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Rokion and its New South Wales-based distributor LDO Group have continued their battery-electric utility vehicle momentum in Australia, with another unit having gone underground at Aeris Resources’ Tritton operations in the state. The electric light vehicle, an R100, has successfully completed its first trip underground after above-ground tests in 2022, the mining company said. Rokion[…]

OZ Minerals has announced that the Carrapateena cave safely propagated to surface on December 29, 2022, marking the transition from development to production planning at the operation in South Australia. OZ Minerals Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Cole, said: “The Carrapateena cave safely breaking through to surface marks a significant milestone for the[…]

Perenti-owned African Mining Services (AMS) has been awarded a contract extension for surface mining activities at Resolute Mining Limited’s Mako gold mine in Senegal, it says. The revised contract is valued at approximately $85 million over a period of four years, commencing on January 1, 2023. Through AMS, Perenti has provided surface mining activities at[…]

MMG Limited has acquired new underground equipment for its Dugald River zinc-lead mine in Queensland, Australia, as it gears up to make the transition from a contract miner-led operation to a run of mine (ROM) owner-operator model in 2023. Among the purchases are three Sandvik DL421-15C longhole drills that will allow the team to drill[…]

PYBAR, part of Metarock Group Ltd, has been rewarded for its last two years of service at the Eloise copper mine in Queensland, Australia, having now been awarded a four-year services contract. Since arriving on site in 2020, PYBAR says it has set the standard in safe and efficient delivery of underground mining services and[…]

Monadelphous Group has secured new contracts and contract extensions in the resources, energy and infrastructure sectors totalling approximately A$110 million ($74 million). The company says it has been reappointed to the BHP WAIO Site Engineering Panel for a three-year period to continue providing multi-disciplinary services at BHP’s mine site and port operations in the Pilbara[…]

Australia-based Perenti has provided an operational update and an upgrade to its financial year 2023 guidance to end-June 2023, which includes confirmation of a new contract for Barminco at Evolution Mining’s Ernest Henry mine in Queensland and a variation to expand its work scope at Regis Resources’ Garden Well mine in Western Australia. The positive[…]

Thiess says it has successfully extended a long-term contract with Bayan Resources to continue providing mining services at the Melak mining complex, in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Starting in May 2023, Thiess will continue to provide full mining services including load and haul, drill and blast, coal hauling and road maintenance and rehabilitation. Thiess previously announced[…]

NRW Civil & Mining has recently invested in two new Cat 6060 hydraulic mining shovels to meet some unique challenges at Karara Mining’s magnetite project in Western Australia’s Midwest region, engaging Cat dealer WesTrac in the process. Karara is the largest mining operation and the first major magnetite mine in the Midwest region, producing a[…]

Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) says it is building a 200 MWAC (Megawatt, alternating current) photovoltaic solar facility to accelerate its decarbonisation program in line with Barrick’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Roadmap. NGM, majority owned and operated by Barrick Gold Corporation, hosted a celebratory groundbreaking ceremony this week, marking the commencement of construction of its TS Solar[…]