Mining tech company IMDEX and world-class geoscience analytics company Datarock have teamed with scanning technology vendor ELEMISSION to “set a new standard” for geological data and analysis.
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Shell Rotella has introduced its Shell Rotella ELC HD, a high-performance extended life coolant designed to meet the rigorous demands of heavy-duty diesel, gasoline, natural gas and LNG engines. Full story.
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Fine particle specialist RST has a new water clarifying technology that it said has the potential to revolutionize water management programs in the mining sector. Full story.
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An undisclosed Indian mining customer has awarded FLSmidth with the largest single order for the world’s largest size steel media tower mills. The order includes the delivery of 18 vertical tower mills (FTM-5000) to be used in both the secondary and tertiary grinding circuits, directly downstream from two of the world’s largest high-pressure grinding rolls (HPGRs), which the customer ordered…
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The Philippine Nickel Association (PNIA), the country’s largest group of nickel mining companies, has appealed to the Marcos administration to reconsider its plan on imposing a ban on ore exports as part of mining reforms. Association officials stressed that the government must first create a competitive environment to attract investments in value-added processing before implementing restrictive policies. “We support the…
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Rio Tinto said it has completed a successful trial of biofuel across its network of Western Australian ports, railways and mines. The four-week trial, a first for the miner in Australia, was conducted in partnership with global renewable diesel producer Neste and Australian fuel supplier Viva Energy. It provided Rio Tinto with a greater understanding of how renewable diesel could…
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Komatsu has commenced proof-of-concept tests at its Ibaraki plant in Hitachinaka City, Japan, of its HD785 large dump truck equipped with a hydrogen combustion engine. Through these tests, the company aims to accumulate knowledge on hydrogen engine utilization, laying the foundation for future development of “hydrogen-powered construction and mining equipment.” The concept machine is equipped with a hydrogen combustion engine…
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Gold Fields has awarded a contract to renewable energy solutions provider Goldwind to design, manufacture and construct seven wind turbines for its St Ives gold mine, located 80 kilometres south of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The turbines will form a 42-megawatt wind farm as part of the miner’s landmark A$296 million St Ives Renewable Energy project, which will become Western…
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Anglo American’s 10-year vision for a “mine of the future” became reality when all of its underground coal mines in Australia’s Bowen Basin began operating simultaneously from Remote Operation Centres (ROCs). Additionally, the Central Queensland underground operations have notched up 10,000 longwall mining shears from those ROCs, another remarkable feat. Matthew Wakeford, Anglo American Australia automation superintendent, said the rapid…
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Anglo American confirmed on 18 February that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Brazilian nickel business to MMG subsidiary MMG Singapore for up to US$500 million cash. The nickel business comprises two ferronickel operations in Brazil, Barro Alto and Codemin, as well as two high quality greenfield growth projects, Jacaré and Morro Sem Boné. The $500 million…
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