Kinross Gold confirmed that, as of 23 February, its operations in Russia continue to operate according to plan and are at this point unaffected by new sanctions announced by the U.S this week. The senior gold producer, which has operated mines in the region for more than 25 years, said it has “previously managed through similar situations” in the past…
Read MorePolish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala have signed an agreement to settle a legal dispute over the Turow open-pit coal mine that lies on the Polish side of the border.
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Russian energy giant Gazprom said it has signed an agreement with the Russian government to cooperate on the production and processing of formation brines (saline groundwaters) at its Kovyktinskoye gas field in order to obtain lithium compounds and other valuable components. The parties agreed to work together in R&D activities aimed at creating domestic technologies, equipment and materials required to…
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ABB confirmed it has signed a long-term service agreement (LTSA) with Atalaya Mining’s SAG mill availability and performance optimization project at Project Riotinto in Andalucia, southwest Spain. The company has combined its gearless mill drive (GMD) with ongoing lifecycle management support and a digital condition monitoring solution under the newly inked deal. Project Riotinto, which produces copper concentrates and silver…
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Eldorado Gold’s Hellas Gold arm has deployed Immersive Technologies’ simulation-based training at its Olympias gold-silver-lead-zinc mine in northern Greece, the first operation in the county to do so. Olympias, located in the Halkidiki Peninsula, has been undertaking a modernisation project; the addition of the trainers was part of its strategy to improve production rates and efficiency over the last calendar…
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Voith Group, which has held 70% of EILN Motoren since May 2020, has now acquired the remaining stake in the German company, as it advances its expansion of its core business into sustainable technologies. The balance of the interest had been held by managing director Franz Hrachowitz. With the new agreement in place, electric motor and generator maker ELIN Motoren…
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After halting some of its mines in Brazil on a deluge of rainfall in the country that lead to potential hazards and logistics issues, Vale has confirmed the partial and gradual restart of work in Minas Gerais. The miner said 17 January that it has re-established safety conditions, and thus resumed the Southeastern System, the trains transit on the Estrada…
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FLSmidth recently announced it has been selected to supply an in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) outfit for the Polyus Blagodatnoye gold mine in the Krasnoyarsk Territory of eastern Siberia, Russia. The new order includes a semi-mobile crushing station with TSUV gyratory crusher, an apron feeder and a 1.6-kilometre-long overland conveyor to transport material to the concentrator. It has been customised…
Read MoreA number of miners in Poland have taken a position of blocking deliveries of coal at state-run power plants in the country, demanding an increase in pay for their work. According to the Associated Press, protesters from Polish Coalmining Group’s Halemba operation and other mines in the southern Silesia region have been stopping trains as they are ordering higher pay…
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Metso Outotec has received a €150 million contract to deliver key technology to Boliden’s zinc smelter expansion in western Norway.
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