Archives: Mining services

Monarch Gold has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ontario Northland Railway for the transportation of ore from its Wasamac gold project to the Kidd concentrator in Timmins, Ontario, pursuant to a separate MoU with Glencore Canada. The first phase of the agreement consists of an economic study on the infrastructure for the[…]

BESTECH Engineering has spun off another one of its divisions, with FROSKR, focused on helping companies understand and mitigate environmental impacts before they occur, the latest name to join the Canada-based mining equipment technology and services space. FROSKR, an INOVINTA Company, comes from the ancient Norse word for frog. The company explains: “FROSKR is a[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has signed an agreement to acquire Allied Construction Products, a US distributor of hydraulic hammers to the construction and mining industries and manufacturer of compactor plates and mounting brackets. Sandvik, which already owned 21% of the company, has had a strategic partnership in place with Allied since 2003 whereby Allied[…]

McConnell Dowell says it has signed a design and construct contract with Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL), a Rio Tinto majority-owned subsidiary, for the delivery of a waste line replacement at the Parsons Point alumina refinery in Gladstone, Queensland. “This marks the start of what is hoped to be a longstanding partnership with QAL and continues[…]

Thiess has been awarded a contract extension by Jellinbah Group to continue to provide mining services at its Lake Vermont coal mine in Queensland, Australia. The five-year extension will generate revenue of A$2.5 billion ($1.7 billion) for Thiess, CIMIC Group’s global mining services provider. It will also see the company provide a range of autonomous[…]

The Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (CHFCA) and Australian Hydrogen Council (AHC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration between Canada and Australia in the commercial deployment of zero-emission hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. The MOU outlines various areas of cooperation between the Canadian and Australia sectors including identifying opportunities for[…]

Wyoming environmental regulators have approved Ramaco Carbon’s application to construct the state’s first new coal mine in nearly half a century near Sheridan. Coal from the surface mine will be used “to develop alternative uses for coal beyond burning it, potentially revitalising a key facet of both the state and the national economy.” This also[…]

The Schlam Group – Schlam Engineering, DT HiLoad and The Pilbara Clean Machines (TPCM) – has been amalgamated under one name, Schlam. The move, which will unify the three companies under the one banner, purpose and set of principles, the company says, was initiated to better to reflect Schlam’s status as a “globally relevant company[…]

Sul Americana de Metais (SAM) and Huawei, a global leader in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions, signed on July 8, a memorandum for the development of unmanned mining technology and effective application of 5G in the operation of the Block 8 Project, which provides for the extraction and processing of iron ore in northern[…]

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[…]