The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has released a report that benchmarks the 2022 safety performance of its 26 company members. Tragically, 33 employees or contractors of its members lost their lives at work last year. ICMM compiles, analyses and publishes the safety data provided annually by company members, which collectively represent a third of the global mining…
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Norwegian mining and recycling giant TOMRA said it discovered an extensive cyberattack on July 16, directly affecting some of the company’s data systems. “We immediately disconnected some systems to contain the attack, and TOMRA is currently assessing whether customers and employees might experience reduced stability in our services. Our primary focus now is to get all systems up and running…
Read MoreSchlam has announced the appointment of Sudhanshu Singh to the position of President – Americas. Singh, who will also be a director and senior company officer of the Schlam Americas Company, will lead its growth strategy in the Americas region from Schlam’s Americas headquarters in Tucson, Ariz. Full story.
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U.S.-based Newmont said that the Canadian Competition Bureau issued a “no action” letter clearing its previously announced acquisition of Newcrest Mining under Canadian competition law as the miner progresses toward receiving regulatory approvals in other jurisdictions for a fourth-quarter closing. Full story.
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The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued an urgent reminder for mines and miners in regards to heat stress on the job, as well as ways to treat it when it does occur. Full story.
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Multotec has recently expanded its operation in Brazil with the opening of a manufacturing facility that enables the company to bring its manufacturing capabilities closer to its customers in the country, increasing its speed to market and enabling it to better serve the local mining sector. Located in Contagem in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, the manufacturing facility is…
Read MoreMSHA reported that on June 22, a contract bulldozer operator at Vulcan Materials’ Chula Vista, Calif., quarry died when the bulldozer he was operating backed off the edge of a highwall. The bulldozer operator was clearing the bench in preparation for drilling and blasting and had removed the berms along the edge. Full story.
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Fenner Dunlop has opened a new conveyor belting distribution center in Phoenix, Ariz., to support the rapid growth of the western U.S. markets. It will offer valued customers immediate access to premium conveyor belting to meet the needs of their critical bulk material handling applications. Full story.
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Conveyor Components has unveiled bucket elevator belt alignment made simple with the model VA and VA-X bucket elevator alignment control. Designed with a rugged heavy duty cast aluminum housing, the model VA and VA-X is designed to indicate when the head or boot section of a bucket elevator drifts too far out of alignment. This unit can be used to…
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Data technology solutions provider Eclipse Mining Technologies, developer of the SourceOne Enterprise Knowledge Performance System (EKPS), has announced the launch of its latest release of enhancements, a significant expansion of its product capabilities. This milestone comes as mining and other similar big data industries continue to face increasingly complex data challenges that coincide with the exponential acceleration in the development…
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