Archives: Mining maintenance

Atlas Salt Inc has announced the signing of a comprehensive non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions. This strategic partnership establishes Sandvik as the preferred underground mobile mining equipment supplier and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Partner for the Great Atlantic Salt Project. Great Atlantic is described by Atlas Salt as a[…]

dynaCERT Inc has announced the September 2024 shipment of its proprietary HydraGEN™ technology to three major open-pit mines located in Brazil and Peru, South America. This latest shipment, totalling 119 HydraGEN™ units, including both the flagship HG1 and HG2 models, is part of a significant purchase order received through one of the company’s dealers, with[…]

BHP has awarded Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions a major contract for three additional underground continuous mining systems for its Jansen Potash Stage 2 project in Saskatchewan, Canada. The contract follows several years of close collaboration and the ongoing execution of the Jansen Potash Stage 1 project, for which BHP awarded Sandvik a contract to[…]

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[…]

Next year, 2025, will be the 35th year in business for Amalgamated Mining and Tunnelling, based in Edmonton, Alberta. What started out as a simple rebuild/refurb facility in 1990 has become a global player in underground machine rebuilds, new equipment sales and rentals, parts supply and other services. IM Editorial Director Paul Moore sat down[…]

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[…]

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[…]

In its just released 2024 Sustainability Report, mining contracting major Macmahon laid out its commitment to minimising its impacts on the environment by collaborating with clients to reduce, recycle, and rehabilitate, as well as promoting environmental and sustainability awareness and identifying energy efficient and carbon reduction opportunities. In FY24, Macmahon established its first three- year ESG roadmap[…]

Richard Roberts, Editorial Director at Beacon Events, recently interviewed some key figures at Hexagon ahead of its participation at the IMARC event in Sydney in October 2024. Wendy Hodgetts, Safety Manager at the Rosebery zinc-copper mine in western Tasmania, gave a warts-and-all deep dive on the historic mine’s introduction of a state-of-the-art operator alertness system[…]

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[…]