part of an energy-savings-as-a-service partnership, helped reduce emissions and deliver substantial annual energy savings at the Sibanye-Stillwater Driefontein gold mine in South Africa, it says. Rockwell Automation and Energy Drive, an energy-efficiency specialist with headquarters in Durban, South Africa, recently signed a memorandum of understanding in which they will collaborate[…]

Gold Fields’ Granny Smith operators are now benefitting from the availability of RCT’s Remote Operations Centre (ROC) to manage some of its mobile equipment fleet from its Perth head office, some 740 km away from site. This major advancement will revolutionise the way they do mining by allowing operators to control or supervise semi-autonomous fleet[…]

COSOL Limited has announced a new strategic contract with Glencore’s 49%-owned Koniambo Nickel SAS (Koniambo) project in New Caledonia, worth an initial A$4 million ($2.7 million). The initial 12-month contract will contribute positively to the company’s 2023 financial year earnings, the company said. COSOL will provide Koniambo with asset management services on-site and at a[…]

Rio Tinto says it has approved a $40 million investment in the first phase of underground mining below the existing A21 open pit at its Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Based on the updated mine plan and production schedule including the A154N and A154S pipes, and subject to approval of the[…]

Anglo Asian Mining says it has placed orders for the major items of equipment required for production from its new Zafar and Gilar mines in Azerbaijan, with a fleet made up of Epiroc drills, Caterpillar loaders and auxiliary machines from the likes of Paus and Tunelmak. The company has also made progress with the upgrades[…]

Jetti Resources has reached an agreement with Sociedad Contractual Minera El Abra and Freeport-McMoRan to deploy Jetti’s leaching technology at the El Abra copper mine in Chile, majority-owned and operated by Freeport. The use of Jetti’s technology will enable El Abra to produce more copper while taking advantage of existing infrastructure and will generate strong[…]

The Murray & Roberts Cementation shaft sinking team responsible for delivering a new ventilation shaft at Palabora Copper Mine (PMC) recently celebrated the achievement of a major milestone – reaching the 800 m mark. This milesttone represents two-thirds of the shaft’s final depth of 1,200 m. The ventilation shaft forms part of the copper producer’s[…]

Perenti Limited says its Ausdrill subsidiary has been awarded a new surface miningcontract at the Northern Star Resources-owned Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) Fimiston open-pit gold mine in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The new circa-A$160 million ($110 million), 60-month contract incorporates activities that commenced March 1, 2022, and will continue to March 2027. Ausdrill has been[…]

A subsidiary of Macmahon Holdings has entered into final agreements to carry out the Phase 8 scope of work at PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara’s Batu Hijau copper-gold mine in Indonesia. PT Macmahon Indonesia and PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara (AMNT) currently have an alliance-style mining and leasing services agreement in place for Batu Hijau,[…]