Rio Tinto and Edify Energy have signed two new solar and battery hybrid services agreements to increase the supply of reliable energy to Rio Tinto’s Gladstone aluminium operations in central Queensland.
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The Trump administration has approved a plan to expand the Spring Creek coal mine in Big Horn County, Montana, reported Reuters. The expansion will allow 39.9 million tons of coal to be mined over the next 16 years. Read the full story here.
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The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) recently released its “Introduction to Geometallurgy” white paper, a foundational resource designed to introduce and support the implementation of geometallurgical principles in mining projects.
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For the second consecutive year, a team of Missouri University of Science and Technology students won the Metallic Student Design Competition at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) Annual Conference and Exhibition. Read the full story here.
Read MoreThe Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that 10 miner fatalities have occurred between Jan. 3 and Mar. 5 – more than triple the number for the same period in 2024. Accidents classified as Powered Haulage remain the most common with four fatalities, followed by Machinery (two fatalities), and Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall (two fatalities). Full…
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Sandvik Mobile Crushing and Screening has completed its new electric tracked crushing and screening train with the QH443E electric cone crusher, setting new industry benchmarks for sustainability, productivity, and fuel efficiency. Sandvik’s electric train also includes the UJ443E fully electric jaw crusher (launched in 2023) and the QA452e hybrid triple-deck Doublescreen (launched in 2022). “Sandvik Mobiles has always been at…
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With the integration into a mine site’s Cat Command autonomous haulage fleet to control haul road dust, Caterpillar said it has released the market’s first commercially available AWT. It is built on the field-proven 789D mining truck chassis and integrates the truck, tank and Cat Water Delivery System (WDS), connected with Cat MineStar technology. Designed to help prevent haul road…
Read MoreAnglo American, owner of a number of operations in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, has earmarked new funding grants to some community groups and not-for-profit organisations in the Moranbah, Middlemount, Moura, Banana and Theodore areas via its 2025 Community Grants Program. The successful 2024 Community Grants Program applicants include: MiddlemountBarada Barna Aboriginal Corporation, Capella Tieri Middlemount Community Support Network, Capricorn Helicopter Rescue…
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With the end goal of extending the life of the mine and sustaining production across its iron ore portfolio, Rio Tinto announced it has invested US$1.8 billion to develop the Brockman 1 mine project extension (BS1). The project has received all of its needed state and federal governmental approvals, and is being developed by the company alongside the Puutu Kunti…
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Canadian equipment firm MacLean Engineering said it has established a surface mining vehicle division, building on its 50-year reputation as a fit-for-purpose underground OEM and a decade of battery electric vehicle design and support in North America, Africa, and Australia. The inaugural model for this new division is the company’s GR8 EV Surface Grader. MacLean has already announced its first…
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