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30 Mar 2020
Sustainable Underground Mining project funding boost from the Swedish Energy Agency
In June 2018, the Sustainable Underground Mining project (SUM) was initiated bringing together iron ore...
30 Mar 2020
Rio increases scope of Primero work at Koodaideri, Robe Valley
Primero says it has been awarded variation extensions to contracts it already has in place...
27 Mar 2020
Primero lays foundations for world’s largest rail mounted stackers, reclaimer
Primero Group looks set to hit the June 30 deadline for the pre-assembly of two...
26 Mar 2020
McConnell Dowell to bring marine construction expertise to BMA project at Hay Point
McConnell Dowell says it has signed an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract with the BHP...
25 Mar 2020
Austin Engineering on the importance of payload matching
Austin Engineering’s David Pichanick thinks miners need to keep payload matching front and centre of...
25 Mar 2020
South Africa’s miners scramble to prepare for three week lockdown starting midnight March 26
South Africa's mining operators are racing against time to prepare for a nationwide lockdown starting...
19 Mar 2020
New thyssenkrupp stacker starts up at Rio Tinto’s East Intercourse Island facility
thyssenkrupp is celebrating the first ore aboard a new stacker at the bulk handling facilities...
17 Mar 2020
MACA wins early civil works contract at Atlas Iron Corunna Downs project
MACA is to upgrade an existing public road and develop access road at the Corunna...
16 Mar 2020
TOMRA’s XRT ore sorting aids recoveries, costs at South Africa chrome mine
One of TOMRA’s X-ray Transmission (XRT) sensor-based ore sorters is helping improve recoveries and lower...
13 Mar 2020
thyssenkrupp brings further automation to continuous mining with Transfer Point Alignment
By automating mining operations through its Transfer Point Alignment (TPA) system, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions says...
12 Mar 2020
ASI Mining details subcontract from Epiroc to convert 77 trucks to autonomous ops at Roy Hill
ASI Mining has signed a subcontract with Epiroc to supply its autonomous haul truck solution...
12 Mar 2020
Verton’s Everest 6 does the heavy lifting at Roy Hill
Verton Australia says iron ore miner Roy Hill has purchased its remote-controlled load orientation system,...