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The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), the largest government owned steel producer in India, and leading global resources company, BHP, are collaborating to support steelmaking decarbonisation, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the parties. This collaboration is an important step for SAIL and BHP in promoting lower carbon steelmaking technology[…]

Epiroc says it has won a large order for surface mining equipment from Newmont in Australia, with a fleet of Epiroc Pit Viper 231 and SmartROC D65 drill rigs set to be used at the Boddington gold and copper mine in Western Australia. The rigs, which will be operated tele-remotely, will replace an older fleet[…]

Caterpillar® dealer WesTrac has announced that construction of new facilities at the WesTrac Technology Training Centre in Collie, Western Australia, will be complete by November, offering further training opportunities. Speaking during a visit to the facility by the Premier of Western Australia, WesTrac CEO, Jarvas Croome, said the State Government supported the project by providing[…]

NRW Holdings Limited has been awarded a contract by Evolution Mining (Mungari) Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Evolution Mining Limited, for surface mining at Castle Hill. The project is in the heart of the Goldfields, 50 km northwest of Kalgoorlie and 40 km north of Coolgardie, ideally situated to allow NRW to engage[…]

Caterpillar Inc has announced a new alliance with IMA Engineering to enhance Caterpillar’s innovative Cat® Precision Mining initiative. This collaboration aims to use cutting-edge technology to provide real-time, detailed information about ore, enabling sites to improve the efficiency and accuracy of mining operations. Cat Precision Mining is Caterpillar’s advanced vision to improve every step of[…]

SSAB, a global specialised steel company, has awarded AFRY the main engineering partner contract for its fossil-free steel mini-mill project in Luleå, Sweden. AFRY’s assignment includes basic and detail engineering. The services will be provided during 2024-2026. SSAB is undertaking a major project to transform to fossil-free steel production. SSAB is planning to replace the[…]

Dena Nezziddi Development Corporation (DNDC), Fireweed Metals Corp and Solvest Inc have partnered to enhance sustainable, economic resource development at the Macpass project, in the Traditional Territories of the Kaska Dena Nation and the First Nation of Na-cho Nyäk Dun. DNDC, based in Ross River, Yukon, through its wholly owned company, Tu-Lidlini Petroleum LP (TLP),[…]

Scania and Australia-based services provider Regroup say they will launch the world’s first fleet of Scania autonomous in-pit mining trucks in the Pilbara in 2025 with a rollout planned at Element 25’s Butcherbird mine. Building on the recent announcement of the start of sales for commercially-available autonomous trucks, Scania today announces it will supply its[…]

Freeport-McMoRan is to start using robots from US-based Gecko Robotics to generate the required data to feed machine-learning algorithms, attendees of the Financial Times’ Mining Summit 2024, in London, heard last month. Freeport is looking to bolster copper production from its existing assets in expectation of the world requiring more of the red metal, and[…]

Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mine has safely completed the development and construction of Phase 1 of the A21 underground mine, now moving the underground mine into commercial production. Building on the success of the first phase, Phase 2 of the A21 underground project was approved earlier this year with an additional investment of US$17 million.[…]