NEWS

Sandvik says it is introducing a new push bore reamer system that will improve penetration rate, minimise downtime and simplify in-field service in underground slot hole drilling. The tool system includes two Ø740-millimetre push bore reamers — one for upwards and one for downwards push boring — and a fit-for-purpose cutter. Key upgrades include simplified[…]

Overland Conveyor Company, based in Lakewood, Colorado, has been operating since 1996 as an independent consulting firm. Its entire goal at that time and today was to provide excellence in consulting services surrounding long distance and/or high capacity conveying systems. In the mid 1990s the focus in mining conveyors was to go longer, further and[…]

Australia-based Bis has put its innovation portfolio up for sale, a company spokesperson has confirmed. The company, which serves numerous mining houses across Australia, handles, hauls and processes millions of tonnes of raw materials and commodities every year. On the logistics side, it has a fleet for out-of-pit, on-road and off-pit applications. When it comes[…]

GR Engineering Services Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary, Mipac Holdings Pty Ltd, has entered into an agreement to acquire Paradigm Engineers Pty Ltd, a provider of control systems and electrical engineering, automation and technology services based in Western Australia, in a deal worth A$9 million ($5.9 million). This transaction enhances Mipac’s control system and electrical design[…]

Elphinstone has introduced its new E15 model to the Elphinstone Underground Hard Rock Support Vehicle range. The low-profile E15 it says is a welcome addition to the existing range of E10 (formerly WR810) support vehicles, with both base platforms sharing a high level of interchangeability of parts and components. The significance of the model number[…]

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) has launched the Qdos™ H-FLO chemical metering and dosing pump, designed specifically for higher flow rates up to 600 litres per hour. Qdos H-FLO delivers the same outstanding accuracy and reliability as other Qdos pumps but for higher flow rates with a variety of pumpheads and a range of different[…]

Minera Centinela, part of Antofagasta Minerals, and Colbun have signed a 100% renewable energy supply contract for up to 912 GWh, with the objective of delivering emission-free electrical energy to the Nueva Centinela project, the largest mining investment announced in the last five years in Chile. Centinela produces copper cathodes and copper concentrates containing gold, as[…]

Artemis Gold Inc has provided an update on Q4 construction progress at the Blackwater mine in central British Columbia. The project remains fully funded, within the guidance for initial capital expenditure, and on schedule for first gold pour in H2 2024. At December 31, 2023, overall construction was 59% complete, and approximately C$389 million of[…]

Epiroc has launched three new electric-driven blasthole drills – the Pit Viper 271 XC E, Pit Viper 275 XC E and the Pit Viper 291 E – as part of an expansion of its Smart and Green Series. These Pit Vipers deliver the same performance as their diesel-driven counterparts with zero exhaust emissions, zero fuel[…]

Having outlined a new vendor-agnostic, lab-based “pre concentration screening test” for mining in part one of this three-part series, SRK is back for part two, discussing the wider pre-concentration evaluation process that this testing fits into “With any pre-concentration analysis, we need to, first, understand the heterogeneity of the deposit; simply put, if you don’t[…]