Archives: Mining industry recognition

BHP and Rio Tinto have joined together to invite expressions of interest from technology providers, equipment manufacturers, reagent suppliers, startups and research groups across the globe with innovative ideas and technologies to help improve tailings dewatering and management performance. The global miners aim to jointly identify a portfolio of tailings management partners with whom they[…]

Epiroc has become the first company in the mining industry to sign a delivery agreement with Swedish steelmaker SSAB for SSAB Zero™, a product made of recycled steel and produced with fossil-free electricity and biogas. The steel will be used in Epiroc’s battery-electric range of underground mine trucks and loaders, set to be introduced as[…]

For the second year running, Newmont Africa’s Ahafo South mine in Ghana has been recognised for exceptional performance in its decarbonisation efforts, receiving carbon credit recognition recently from its tyre management and retreading partner Kal Tire via its Maple Program for saving 121 tCO2e (120,518 kg) through retreading and avoiding the use of 3,896 litres[…]

Rio Tinto increased its spend with Australian suppliers to more than A$15.3 billion ($10.3 billion) in 2022, as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to support communities where it operates, it says. This was an increase of almost 9% on the previous year and was spent with more than 6,200 businesses, including Australia-owned and operated[…]

Vale has announced that for the first time it has managed to produce commercial-quality iron ore pellets on an industrial scale without using anthracite coal. In a test carried out in a pellet plant in Vargem Grande, Minas Gerais, Vale replaced 100% of the fossil fuel with biocarbon to fire the pellets (small balls of[…]

The Prime Minister of Mongolia, Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, today joined Rio Tinto Chief Executive, Jakob Stausholm, 1.3 km underground to celebrate the commencement of underground production from the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in the Gobi Desert. This was followed by a ceremony with Oyu Tolgoi employees and leaders, Government of Mongolia representatives, Oyu Tolgoi Board members[…]

Aspen Technology has announced a new emissions management solution that, it says, gives asset-intensive organisations the ability to pinpoint and act on key operational areas with the biggest impact on their emissions reduction efforts. The new solution features AspenTech Operational Insights™, a decision support capability that unites, correlates, analyses and visualises data from across an[…]

The Weir Group PLC has had its new, more ambitious emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The targets, announced back in July 2022, cover greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Weir’s own operations (Scope 1 & 2) and value chains (Scope 3). Its SBTi approved near-term science-based emissions reduction targets are[…]

Epiroc says it continues to accelerate the transformation of the mining industry toward lower emissions, strengthened safety and higher productivity with its autonomous drill rigs having achieved another milestone in successfully drilling the equivalent length of more than once around the world. The company’s drill rigs, used by mining and construction customers across the world,[…]

Queensland’s first ever all-female Mines Rescue Team has been formed at Anglo American’s Capcoal Open Cut Mine, near Middlemount, and is set to join the state’s competitive Mines Rescue Open Cut Circuit. Known as the Women of Steel, the team is made up of seven women who are now in training for the QMRS Mines[…]