Archives: Mineral project development

A unique underground mine tunnel scope, a tight schedule and demanding conformance specifications made the Havieron copper-gold exploration decline project in Western Australia as complex as it is necessary, according to Trimble distributor HL Geospatial. To build the 2.5 km box cut decline tunnel, surveyors and operators were challenged to establish a technology-enabled workflow that[…]

GR Engineering Services says it has increased the scope of work related to the engineering, procurement and construction contract with Australian Nickel Investments Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of IGO Limited, for the upgrade of the existing nickel concentrator at the Cosmos nickel operations, in Western Australia. The company has been awarded a variation[…]

Fortescue Metals Group has reached a new milestone on its majority-owned Iron Bridge Magnetite project in the Pilbara of Western Australia, with first ore fed into the processing plant. With first production anticipated in the March 2023 quarter, Iron Bridge will see the world’s fourth largest iron ore miner deliver an enhanced product range and[…]

One of the important features of the Doosan stand at bauma 2022 will be its dedicated Innovation Centre, where the company will unveil the new generation XiteCloud ‘All-in-One Platform’ for Smart Construction under the company’s ‘Powered by Innovation’ banner. In 2019 in South Korea, Doosan introduced Concept-X, the world’s first unmanned automated and integrated control[…]

Horizonte Minerals Plc has awarded Wood Plc the principal engineering contract to undertake the feasibility study for its 100%-owned Vermelho nickel-cobalt project, in Brazil. Vermelho is a large high-grade, long mine life, scalable resource, designed to be a low-cost producer of nickel and cobalt for the battery industry, Horizonte says. The Vermelho FS contract award[…]

The Chemours Company has held a ribbon cutting event for key community stakeholders and legislators to officially recognise the startup of its newest mineral sand mine, Trail Ridge South, in Florida, USA. The new mining operation, which kicked off commissioning in August, represents a $93 million investment that will create approximately 50 new jobs in[…]

Rio Tinto (50%) and Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (50%) have agreed to modernise the joint venture covering the Rhodes Ridge project in the East Pilbara of Western Australia, providing a pathway for the development of the deposits using Rio’s rail (pictured), port and power infrastructure. The binding joint venture updates an existing agreement between the[…]

Endeavour Mining has launched the construction of its 80%-owned Lafigué project on the Fetekro property in Côte d’Ivoire, following completion of a definitive feasibility study that outlined a project able to produce approximately 200,000 oz/y at an all-in sustaining cost of $871/oz over its initial 12.8-year mine life. Based on the DFS recommendation, an upsized[…]

Today, Vale Canada Ltd officially opened the initial phase of its C$945 million Copper Cliff Complex South Mine Project in Sudbury, Ontario. “The first phase of the Copper Cliff Mine Complex South Project enhances our supply of low-carbon nickel and other critical minerals and adds to the long-term sustainability of our Sudbury operations,” said Deshnee[…]

Datamine, via Vela Industries Group, has acquired Scenario, a leader in project delivery and project controls software for various industries, including mining, with its Enterprise SaaS platform. Scenario, according to Datamine, is used on large and complex projects in the resource, infrastructure, construction, power and property development industries across Australia, Asia and the Middle East.[…]