Archives: Mining people

Alberta, Canada oil sands major Suncor is in the middle of an accelerated collision avoidance and fatigue management deployment across all of its mine mobile equipment. The fatigue management system installation will be completed across all of its mines by early 2023 and is already fully installed and functioning at Syncrude’s Mildred Lake and Aurora[…]

TAKRAF Group, a leading global provider of innovative technological solutions to the mining and associated industries, including a range of in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) technologies, has appointed Thomas Jabs as Chief Executive Officer. Jabs is a skilled leader with over 20 years of experience in the mining and plant engineering business in various executive[…]

Underground mining contractor, Murray & Roberts Cementation, has named Japie du Plessis as Managing Director Designate, taking up the MD position on March 1, 2023. Du Plessis will succeed the current MD, Mike Wells, who retires at the end of February next year. Wells’ retirement will mark the end of a career in mining spanning[…]

IM Editorial Director Paul Moore has met in person this year with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Industry & Mineral Resources, His Excellency Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef, on two occasions – at the inaugural Future Minerals Forum held in January 2022 in Riyadh (with the follow up event coming up soon in early 2023) – and also[…]

ICMM has today announced Iván Arriagada, CEO of Antofagasta PLC, as its new Chair, succeeding Richard Adkerson, Chairman and CEO of Freeport-McMoRan. ICMM is governed by its council which comprises the CEOs of 26 company members. The Chair is appointed from within this group and serves in the position for approximately two years. The Chair[…]

An iron ore mining operation has invested in workforce development solutions from Immersive Technologies to boost the capability of their heavy equipment operator workforce. Headquartered in Perth, Western Australia and operating several iron ore mines, their operations are positioned as one of the world’s largest iron ore producers. Their mines, which move material via autonomous[…]

Fatigue Science says that Newcrest Mining Ltd is the latest major mine to deploy its Readi predictive fatigue management technology site-wide at its Lihir gold mine in Papua New Guinea. An open-pit gold mine, Lihir employs around 4,500 people, many of whom operate safety-sensitive shiftwork operations, such as haul truck operators and bus drivers. The[…]

SNC-Lavalin, a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, has announced the appointment of Miguel Tortosa as Vice-President and General Manager, Mining and Metallurgy, Canada. Based in Toronto, he will report to César Inostroza, CEO, Mining and Metallurgy at SNC-Lavalin. Along with leading business initiatives for the mining and[…]

The Eriez® Board of Directors has appointed Jaisen Kohmuench to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer (COO), a role that will see Kohmuench manage all of the company’s major operations, including Eriez-USA, Eriez Global Flotation and Eriez international businesses. Kohmuench, already within the Eriez corporate leadership team, will continue to work closely with[…]

G4S says it had to be resourceful when tackling the challenges of providing security for Centerra Gold’s Öksüt gold mine in Turkey, a 15 km2 remote site. The tailor-made security solution centres around non-fixed cameras, which move as mining areas change. Protecting a site which is 15 km2 and has a perimeter measuring 19 km[…]