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The ‘FastCharge’ research project has demonstrated a three-minute charge on a 450 kW ultra-fast prototype charging station can keep an electric-drive vehicle going for some 100 km. The demonstration project, run by an industry consortium under the leadership of the BMW Group and including Allego, Phoenix Contact E-Mobility, Porsche and Siemens, showed a full charge[…]

Speaking to IM at the 2018 Capital Markets Day in London, Severstal CEO Alexander Shevelev said the company is upping production by five times at its Yakovlevsky DSO iron ore mine, which is unusual for that commodity in being an underground operation. The aim is to reach 5 Mt/y by 2023 from the current capacity[…]

A new investment mandate for the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund (NAIF) is helping more projects get off the ground sooner, NAIF Executive Director Peter Ross told delegates at the International Mining and Resources Conference 2018 (IMARC) in Melbourne. Ross said the fund’s investment mandate, introduced in April, was proving significantly more flexible. “We are now[…]

South African deep-hole drilling expert Torque Africa Exploration recently set a new South African depth record for uninterrupted rotary percussion drilling at 1,402 m, using a DTH hammer and drill bits supplied by Mincon. The hole was drilled at a mining project in Beaufort West, in the Western Cape, South Africa. Not only is this[…]

Miners in the Mount Isa region of Queensland, Australia, look set to benefit from a new supply of power, after energy infrastructure company, Jemena, signed a transportation contract with Australia power producer, Santos, to ship gas across the new Northern Gas Pipeline (NGP). The contract, which means around 80% of the NGP’s total available capacity[…]

The biggest gold miner by production, Barrick Gold, has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) for the 11th consecutive year. Barrick was also included in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for a 12th year. While the company did not get top position in the Metals and Mining category of[…]

Copper Investing News reports “Zijin Mining has emerged as the winning bidder for a partnership in the RTB Bor copper complex in Serbia.The Serbian Minister for Mines And Energy Aleksander Antic said that Zijin’s bid had been for $1.26 billion in investment in the neglected complex, and another $200 million to settle RTB Bor’s debts[…]

Universities and the mining industry are teaming up to tackle asset maintenance in the resources sector through the use of data science. The new Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre will be led by Curtin University in partnership with The University of Western Australia (UWA), CSIRO and the University of Adelaide, and industry partners[…]

DRDGOLD has completed the acquisition of Sibanye-Stillwater’s West Rand Tailings Retreatment Project (WRTRP) assets in South Africa, over nine months since the deal was initially announced. Niël Pretorius, DRDGOLD CEO, said the acquisition was key to the company’s growth strategy, increasing its gold reserves by 90% to 5.75 million ounces. “The way is now clear[…]

A fifth LR3 Boom Lift unit is soon to be delivered into Freemantle port in Western Australia, and MacLean Engineering is banking on there being plenty more of its heavy load/high reach utility vehicles reaching Australia’s underground mines soon. The LR3 has been manufactured by MacLean to solve a number of elevated work platform needs[…]