Archives: Mineral commodities

Established in 2016, Tage Idriver (踏歌智行) is without question one of the original pioneers in the development of autonomous haulage in open-pit mines in China. It modified the first domestic large mining truck for autonomous operation at the Bayan Obo iron ore and rare earths mine, plus it designed China’s first autonomous haulage solution for[…]

Tube (pipe) conveyors offer numerous advantages as an efficient and environmentally friendly system for material handling, including flexible routing, reduced transfer points and, since it is an enclosed system, protection of the environment and the material being conveyed from mutual contamination. However, tube conveyors are prone to belt twisting due to, amongst others, an unstable[…]

Global iron ore and base metals mining major Vale recently gave its 2023 XXIII Investor and Analyst Tour of its Northern System operations, which is its high volume iron ore hub in the state of Pará, Brazil and which includes three main mining areas: Serra Norte, Serra Leste, and S11D. It also includes its Morro do[…]

ADP, a Lycopodium business, commenced operations with the design and supply of modular diamond plants in 1997. Over the ensuing years it has expanded its capabilities to deliver all traditional and specialised project services for the mining industry across a range of commodities, including diamonds, fluorspar, gold, graphite, iron ore, lithium, mineral sands, platinum, rare[…]

On August 21, Zijin Mining announced it is acquiring a 48.591% interest in Tibet Zhonghui Industrial for RMB1.646 billion, or almost US$226 million, which will give the company a relative controlling interest in the Zhunuo Copper Mine, an undeveloped, ultra-large copper mine in Tibet, China. According to the agreement signed for the acquisition, Zijin Mining[…]

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Marula Mining, an African focused mining and development company, has provided an update on the Blesberg lithium and tantalum mine, where the company through arrangements with Q Global Commodities is completing the acquisition of two sensor-based, XRF ore sorting plants that will now be commissioned at Blesberg in Q4 2023 and used initially to increase[…]

The operating logic and control for the vast majority of cone crushers has largely remained basic over the decades. Despite theoretical proof from simulation or from pilot-to-small scale trials on more advanced cone control logic, the control adopted on most modern projects continues to factor in minimal inputs and have only basic control of feed[…]

QMAG Pty Limited, part of the Refratechnik group, owns the Kunwarara deposit of cryptocrystalline magnesite – one of the world’s largest – located in Central Queensland, Australia. It mines the ore using the open-pit method and processes it into high quality fused (FM), dead burnt (DBM) and caustic calcined (CCM) magnesia products at the nearby[…]

BacTech Environmental Corp, a commercially proven environmental technology company delivering eco-friendly bioleaching and remediation solutions for precious metal and critical mineral recovery, has announced that industry partner MIRARCO Mining Innovation will receive C$280,000 in grant money through the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) Network, a program focused on developing initiatives for the commercialisation of mining[…]