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Ivanhoe Mines has announced another milestone at the Platreef platinum group metals project in South Africa, with construction complete at the 996-m level station of Shaft 1. The achievement, completed well ahead of the contractual schedule, according to Ivanhoe, positions the company to equip Platreef’s initial production shaft, if it chooses to proceed with phased[…]

China’s JCHX Mine Engineering Design Institute Co Ltd recently signed a design contract for production recovery at China African Precious Metals’ (CAPM) Orkney gold mine in South Africa, representing a further expansion in its overseas market presence. The Orkney gold mine is located in the Witwatersrand Basin. Discovered in 1852, it has been constantly in[…]

Lynas Corp says it has taken a significant step towards developing its new Kalgoorlie rare earths processing plant having awarded Metso Outotec with a contract to supply the plant’s rotary kiln system following a competitive tender process. The 110 m long, 1,500 t kiln is the largest and longest lead time piece of equipment required[…]

Last year, Maelgwyn Mineral Services Ltd (MMS) announced that it had been awarded a contract to supply the flotation process equipment for the Beyondie Sulphate of Potash Project (BSOPP) purification plant in Western Australia. The project is being developed by ASX-listed Kalium Lakes Ltd which recently stated on June 25 that German engineer and equipment[…]

Copper Mountain Mining says it has successfully installed and commissioned the direct flotation reactors (DFRs) at its Copper Mountain mine, on schedule and on budget. The installation represents the first stage of the mill expansion project at the operation in British Columbia, Canada, which will bring plant capacity to 45,000 t/d, from 40,000 t/d. The[…]

Alamos Gold says it has completed the lower mine expansion at Young-Davidson, in Ontario, Canada, with the successful commissioning of the Northgate shaft. The lower mine expansion project was designed to boost underground production at Young-Davidson from 6,000 t/d to 8,000 t/d as the existing mid-mine infrastructure was replaced with the new lower mine infrastructure.[…]

Building work on the Koodaideri automated mine site laboratory in the Pilbara of Western Australia has commenced with site mobilisation now underway, according to Scott Automation. The company, which was awarded a contract by Rio Tinto to design and build the laboratory back in February, said this important milestone was reached on time, despite COVID-19[…]

Shanta Gold has tapped the resource estimation powers of Micromine to confirm the presence of a gold reserve at its Singida project, in central Tanzania, according to the mining software provider. MICROMINE’s exploration and mine design solution, Micromine, which offers integrated tools for modelling, estimation, design, optimisation and scheduling, was used to validate Singida’s 243,000[…]

Civmec’s Metals and Minerals division has been awarded a standalone civil contract to build the structural concrete components for the dry plant at the jointly-owned Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The “Dry Plant Detailed Earthworks and Concrete” package was awarded by the owners of the project, Fortescue Metals Group subsidiary,[…]

On June 29, 2020, just before the combination of Metso and Outotec to become Metso Outotec, Finnish hard rock lithium ore to battery grade lithium hydroxide project developer Keliber and mineral processing technology provider Outotec signed an agreement regarding the basic engineering of Keliber’s Päiväneva concentrator. Outotec will design the concentrator process and process equipment[…]