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10 Feb 2021
Codelco awards Acciona-led consortium $200 million of Chuquicamata underground works
Codelco, the Chilean copper mining giant, has awarded a consortium led by Acciona the infrastructure...
29 Jan 2021
Howden to install state of the art mine cooling system at Ero Copper’s Caraiba mining complex
The Pilar mine at the Caraiba Mining Complex in Bahia, Brazil, will soon have a...
27 Jan 2021
Master Drilling expands in Russia with new Master Detra entity offering raise boring services
Master Drilling says it has partnered with a Russian company to form a new entity...
20 Jan 2021
KGHM ZANAM gets funding in place for ZANPER 2.0 battery electric personnel carrier
Polish mining equipment company KGHM ZANAM Capital Group, part of copper and silver mining major...
06 Jan 2021
Turkey’s Nuh Cement innovates to go green by retrofitting its mining shovel fleet to electric
Sometimes advances are made by smaller mining companies who set out to make changes themselves...
18 Dec 2020
Sibanye-Stillwater reports successful ongoing trials at Montana mines with Sandvik Artisan A4 battery electric LHD
Trials with all battery-electric underground equipment are ongoing with a number of major mining groups...
15 Dec 2020
Codelco says 100% of its underground equipment to be electric by 2030
Codelco, the largest copper producer in the world, has made public commitments in five areas...
07 Dec 2020
Glencore’s ‘net-zero emissions’ 2050 pathway includes use of BEVs
Glencore has become the latest mining major to plot a path to reach “net-zero emissions”,...
04 Dec 2020
Innovative Mine Master two boom jumbo first of its kind to meet EU ATEX Directive
Mine Master's new Face Master 2.8ATEX is a 30 t, multipurpose, self-propelled two boom drill...
03 Dec 2020
Minetek breathes new life into Saracen’s Thunderbox gold mine
Minetek has been chosen to install an interim primary ventilation solution at Saracen Mineral Holdings’...
02 Dec 2020
JCHX Mining Management shows off its new battery electric mining LHDs at Bauma China
After several years of development and testing, leading Chinese mining contractor and mine development company...
01 Dec 2020
Ivanplats eyes Platreef project fast track following Shaft 1 sinking work
An integrated development plan (IDP) on the Platreef palladium, platinum, rhodium, nickel, copper and gold...