Archives: Mining techniques

Aaro Cantell, Chairman of Normet Group and Ed Santamaria, President & CEO along with Normet India MD Subhasis Mohanty recently inaugurated the new Normet Centre of Excellence in Jaipur, Rajasthan in India on January 25, 2023. The Centre of Excellence (CoE) is a Global Technology & Production Hub, and will be home to an equipment[…]

The Newcrest Mining Board has approved the Lihir Phase 14A feasibility study, endorsing the Papua New Guinea project into full implementation. As part of the study, site investigation and trial works have been completed and a plan has been developed which extends the Phase 14 cutback and safely steepens the walls of the pit using[…]

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd’s Hishikari mine is the first Japanese underground mine utilising automated loading technology from Sandvik. Sandvik says AutoMine® will help enable increased productivity, improved safety and better cost control, while bringing digital transformation of the mining process closer and increasing operational transparency. The Hishikari mine, located in northern Kagoshima Prefecture, boasts[…]

Bens Creek Group, the UK-listed owner of a metallurgical coal mine in North America supplying the steel industry, announces that, further to the company’s announcement on December 22, 2022, it has signed an amendment to its agreement with its highwall mining contractor Mega Highwall Mining LLC (MHW) to confirm the provision and delivery of a[…]

Osisko Mining Inc has filed the technical feasibility study report prepared by BBA Inc on its 100% owned Windfall gold deposit in the Abitibi greenstone belt, within the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region of Quebec, Canada. The project has total proven and probable mineral reserves of 12.2 Mt grading 8.06 g/t Au and 4.18 g/t[…]

Regulus Resources Inc has announced a $15 million non-brokered private placement by Nuton, which will see the Rio Tinto Venture take an approximate 16.5% interest in the company and jointly undertake copper sulphide leach testing using Nuton’s copper sulphide leach technologies with samples from the AntaKori project in Peru. The Nuton™ technologies, Rio says, have[…]

Thiess is one of the largest global surface mining services companies today, with fast growing businesses in metals and minerals, rehabilitation, technology and technical services. The term mining services is deliberate – because it is no longer enough to describe Thiess as a contractor, with many of its client relationships equating to long term alliances.[…]

In a recent blog post, Caterpillar outlines the high performance levels being achieved by its shovels and trucks at Southern Peru Copper Corporation (SPCC). Caterpillar points out that SPCC parent company, Grupo Mexico, boasts the highest copper reserves in the industry. Cat states: Led by an experienced management team, the company delivers consistent strong operational[…]

Nordisk Bergteknik has entered into a letter of intent regarding the acquisition of all shares in the Finnish underground mining contractor Power Mining Oy, including the Swedish subsidiary Power Mining Sverige AB. Power Mining has sales of approximately SEK160 million on annual basis, with an EBIT margin that was very strong during the last financial[…]

I-Pulse Inc and I-ROX SAS have announced a comprehensive collaboration arrangement with BHP, the world-leading resources company, to identify and develop applications of pulsed-power technology across multiple aspects of the mining industry. Earlier this year, I-Pulse and Breakthrough Energy Ventures-Europe (BEV-E) announced the establishment of I-ROX, which is focused on demonstrating that short, high-intensity bursts[…]