Archives: Mine shafts and equipment

Glencore’s Onaping Depth is a major new nickel and copper mine set to start production in 2024 but first discovered in 1994 located in the north-western portion of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) in Ontario, underneath the existing Craig mine but also near the Fraser mine and the Strathcona Mill. It is estimated to contain[…]

Vast Resources PLC, the AIM-listed producing mining company, has announced an update from its producing Baita Plai polymetallic (copper-gold-silver-zinc-lead-moly) mine in Romania. The first of two Mantis CMR4 production drilling rigs equipped with the latest Doofor rock drills has successfully completed functional drill testing underground. The Mantis is made by South African company Fabchem, through[…]

ABB has launched ABB Ability™ NGX Hoist Control, an automated, digital hoist control system evolved from ABB’s reliable and proven past generations of hoist control systems, to enable mining companies to operate hoists with high levels of performance and safety using a standardised platform worldwide. The company says it brings new levels of reliability, flexibility[…]

The Oyu Tolgoi gold and copper mine in Mongolia has positioned itself as a leader in autonomous operation by rolling out the Sandvik AutoMine® system for its underground operations. Co-owned and operated by the Rio Tinto subsidiary Turquoise Hill Resources, the mine sits on one of the world’s largest copper and gold deposits in the[…]

In a presentation at the Bank of America Securities 2022 Global Metals, Mining & Steel Conference, BHP CEO Mike Henry talked up the potential for potash and decisions it has made to accelerate final development of its Jansen project in Saskatchewan, Canada, which in Stage 1 is expected to produce approximately 4.35 Mt/y of potash.[…]

Nevada Copper recently announced its Q1 2022 financial and operating results as well as recent milestone achievements and updates on key development initiatives for its Pumpkin Hollow underground mine and open pit project. Notably the underground mine paste plant began wet commissioning and filling of the first stope with paste backfill in April 2022. Paste[…]

One option for bringing the zero emissions benefits of battery electric today without the lead time or cost of a new underground BEV is a battery conversion, where Sweden’s Epiroc has been leading the way. While Epiroc’s first battery conversion, a 10 t class Scooptram ST1030 underground loader, was completed in Sudbury in Canada in[…]

In early 2019, a large Zimbabwean platinum group metals mining company identified an urgent need to engage with an OEM service partner capable of producing a purpose-built, trackless mining machine, to safely assist with geotechnical inspections, as well as providing for mechanised underground scaling, rock breaking and clearing functions. With some 50 years’ experience in[…]

In its just released Q1 2022 report, Torex Gold says with the Technical Report for its Morelos Complex in Mexico released, “our focus has shifted to bringing Media Luna into production on time and on budget.” The Technical Report provides a life of mine plan for the El Limón Guajes Mine Complex (ELG Mine Complex)[…]

The global mining platform of Murray & Roberts has significantly extended its capabilities over the past several years with two key acquisitions in the US and Australia, Mike da Costa, CEO of the platform, says. The two companies in which majority interests have been acquired are San Diego, USA-based Terra Nova Technologies, a materials handling[…]