Archives: Mineral project development

Ivanhoe Mines Co-Chairs Robert Friedland and Yufeng “Miles” Sun have announced that underground development at the Kakula Copper Mine in DRC continues to advance ahead of schedule and that more than 8 km of underground development now is completed, which is 1.7 km ahead of plan. This month, the mining team is on pace to[…]

Eclipse Mining Technologies, the mining technology provider led by Fred Banfield, Mintec’s former Chairman and Founder, and Susan Wick, Mintec’s former Chief Operating Officer, has announced today the launch of their flagship product, SourceOne™. SourceOne is described as a trailblazing solution that features a collaborative platform to connect data from different sources, and a datahub[…]

LKAB says that delivery of its ReeMAP project pilot plant is imminent with all parts for the apatite flotation process pilot plant due to arrive to its R&D station at the Kiruna mine in Sweden during March 2020. Once on-site, the company says it will assemble all parts, test and verify the system to make[…]

Another key milestone was achieved by Oz Minerals’ Prominent Hill mine team in January 2020 with over 1,000 spools being installed underground by Quattro Project Engineering (QPE) for the Malu Paste Reticulation project. Prominent Hill is on track to have one of the largest underground paste reticulation systems globally, incorporating the latest in innovation with[…]

In mid-2017 Barrick Gold in partnership with Premier Gold Mines contracted Autonomous Solutions Incorporated (ASI) to complete an autonomous operation Proof-of Concept (POC) at Nevada Gold Mines (NGM), Goldstrike – Arturo Operation. The POC directed ASI to supply a successful retrofit of five Komatsu 930E-2 haul trucks for fully autonomous operation, and to provide and[…]

FLSmidth has received an order from Slavkaliy to supply equipment to a new potassium (potash) mining and processing facility in Belarus. The contract is valued at around DKK 360 million and will be booked in Q1 2020. FLSmidth will deliver liquid-solid separation equipment islands to Slavkaliy for a new facility in the Nezhinsky area of[…]

Warrior Met Coal, Inc says it is commencing development of its Blue Creek reserves into a new, world-class longwall mine located in Alabama near its existing mines. “Once completed, this transformational growth investment will reinforce Warrior’s position as the premier US pure-play producer of premium metallurgical coal products that are sought by customers throughout the[…]

Perenti reports its Surface Mining Industry Sector Group (ISG) has been awarded A$155.5 million ($103 million) in new and extended contracts. The new work, extensions, and expansion of scope is across 10 projects, with highlights including: A three-year contract (with options to extend) for production drilling services with Boggabri Coal Operations (a part of Idemitsu[…]

It was a year of milestones for Torex Gold in 2019, with the Mexico-focused gold miner posting record operational and safety performance, alongside record EBITDA and free cash flow. The company produced 454,800 oz of gold in 2019 and is guiding for 420,000-480,000 ounces in 2020. From a technology perspective, the company also made significant[…]

Rio Tinto has approved a $98 million (100% basis) investment in a new solar plant at the Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, Australia, as well as a lithium-ion battery energy storage system to help power its entire Pilbara power network. The 34 MW solar photovoltaic plant is expected to supply all of Koodaideri’s electricity demand[…]