Archives: Mineral project development

Core Lithium Ltd says crushing of lithium ore from the Finniss lithium mine in the Northern Territory of Australia has recently commenced, with the direct shipping ore (DSO) now making its way from the operation to Darwin Port where it will be shipped towards the end of the month. Last month, Core announced it completed[…]

Newcrest Mining Ltd has made two major announcements with regard to future mine development and expansion at its Telfer and Cadia gold operations – located in Western Australia and New South Wales, respectively. Most recently it has announced that the Board has approved progression of the Cadia PC1-2 Feasibility Study to the Execution Stage; which[…]

Italian group Webuild has announced that it has reached a conditional agreement to acquire the entire share capital of the Australian company Clough Ltd from South Africa’s Murray & Roberts. Webuild was born in 2020 from Salini Impregilo, is a leading global player in the construction of large, complex projects for sustainable mobility (rail, metro,[…]

The Macheng iron ore mine in Hebei Province in northern China, part of huge iron ore and steel company Shougang Group, through operating company Luannan Macheng Mining, is one of China’s largest new underground mines in development, and is adopting advanced and mature mining and processing production technology to build a leading advanced underground mine.[…]

Horizonte Minerals Plc has selected MIP Engenharia & Milplan Engenharia to provide the electro-mechanical installation services at its 100%-owned Araguaia nickel project in Brazil. Following a competitive tender process that involved the leading industrial construction companies active in the mining sector, MIP/Milpan was selected as the preferred provider, Horizonte said. “MIP/Milpan has a strong track[…]

IM Editorial Director Paul Moore has met in person this year with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Industry & Mineral Resources, His Excellency Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef, on two occasions – at the inaugural Future Minerals Forum held in January 2022 in Riyadh (with the follow up event coming up soon in early 2023) – and also[…]

Metso Outotec says it will deliver sustainable filtration technology for dry stacking of tailings to Eldorado Gold’s Hellas Gold Skouries copper-gold concentrator project in northern Greece. Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery consists of the engineering, manufacturing and supply of several Planet Positive Larox® FFP3512 filters as well as installation and commissioning advisory services. The fully[…]

Ring of Fire Metals (RoF Metals) says it has commenced two studies exploring the use of wind power and atmospheric carbon removal as part of planning for a net zero emissions mine in northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire. Stephen Crozier, RoF Metals VP Sustainability, said the findings from a study of the wind energy resource[…]

Zinnwald Lithium, the Germany-focused lithium development company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Epiroc Rock Drills AB to, it says, collaborate in the development of a state-of-the-art mine at its 100%-owned Zinnwald lithium project. Under the terms of the non-binding MoU, Zinnwald Lithium and Epiroc will develop plans to implement high-end technology and[…]

Kamoa Copper SA has selected Metso Outotec to supply a high-capacity direct blister furnace to the company’s copper mining complex expansion project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The value of this type of a delivery is typically between €30-40 million ($30-40 million). Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery consists of key equipment and automation for[…]