Archives: Sustainable mining

It was hard to keep up with Fortescue at MINExpo 2024, in Las Vegas, last week – IM did its best – with the mining company having on-booth presentations throughout the three days and four press events on four other stands during the show. The company’s presence was felt far beyond this, with the headline[…]

Mining activities lead to substantial quantities of tailings and slags containing metallic trace elements, leaving persistent pollutants in the environment and are toxic even in low concentrations. Non-ferrous metals, ferrous metals and rare precious metals are mostly recovered by flotation, and the tailings are generally directly discharged to the tailings ponds for storage or backfilled.[…]

Screening is one of the oldest mineral processing methods known, but in its most modern forms it is still being factored into the latest forward thinking flowsheet designs. A good example is from Weir, which has recently expanded its range of ENDURON® screens. Its ENDURON® ELITE screen, which was recently unveiled at MINExpo 2024, is[…]

Ahead of Epiroc’s Capital Markets Day (CMD) and MINExpo 2024 at a hotel just outside of Las Vegas, Helena Hedblom, Epiroc President and CEO, was happy to tackle the industry’s big three: automation, digitalisation and electrification. Hedblom, like the heads of her fellow OEMs, has big ambitions for these three technology pillars, but the way[…]

Codelco and ABB have signed a letter of intent to explore a long-term strategic collaboration looking into ways to further decarbonise the state-owned mining company’s numerous operational sites in Chile by deploying digitalisation, automation and electrification solutions. The two companies aim to work together to identify Codelco’s innovation needs as the miner continues to fulfil[…]

Austmine is Australia’s leading industry association for the Australian Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) sector, driving the success of members by providing opportunities to build relationships, understand industry needs, boost their industry profile and access domestic and international supply chains. International Mining has long had a close relationship with Austmine, both editorially with Austmine itself[…]

Metso says it has been awarded repeat orders for a mining customer’s sites in Africa for the supply of liners for SAG and ball mills. Metso’s scope of supply includes metallic liners for the SAG mills, and Metallic and Megaliner ™ composite linings for the ball mills. Additional services are offered including MillMapper™ liner wear[…]

Metso says it is investing in the development of energy-saving comminution technology and has signed an agreement to acquire the outstanding shares of its long-term partner Swiss Tower Mills Minerals AG (STM). Previously, Metso had a 15% minority ownership in the company. The parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction value. Metso decided to[…]

On September 27, the ZTE520, claimed as the “world’s largest” hybrid mining truck, rolled off the Zoomlion assembly line in Changsha, Hunan. The Chinese OEM described it as “another historic breakthrough in domestic mining equipment, marking the further advance of China’s mining equipment into the high-end field of the global industry.” The other contender to this[…]

Hitachi Construction Machinery zeroed in on the future with innovative technology on display at MINExpo in Las Vegas, Nevada, last week. Its leading-edge solutions it says help mine owners address their most pressing concerns: operating costs, productivity, the environment and mine safety. Hitachi Construction Machinery added that it is “forging a path toward Zero Emissions,[…]