Archives: Sustainable mining

The story that led to the installation of a Weir Minerals Enduron® high pressure grinding roll (HPGR) at Eldorado Gold’s Kışladağ heap leach operation in Turkey is a fascinating read, as well as a great example of the benefits of using such technology. Back in March 2018, Eldorado announced it would suspend mining to evaluate[…]

Cornish Lithium Ltd, the innovative mineral exploration and development company based in Cornwall, UK, has announced that it has secured a transformational investment package of up to £18 million from TechMet Ltd, a leading technology metals investment company. “Securing long-term investment from TechMet is a significant step forward for Cornish Lithium and allows the company[…]

Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc operation in Sweden will become the first mine in Europe to trial the battery-electric Sandvik LH518B LHD, the OEM has confirmed. Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions and Boliden have agreed on a 12-month collaborative trial period for the new 18-t battery-electric loader. Garpenberg is considered the world’s most productive underground zinc mine[…]

NextSource Materials has awarded a power supply contract to independent power producer CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) for the long-term supply of solar and thermal generation to power the operations of its Molo graphite project in Madagascar. The contract is for a 20-year term and has been designed to scale with the production output of the Molo[…]

Epiroc has launched a new tube drilling system – ET51 which replaces the previous T51 tube drilling system. This new system greatly outperforms traditional speed-rod systems and it says allows for straighter and deeper production drilling plus improves service life. Unlike its predecessor, ET51 comes with only one tube type which simplifies procurement and management.[…]

Komatsu Australia says it has, for the first time, entered the hard-rock underground mining market with a concerted solution made up of two larger hybrid LHDs and two diesel-powered narrow-vein loaders. Two high-tech hybrid drive underground loaders, equipped with durable independent electric motors in each wheel, headline this substantial investment by Komatsu to provide a[…]

Chariot Ltd, the Africa focused transitional energy company, recently announced that it has signed binding key terms of a long-term joint development partnership, with Total Eren, the leading France-based renewable energy Independent Power Producer. The agreed terms will set out the relationship between the partners from 1 January 2022 for the joint origination and development[…]

Enernet Global Inc, a distributed energy service company whose stated mission is to decarbonise the world’s supply chains, acquired KPS Power Africa (KPSPA) from Australia’s Pacific Energy Group to accelerate its presence in African mining. “Enernet’s global footprint enables it to provide tailored energy solutions for mining, commercial, industrial, remote community and utility customers across[…]

As part of its constant innovation in its production processes, Peruvian copper-zinc miner Compania Minera Antamina (Teck 22.5%, BHP 33.75%, Glencore 33.75%, Mitsubishi 10%) has implemented the use of Machine Learning technology with which it seeks to increase the production of copper equivalent in the concentrator plant. The statement said: “Advanced data analytics is increasingly[…]

One of the world’s largest gold mining companies, and the operator of the world’s largest producing single gold mine, Muruntau, Navoi Mining & Metallurgical Combinat (NMMC) has a significant ongoing investment program to modernise its operations as well as simultaneously make major production capacity increases. This is being done year on year across its mining[…]