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Cummins has unveiled its brand-new European Master Rebuild Centre for high horsepower engines in Krakow, Poland – the first of its kind in Europe. IM was there and a follow up article will discuss the facility’s offer to mining in more detail. The company has invested $10 million in the development of the Centre, which remanufactures[…]

Omnia Group mining division company BME has been sharing its leading technical expertise at the 12th World Conference on Explosives and Blasting recently held in Dublin, Ireland, with a solution to eliminate ammonium nitrate (AN) coating agent residue – also called floc – during the production of emulsion causing a stir, it says. Hosted by[…]

Amaroq Minerals Ltd, a mine development company with a substantial land package of gold assets and strategic mineral licences in southern Greenland, has signed a contract mining agreement with Thyssen Schachtbau GmbH and a procurement and supply chain support agreement with Tamarack Mining Services. The initial two-year contract mining agreement with Thyssen Schachtbau, a Germany-based[…]

Engineering company Monadelphous Group Ltd has entered into an agreement to acquire Melchor Contracting, a Perth-based structural concrete and associated works business, subject to the satisfaction of conditions precedent that are usual in transactions of this nature. Melchor Contracting offers a full structural concrete package capability, including detailed earthworks, formwork, reinforcement fixing and concrete placement[…]

Munro Vehicles, a manufacturer of all-electric 4x4s, and Scotland’s only volume production car company, has announced an equity crowdfunding round and revealed details of design and technical enhancements for its all-electric 4×4 Series-M Pick-Up and Series-M Truck models, driven by extensive field trials of, and customer feedback on, the Munro MK_1 pre-production model. Munro is[…]

Epiroc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Newcrest, one of the world’s largest gold mining companies, for a new strategic partnership. This newest collaboration aims to take a holistic approach towards the entire mining process at several of Newcrest’s mines, supported by Epiroc’s leading portfolio of automation, digitalisation, and electrification solutions. “The mining[…]

When a consulting engineering company approached ABB about a specific problem that its platinum mining client was experiencing at its smelter facility in the North West Province of South Africa it was an opportunity for the technology provider to showcase its innovation and adaptability in responding to specific customer requirements. “There was nuisance tripping of[…]

Last week, leading global electric motors and drives group WEG SA based in Brazil announced that through its indirect subsidiaries abroad, it will acquire the industrial electric motors and generators business of Regal Rexnord Corporation, a global manufacturer of electromechanical equipment. The acquisition value is $400 million, subject to common price adjustments for this type of[…]

Metso has signed a contract for the delivery of a new copper concentrator to be built in Kazakhstan, banking some €85 million ($90 million) in its Minerals segment’s September quarter 2023 orders received in the process. The company’s scope of delivery consists of the main process equipment for grinding, flotation and dewatering and includes HIGmill®[…]

This month’s Spotlight Feature Article looks at the all-important process of flotation; a sector that is getting more cutting edge by the year. Included within this is a focus on the cutting edge of froth flotation technologies and a taste of some of the topics that will be presented at the forthcoming Flotation ‘23 conference[…]