Archives: Sustainable mining

Copper giant Antofagasta PLC has announced that after an extensive review, the construction of its Centinela Second Concentrator Project, often referred to as Nueva Centinela, has been approved. Critical path works will begin immediately with full construction expected to commence after definitive project finance documents have been executed during Q1 2024. It has all the relevant[…]

Orica, the global mining and infrastructure solutions provider, has announced that it has entered into a binding sale and purchase agreement with Vance Street Capital LLC (via VSC RST Holdco, LP) to acquire 100% of Canadian company Terra Insights (Terra) for C$505 million on a cash free, debt free enterprise value basis. In more detail,[…]

Caterpillar Inc says it has successfully demonstrated its first battery electric prototype underground mining truck, growing its portfolio of battery electric and semi-autonomous technology for underground mining applications. The demo was at its Burnie Proving Ground in Tasmania, Australia. The demonstration for Newmont and other industry leaders comes on the heels of the 793 battery electric[…]

Scotland-based Munro Electric Vehicles has signed an exclusive partnership with Jakob Mining Vehicles (JMV), in an agreement to provide them with 900 mining specific vehicles over the next five years. The vehicles build upon the Munro Series-M platform and have been specifically designed to meet the mining industry’s demanding needs. This will enable JMV to electrify[…]

Global miner Glencore has announced that it has joined Komatsu’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Alliance, a collaborative effort focused on working towards the development, testing and deployment of zero-emission mining equipment and solutions. Alliance members have specifically been working to advance Komatsu’s power agnostic truck concept for a haulage vehicle that can run on a variety of[…]

In late November, the world of autonomous and battery electric underground mining got another step closer as a Sandvik automation ready 18 t class LH518iB LHD was unloaded at iron ore miner LKAB’s Malmberget mine in Sweden. The machine is now 1,250 m underground and being prepared for operation. This deployment in Europe follows the delivery[…]

LKAB is set to add to its electric fleet at the Malmberget mine in northern Sweden after agreeing to acquire a LF-19EB tethered-battery electric loader from Germany-based GHH. The manufacturer welcomed a team of LKAB team experts to its factory and testing ground in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, this month, with a successful Factory Acceptance Test of[…]

Kenmare Resources PLC, one of the leading global producers of titanium minerals and zircon from the Moma Titanium Minerals Mine in northern Mozambique, has provided an update on some of its capital projects. A statement from Michael Carvill, Managing Director said: “The Board has given further approvals for the upgrade of Wet Concentrator Plant (WCP) A[…]

Australia’s first new factory built Liebherr electric excavator is now operational at Fortescue’s Cloudbreak mine site, marking a significant milestone in Fortescue’s decarbonisation journey. Powered by a 6.6 kV substation and more than 2 km of high voltage trailing cable, this is the first of an initial three new R 9400 E electric excavators that Liebherr[…]

Two major global copper producers – Codelco and Teck – have announced that all of their copper operations have now met The Copper Mark – this means that more than 30% of the copper mined globally now comes from sites that have received the certification. To be verified for Copper Mark, operations are assessed and independently[…]