Atlas Copco celebrates 150 years

Atlas Copco marked its 150th anniversary by recently  ringing the opening bell at NASDAQ in New York City. Founded in Stockholm in 1873, the company has spent the last century and a half driving development and delivering breakthrough innovations to international customers in many different industries.  Globally, Atlas Copco employs more than 49,000 people, comprises around 60 unique brands, and…

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Boart Longyear introduces new data services entity

Boart Longyear Group said its Geological Data Services division will now operate as a separate entity called Veracio.  Veracio is ideally suited to combine science and digital technologies in a single, integrated platform and help mining companies get more value from their orebody data, faster, while mitigating the environmental impact of their decisions.  The company will be led by newly…

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Freeport achieves Copper Mark at all copper, moly sites

Freeport-McMoRan has achieved the Copper Mark at its PT-FI Grasberg operation in Indonesia, meaning that all 12 of its copper producing operations globally now have the distinction. Freeport’s two primary molybdenum sites, the Climax and Henderson operations, were awarded the Molybdenum Mark by the independent panel, which was formed as an assurance framework to promote responsible production practices for copper.…

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McLanahan Corp. to acquire Diefenbach

McLanahan Corp. has signed an agreement to acquire Diefenbach, an Italian manufacturer of filter presses and thickeners based out of Medolago, Italy. The two companies, which have been working together on projects since 2013, expect the acquisition to close during the second quarter of 2023. Diefenbach has been a leader in liquid-solid separation using filter presses since its founding in…

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Newmont proposes Newcrest US$16.9 billion takeover

In a move to combine two of the top senior gold producers, U.S.-based Newmont has submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Australian peer Newcrest Mining by way of a scheme of arrangement. If successful, it would be the largest mining takeover and the third-largest corporate buyout in Australian history, according to Refinitiv data.…

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Hauhinco evolves into HBT

Nearly a year to the day after it was first announced Hauhinco would acquire the longwall mining equipment division of Caterpillar, the company has emerged with a new name with roots into its 100-plus-year history. The company will now be known as Hauhinco Bergbautechnik, or HBT, and it has a number of high-level action items it wants to collectively achieve…

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Weir releases sixth edition of Warman Slurry Pumping Handbook

Weir Minerals, manufacturer of the Warman slurry pump, has released the latest edition of their coveted Warman Slurry Pumping Handbook. The sixth edition, compiled by the most trusted name in slurry pumps, features detailed engineering data required for most slurry pumping applications. Drawing on decades of Weir Minerals’ inhouse expertise in innovative engineering and slurry pumping technology, the new handbook…

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Hoffman appointed BASF mining arm VP

Caren Hoffman has been appointed to lead the global mining solutions business for BASF, effective January 1. The move is intended to focus the group on the development and marketing of innovative chemistries and digital applications that offer sustainable solutions for the mineral processing industry. “My goal is to increase awareness about what our innovative chemistry, coupled with our scientific…

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