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Metso has celebrated the inauguration of its screening media factory in Irapuato, Mexico, a new facility that, it says, will significantly increase its supply and delivery capabilities for mining and aggregates customers in North and Central America. The screening media center employs 46 people and is located on a 9,000-plus sq.m lot. The new screening[…]

Global mining services provider Thiess recently participated in Caterpillar’s industry-leading training program, the Cat® MineStar™ Command for Hauling Sim School. Thiess is the first mining services provider to participate in the MineStar Command for Hauling Sim School training, which was delivered in-house at Thiess’s global head office in Brisbane, Queensland. Caterpillar’s cutting-edge autonomous haulage training uses[…]

Incitec Pivot Limited’s Dyno Nobel says it will partner with Saudi Chemical Company Limited (SCCL) to investigate the development and operation of a technical ammonium nitrate plant in Saudi Arabia. Under a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered into between the parties last month, Dyno Nobel will provide a range of expertise to assist the[…]

Perenti Limited’s underground mining businesses have been awarded contract extensions valued at circa-A$420 million ($276 million), in three separate projects across Australia and Africa, the company says. The contract extensions include: A 12-month, circa A$125 million contract extension to continue underground development and production works at the Gold Fields Agnew underground gold mine in Autsralia;[…]

Amid growing demand for its crushing and screening services, Trollope Mining Services, one of the largest open-pit mining contractors in Africa, has continued to increase its fleet of Metso machines from Pilot Crushtec, the South Africa-based company says. With nearly 500 pieces of equipment in its fleet, Trollope has over the years established itself as[…]

Contract mining major BUMA Australia says it has implemented Carlson machine guidance technology across all of its sites. BUMA Australia was established in 2021 to acquire the open cut mining business of Downer and is part of Indonesian company Delta Dunia Group. Its current sites include the Blackwater, Broadmeadow East, Burton, Commodore, Goonyella, Meandu and[…]

Leading global mining and metals companies have today committed to take urgent action to support a nature positive future by 2030 that promotes the health, diversity and resilience of species, ecosystems and natural processes. With responsibly produced minerals and metals playing a critical role in advancing global sustainable development goals, ICMM members, representing a third[…]

Ero Copper Corp has provided a construction update for the Tucumã Project, highlighting significant progress since October 2023. With physical completion now at over 85% and production of copper concentrate scheduled to commence in H2 2024, the company has initiated the transition from construction to commissioning, as outlined below in the 2024 commissioning plan. The[…]

The potential of hydrogen peroxide emulsion (HPE) to reduce explosives emissions will come under the spotlight at the upcoming 50th Conference of the International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE) in USA. In a paper to be presented jointly by Omnia group company BME and strategic partner Hypex Bio Explosives Technology (Hypex Bio), the authors will[…]

Metso says it is expanding its testing capabilities by investing €8 million ($8.7 million) to build a state-of-the-art DRI (direct reduced iron) smelting furnace pilot facility. The pilot plant will be constructed in Pori, Finland, where Metso has one of its major R&D centres serving the minerals and metals industry. The new facility will allow[…]