Archives: Mineral project development

Meeka Metals Limited has confirmed that a 750 kW ball mill has been safely and effectively dismantled, loaded onto a transport float and is en-route to its Murchison gold project, in Western Australia. The news comes alongside the appointment of MACA Interquip Mintrex (MIQM) to execute the expansion and re-start work with the carbon-in-leach processing[…]

Newmont says it will sell its Akyem operation in the Republic of Ghana to China’s Zijin Mining Group under a definitive agreement, for cash consideration of up to $1 billion. The sale is part of Newmont’s ongoing program to divest non-core assets as the company makes a strategic shift to focus on its Tier 1[…]

Rio Tinto and Arcadium Lithium PLC have announced a definitive agreement under which Rio Tinto will acquire Arcadium in an all-cash transaction for US$5.85 per share which values Arcadium’s diluted share capital at approximately $6.7 billion. The Transaction the statement said “will bring Arcadium’s world-class, complementary lithium business into Rio Tinto’s portfolio, establishing a global leader[…]

Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mine has safely completed the development and construction of Phase 1 of the A21 underground mine, now moving the underground mine into commercial production. Building on the success of the first phase, Phase 2 of the A21 underground project was approved earlier this year with an additional investment of US$17 million.[…]

At MINExpo 2024 in Las Vegas last week, global miner ERG signed a contract with Epiroc worth more than €32.4 million for the supply of underground mining equipment for the construction of the second stage of the 10th Anniversary of Independence Mine, part of Donskoy GOK in Kazakhstan, which itself is owned by ERG’s chromite[…]

Nouveau Monde Graphite has awarded ABB a contract to supply, construct and commission the 120 kV substation for its Phase-2 Matawinie mine in the province of Quebec, Canada, as part of the construction preparation for the establishment of a 103,000 t/y graphite mining and concentrator complex. Located 120 km north of Montreal, the Matawinie mine[…]

RPMGlobal, a global leader in mining software technology, has announced the release of its new, next generation Automated Pit Design (APD) solution at MINExpo 2024 in Las Vegas Nevada. This cutting-edge product represents a significant leap forward in open pit mine design, having been developed in close collaboration with key customers, industry consultants, and RPMGlobal’s[…]

GR Engineering Services Limited has been awarded a design and construct contract with Develop Global Limited for the Woodlawn Restart project, in New South Wales, Australia. Woodlawn is primarily a copper-zinc mine located in the Lachlan Ford belt in NSW, 250 km southwest of Sydney and 40 km south of Goulburn. The contract value is[…]

The Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) has announced that its member company, structural steel fabrication contractor VIVA Engineering, based in Kempton Park, Gauteng, has been nominated  in the Mining/Industrial category for the SAISC Steel Awards 2024 – for its role as the constructor of 11 extra heavy duty belt feeders for client Virta[…]

A significant milestone has been achieved at Newmont Cadia copper-gold mine – the team recently celebrated as the PC2-3 project began self-caving within the orebody – a major technical achievement that confirms the orebody’s amenability to caving and the successful delivery of a world-class, 15 Mt/y panel. Newmont stated that with 64 of 154 drawbells now[…]