Archives: Mineral commodities

The board of Store Norske has decided to postpone the closure of Gruve 7 (Mine 7), which is Norway’s last coal mine on Svalbard. Originally, the mine was to close when the coal-fired power plant in Longyearbyen closes in autumn 2023. The reason was that the purpose of the operation is to supply coal to[…]

Developing a greener mining industry has been a top priority worldwide in recent years, including in China. Molybdenum miner Luanchuan Hengyu Mining Co Ltd  (Hengyu Mining) was established in 2006 and currently mines about 1.45 Mt/y of rock from open pit mining. It also produces sand and gravel aggregate from the waste. Hengyu Mining has[…]

On September 1, 2022, one of the largest mining equipment and technology deals in history was completed as FLSmidth closed its acquisition of the Mining business of thyssenkrupp AG first announced in July 2021, following the approval from regulators globally. With immediate effect, thyssenkrupp Mining becomes part of FLSmidth. But what does it mean for[…]

Coal India Ltd has begun mining operations with excavators manufactured by the Russian company IZ-KARTEX, a part of the Russian UZTM-KARTEX Group, which has been detailed in an article shared by Frontier India News Network. The EKG-20 was supplied under a contract for the supply of 11 machines with a bucket capacity of 22 cubic[…]

Taseko Mines Ltd has announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has publicly issued a draft Underground Injection Control (UIC) permit for its Florence Copper Project which will use in-situ (ISR) recovery. The EPA has stated that the public comment period for the draft federal permit will last 45 days, ending on September 29,[…]

Recent projects for NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) have drawn on TAKRAF’s capability to deliver technology and aftermarket expertise. NLCIL is one of the country’s leading Central Public Sector Enterprises, one of the largest miner in India and one of the country’s largest power producers. It operates three opencast coal mines of total installed capacity 28.5[…]

In a first contract to be received from the government-owned entity M/s. Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) for its Ramagundam mine located in Telangana, TAKRAF India is again showing its in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) credentials in India by supplying two semi-mobile relocatable crushing plants with TAKRAF primary sizers. The turnkey order is expected to[…]

Heng Huang is the Managing Director of Beijing HOT Mining Tech Co Ltd, one of the most innovative and up and coming players in China’s mineral processing technology and mining equipment markets. His background includes various roles at JohnFinlay Engineering Pty Co Ltd in engineering and project delivery for coal preparation, handling and washing plants,[…]

Potash mining is booming, a combination of fertiliser demand globally in conjunction with world events affecting supply from Russia and Belarus. And, as with other types of mining, a major focus for operators, existing and new, is reducing GHG emissions, while at the same time increasing efficiencies. BHP from the outset wanted to make its[…]

Metalloinvest, the leading global producer and supplier of iron ore products and hot briquetted iron and a regional producer of high-quality steel, has begun using advanced in-pit crushing and conveying technology at the Lebedinsky GOK iron ore mine in western Russia’s Belgorod Oblast – it is located in the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly as is the[…]