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Despite the current issues regarding the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine and mining project between the Mongolian Government and Rio Tinto, which manages the operation, the mine continues to run very successfully both in terms of current open pit production and the ongoing underground project expansion, despite COVID-19 challenges. Oyu Tolgoi LLC is jointly owned by[…]

Mikko Keto has officially taken up his position as Mining President and member of Group Executive Management at FLSmidth. The appointment, first announced in 2019, follows Manfred Schaffer’s decision to retire after more than six years as Mining President. Keto joins FLSmidth from Metso, where he was President, Minerals Services and Pumps. His prior roles[…]

Global fine separation & screening major Derrick Corporation has announced the appointment of Sam Palombo as Vice President, Mining & Industrial Division. Palombo brings 20 years of industry experience in major leadership roles to Derrick. He holds an MBA from the University of Strathclyde and has an exceptional track record of leadership in the mining[…]

In new safety guidance on autonomous systems, the Global Mining Guidelines Group urges companies to adopt a comprehensive change-management approach. Potential procedural conflicts between manned and automated operations need to be addressed for technology to stay safe. In a recent interview discussing strategies for navigating this shift to an integrated safety ecosystem, Neville Judd, Hexagon[…]

We are sad to report the recent loss of our friend and colleague in mining journalism, Ricardo Cortes, one of the Founders of Editec SA, the publisher of Mineria Chilena, who passed away December 13, 2020. Ricardo was born in 1945 and grew up in the Chuquicamata copper mining camp, where his father was a[…]

Rio Tinto has appointed Chief Financial Officer, Jakob Stausholm, as its new Chief Executive, effective January 1, 2021. He replaces outgoing company head Jean-Sébastien Jacques. Since joining Rio as an Executive Director and CFO in 2018, Stausholm has played a leading role in the group’s strong performance, maintaining capital allocation discipline and delivering significant shareholder[…]

Codelco, the largest copper producer in the world, has made public commitments in five areas of action associated with sustainability indicators for its operations and projects, approved by its Board of Directors, with explicit objectives for 2030 and that – in addition to cultural change, innovation, transparency and probity – will be part of the[…]

This year’s virtual MassMin 2020 conference includes an in-depth paper from I Edgar, R Prasetyo and M Wilkinson from copper and gold mining major PT Freeport Indonesia that covers the extensive learnings from the Deep Ore Zone (DOZ) mine on dealing with wet ore, or so-called wet muck mining, including how it influenced the development[…]

In June 2019, diversified mining services company Perenti announced that its subsidiary, leading hard-rock underground miner Barminco, had been awarded a five year underground mining services contract at the Zone 5 Mine in Botswana from Khoemacau Copper Mining (Pty) Ltd worth approximately A$800 million. A big part of success in a major contract at a[…]

The United States and Greenland are advancing mutual commitments to sound mineral sector governance through technical engagement with the Greenland School of Minerals and Petroleum (KTI Råstofskolen, or KTI). The US Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) signed a $1.2 million cooperative agreement with the University of Utah to support the development of[…]