Archives: Mining consumables

BIA Group and Sumitomo Corporation have entered a strategic partnership that will enable them to further grow their businesses and generate synergies. The agreement, which includes a minority investment by Sumitomo Corporation in the BIA Group, brings together the companies’ long-standing track record as Komatsu distributors and top-level experience as independent OEM distributors in complementary[…]

Earlier this year, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore had the chance to visit the Remote Monitoring Center for Gold Fields’ Salares Norte gold mine in Chile with Reynaldo Martinez, Asset Management and Operational Performance Manager. The centre is in downtown Santiago, some 1,500 km from the mine and plant. The first gold was produced on March[…]

Anglo American-owned iron ore miner Kumba says it has now completed a full technical review of its ultra-high-dense-media-separation (UHDMS) processing technology project at its Sishen mine in the Northern Cape of South Africa. Following this review Kumba has announced board approval for a further ZAR7.6 billion investment in the UHDMS project, in addition to the[…]

Dyno Nobel has officially opened its state-of-the-art, fully automated electronic detonator plant at its Helidon manufacturing site in Queensland. This multi-million-dollar facility it says marks a significant milestone in Dyno Nobel’s commitment to enhancing safety, innovation, and operational efficiency in the Australian resources sector, playing a crucial role in producing products vital to the mining and[…]

Molycop has opened a new SAG Ball line in Cilegon, Indonesia, that will double its SAG Ball production capacity from 50,000 t to 100,000 t. The new line positions Molycop to meet the region’s increasing demand with greater efficiency and reliability. In a significant achievement, the production line also achieves a local content certification of[…]

During a recent business forum at the ‘Central Asia plus Japan Dialogue,’ Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), the diversified natural resources group headquartered in Luxembourg, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with Japan’s Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM), the global producer of construction and mining equipment, and its official distributor in Central Asia, Eurasian Machinery LLP. Hitachi[…]

BHP has taken another important step on its operational decarbonisation journey with the first electric excavator in BHP’s fleet now operational at its Yandi iron ore mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Instead of a diesel engine, the R 9400 E Liebherr electric excavator has an electric motor, with power fed to the machine by a[…]

FLSmidth says it is to deliver concentrate and tailings filters to South32’s Hermosa critical minerals project in the US. This new FLSmidth order will contribute to an increased supply of critical minerals such as zinc and manganese supporting the continued electrification of society. The mine operation is designed to minimise its environmental impact, and the equipment[…]

St Barbara Ltd says that results of the current testwork program have allowed the early selection of the Saleable Concentrate Flowsheet option for the Simberi Sulphides Expansion, three months ahead of schedule. The expansion project has the potential to extend the life of mine by at least 10 years. The Simberi Operations consist of an[…]

Weir Group PLC has been awarded a contract to provide industry-leading energy efficient, sustainable solutions to the Reko Diq copper-gold project, the 50% owned greenfield development by Barrick Gold Corporation. The Tier 1 copper project is located in the Chagai district of Balochistan in Pakistan and is targeting first production in 2028 with an estimated[…]