Archives: Mining industry recognition

BHP says it is establishing a dedicated Tailings Task Force to drive enhanced focus on internal dam management plus support the development of international best practice. The announcement came during an environmental, social and governance briefing where the company also revealed it is “progressing the investigation of new technologies to further mitigate current dam risks[…]

Anaconda Mining’s goal of finding a technology to economically extract gold from the Romeo & Juliet deposit at its Point Rousse operation in the Baie Verte region of Newfoundland, Canada, has gained a global audience since it was named a finalist at the Goldcorp-backed #DisruptMining event earlier this year. The company’s technology-focused subsidiary thinks a[…]

Vibrating screen OEM, Kwatani, has been named a finalist in the SACEEC Exporter of the Year Awards recently held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Kwatani, one of few local manufacturers that holds an ISO 9001:2015 quality certification as well as a Level 1 B-BBEE rating, it says, placed in the Exporter of the Year Large category[…]

Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) have announced a strategic partnership to “drive increased openness in the mining industry”, GMG says. “The SME-GMG partnership will enable SME members to maintain a leadership position in the global mining community,” GMG said, adding that it has similar agreements with[…]

Metso says it has reached the significant milestone of 10,000 Nordberg® HP cone crushers sold globally. The most popular modern cone crusher in the world, the company says, the HP Series™ celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The 10,000th HP cone crusher unit was handed over to the French aggregates and asphalt producer and urban[…]

The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Southern Africa (IOM3) has acknowledged Spike Taylor, Managing Director of Multotec Rubber, for the significant role he has played in the industrial rubber industry since 2002, Multotec says. At the 24th IOM3 National Rubber conference, held in Cape St Francis, in April, Taylor was awarded the John Tallant Medal[…]

Anglo American and Rio Tinto have committed to the World Bank’s Climate-Smart Mining initiative by becoming founding donors to the Climate-Smart Mining Facility. The Climate-Smart Mining Facility is the first-ever fund dedicated to making mining for metals and minerals a more sustainable practice that complements the global energy transition, according to Anglo. Building on the[…]

Boart Longyear’s drilling crews have drilled the deepest hole ever drilled in Ghana, according to the Salt Lake City-headquartered company. They drilled a hole 2,083.4 m (6,835 ft) deep, having installing a wedge and navi to drill the hole on track at 600 m and keeping it on track to the end of the hole.[…]

CMS Cepcor® has been recognised for its overseas sales growth in the last three years, receiving a Queen’s Award for the second time in its history. On this occasion, the company received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2019. “This award is due to significant sales increases in Europe, Latin America and Russia where[…]

Beginning in April, Minespider says it is to partner with Volkswagen in an initial pilot focusing on tracking the carmaker’s lead supply, working with suppliers and sub-suppliers accounting for more than two-thirds of the group’s total lead starter battery requirements. Volkswagen’s ultimate aim, according to the blockchain specialist, is to ensure all of its raw[…]