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ISN, a leader in contractor and supplier information management services, has announced that SSR Mining Inc has selected ISNetworld as its primary contractor information management system for its Seabee 0perations, a high-grade underground gold mine in Saskatchewan, Canada. As part of the agreement, ISN will assist SSR Mining’s Seabee operations with enhancing its contractor management[…]

Orica says it is collaborating with De Beers Canada Inc (DBCI) at its majority-owned Gahcho Kué diamond mine in Canada to improve the drill and blast process and significantly reduce nitrate concentrations under the ‘Building Forever – Protecting the Natural World’ Initiative. Located in northern Canada’s sub-Arctic region, the Gahcho Kué diamond mine is a[…]

The confluence of automation and electrification in underground mining was spoken of many times at The Electric Mine 2024 event, in Perth, Western Australia, last month, with a whole themed session dedicated to it. One of the best examples of the two trends converging was observed in a talk titled, ‘Electrification and Automation at IGO’s[…]

Dozer operators at Anglo American’s Capcoal Complex in Queensland, Australia, are in training to embrace remote control technology to improve operator safety on site, the company says. The operation, near Middlemount, is trialling a remote-controlled stockpile dozer ahead of plans to retrofit the entire fleet. Anglo American, which operates five steelmaking coal mines across the[…]

As part of the EU-funded RAWMINA project, Cobre Las Cruces (CLC) is to test new technologies that seek to extract cobalt, tungsten, gold and silver from mine waste. The pioneering extraction methods will provide critical raw materials that are essential for energy transition; both for the development of renewable energies and for new energy storage[…]

Wood has been awarded a contract by Newmont to enhance the Lihir gold mine in Papua New Guinea, with the contractor set to support the gold miner’s capital works program, including projects to maintain and improve the condition and performance of the Lihir operation. The new $18 million contract will see Wood provide consulting and[…]

Thiess says it has been awarded a four-year contract extension with BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) for the Caval Ridge metallurgical coal operations in Queensland, Australia. With a revenue of A$580 million ($383 million), the contract sees the company continuing to provide mining services at the Caval Ridge mine, operating and maintaining mining equipment to move[…]

Earlier this week, a historic moment in the history of the LKAB mine in Malmberget, Sweden, was celebrated when a new mine entrance was inaugurated together with a new workshop area. The relocation of the mine entrance and the construction of the new facilities are some of the first visible signs that LKAB’s transformation to[…]

NRW Holdings Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary, Golding Contractors Pty Ltd, has executed an agreement to acquire the mining services contract, associated fleet and transfer of the employees that HSE Mining Pty Ltd has deployed to Stanmore Resources Limited’s South Walker Creek (SWC) mine site, in Queensland, Australia. The transaction value of A$85 million ($56 million)[…]

QKR’s Navachab gold mine in Namibia has ordered two new KSS ore sorters from STEINERT, upgrading from a mono- to multi-sensor sorting solution in the process. The two new units will replace and upgrade STEINERT XSS-T X-sorting systems after seven years running time, STEINERT says. The option for a multi-sensor has proven to improve process[…]