Erie, Pa.-based Eriez is celebrating 80 years in business this year. The company’s story began in 1942 when founder O.F. Merwin installed a permanent magnet in a grain mill. Today, Eriez consists of a workforce of more than 900 individuals located throughout 12 wholly owned international subsidiaries on six continents and is a world leader in magnetic separation, flotation, metal…
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Metso Outotec has received a 30 million Euro order for the delivery of engineering and key equipment for a large iron ore grate kiln pellet plant for Jindal Steel and Power in India. Read full article on The Asia Miner.
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Gold producer Resolute Mining has completed the Syama sulphide plant shutdown in Mali after facility upgrades totaling A$7.5 million. Perth-based Resolute said the work included major shutdown activities for crushing milling and roasting circuits. Specifically, it upgraded crusher liners, transfer chutes, mill cyclone feed pumps, flotation tailings pumps, roaster feed systems as well as the roaster primary cyclone and ESP.…
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The Australian government has announced it is providing A$6 million in funding from its MATES in Construction initiative to support the mental health and wellbeing of the country’s workers in mining, construction, energy and manufacturing. Read full article from The Asia Miner.
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After nearly three weeks on pause, Orvana Minerals’ Oroville copper-gold mine in northern Spain has restarted operations and production after a strike by truckers’ unions was suspended on 2 April. The strike, which had been in place since 14 March, was over rising fuel prices and working conditions. Orvana said supply chains are being progressively reactivated and it has received…
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After seven weeks of talks, Rio Tinto has confirmed that a new five-year labor agreement for the 1,300 workers at its Kennecott copper complex near Salt Lake City, Utah has been ratified. Read full article from North American Mining.
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Sandvik has added another low-profile Toro model to its lineup – this time primarily for the southern Africa market – with the 1.6-metre-high Toro LH208L. Featuring a payload of 7.7 tonnes, the loader has been tailor-made for extremely limited working heights. The frame has been reinforced to resist impacts from the ground and roof, and a welded steel box structures…
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After first announcing its plans last December with the inking of a binding agreement, Rio Tinto has completed its A$825 million acquisition of the Rincon lithium project in Argentina from Rincon Mining. Officials for the global miner said it has received approval of the deal from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm said the takeover…
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FLSmidth said that it’s takeover of thyssenkrupp’s mining business, which it first announced last July, has now gained the regulatory clearances of the authorities in Australia, South Africa, Peru and Chile.
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Chinese mining and construction equipment maker has released its XDE440, which it is calling the world’s largest rear-wheel-drive rigid mining truck, and has rolled the first unit off of the assembly line. XCMG, which designed, developed and manufactured the XDE440, customized the first truck for China Minmetals. The machine adheres to the highest industry standards in the high-end mining markets…
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