Australia-based SensOre has launched iChromite, a new suite of automated mineral chemistry assessment tools that can identify exploration targets more efficiently and accurately. iChromite uses new and highly innovative data processing techniques integrated with machine learning tools delivered from an agile accelerated program. The SensOre geochemical technology team has delivered the new tool suite from the first phase of a…
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Commercial production has been declared at Red 5’s King of the Hills gold operation in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia as its mining and processing has reached a steady state. Read article.
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What is believed to be the world’s first autonomous battery-electric loader is now in operation at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Bathopele operation in Rustenburg, South Africa, thanks in part to supplier RCT. The company said that it, working alongside a South African OEM, installed the RCT ControlMaster Automation system to the machine and delivered its Automation Centre into a surface office. The underground…
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Newmont’s Boddington operation, which has the distinction of being Western Australia’s largest gold operation, has met a significant target with the gold industry’s first autonomous haulage system: 100 million tonnes (110 million tons) hauled. Full article.
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Anglo American, which in May introduced its prototype hydrogen-battery hybrid haul truck – the largest in the world – at its Mogalakwena PGM operation in South Africa, it has come through with a $200 million investment to accelerate the nuGen zero emissions haulage solution (ZEHS). The miner said last week that it has inked a binding agreement with First Mode…
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Liebherr has confirmed it finalised a deal with Mongolian equipment supplier Monnis during the bauma event in September that will send a fleet of 17 dozers and excavators to Monnis’ coal customer Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi. Read full article.
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Officials in the UK have given approval to the first coal operation in the region in three decades, with plans for the project owned by West Cumbria Mining to become the world’s first net-zero mine supplying met coal to the steel industry. WCM said recently that it received a decision from the Secretary of State on 7 December approving the…
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Metso Outotec has been awarded a shutdown service contract for a flash smelting furnace at an undisclosed copper processing facility in South America. The OEM said approximately 50% of the order value, which exceeds EUR 10 million, is booked in Metals’ fourth-quarter orders received and the rest in Minerals’ orders received. The scope of delivery includes a complete reconstruction of…
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American Lithium said it has made the decision to pursue a “spin-out” of its Macusani uranium project in Peru into an independent public company. The company views a spin-out of the project into a stand-alone vehicle as the preferred route to generate value for American Lithium and its shareholders from the continued development of the large-scale uranium project. Additionally, the…
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OZ Minerals said it will collaborate with fellow miners Boliden and Rio Tinto to unlock new and innovative technologies for managing tailings. Read the full article.
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