Archives: Mineral project development

Aggreko, a leading provider of mobile and modular power solutions, has successfully deployed a remote power project at an exploration project in Canada using its virtual pipeline power approach. The solution enabled Labyrinth Resources Limited to complete a challenging mining exploration project while reducing CO2 emissions and fuel costs, according to the company. Labyrinth needed[…]

RCT says it has been selected as the preferred automation partner of Kalgoorlie-based contract mining company WestAuz Mining. Westauz Mining is an underground mining specialist planning to equip two of its Komatsu WX07 7-t-payload LHDs with RCT’s Digital Automation solution. These loaders will be deployed at the Norseman Project, a gold mine site located in[…]

SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a C$14.8 million ($11.4 million), two-year contract to provide design and engineering services for the Pedra de Ferro project in northeast Brazil for BAMIN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ERG. The Pedra de Ferro project involves an iron ore mining operation in the state of Bahia that extracts and processes two types[…]

Leading vehicle automation provider, ABD Solutions, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AIM and TSX listed Amaroq Minerals Ltd to investigate the potential for the introduction of vehicle autonomy systems for various mining vehicles at the Nalunaq gold mining project site in Greenland. The long-term goal of the MOU is to provide a framework[…]

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) the leading diversified natural resources producer, has announced that it plans to invest nearly US$230 million in building a major wind power plant in Kazakhstan, the Group’s country of origin. To be commissioned in 2024, the new renewable energy facility will have a capacity of up to 155 MW, making it[…]

Perenti Global Ltd, the owner of contract mining major Barminco and drill services company Ausdrill, has announced that it has successfully executed a share sale agreement in relation to a strategic investment by Sumitomo Corporation in idoba Pty Ltd, Perenti’s technology informed services business. The transaction further strengthens Sumitomo’s commitment to the idoba business, following the[…]

The Chemours Company has begun commissioning its newest mineral sand mine, Trail Ridge South, in Florida, USA. The new mining operation represents a $93 million investment that will create approximately 50 new jobs in the three-county area, and will incorporate Mobile Mining Units (MMUs) that were previously tested out at the company’s Jesup, Georgia mining[…]

Mineral Resources has commenced early works at its Onslow Iron project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, a project that, according to Chris Ellison, will be “dust-free from pit-to-port”. The early works at Onslow, formerly known as the Ashburton project, will support first ore on ship around December 2023, MinRes says. Onslow Iron will[…]

Udokan Copper, the developer of Russia’s largest and one of the world’s biggest copper deposits, has received the first batch of 136 t BELAZ dump trucks as it prepares to begin industrial copper mining. The company says it will also consider using electric hybrid trucks in the future to reduce emissions during the works. The[…]

In a first contract to be received from the government-owned entity M/s. Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) for its Ramagundam mine located in Telangana, TAKRAF India is again showing its in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) credentials in India by supplying two semi-mobile relocatable crushing plants with TAKRAF primary sizers. The turnkey order is expected to[…]