Aumund of São Paulo and Germany-headquartered Schade Lagertechnik recently teamed up for their newest purchase order: the delivery of a Schade stacker for an iron ore operation in the Minas Gerais state, Brazil. While neither identified the customer, the mine’s plant is to the southeast of Belo Horizonte and will be designed with an output capacity of 1,800 tonnes per…
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Colombia to auction off gold mining areas
In an effort to boost its mining sector, the head of Colombia’s national mining agency (ANM) said the country plans to hold a bidding round for gold exploration contracts early next year.
Read MoreEramet tackling construction again at Argentinian lithium property
The first quarter of next year will be a busy one for miner Eramet, which has confirmed it will restart construction at its Argentina lithium plant – work that has been halted for more than 18 months. As part of its fast-track into an energy metals transition and to strike on growth and demand momentum, the French company said the…
Read MoreCerro de Pasco acquiring Trevali’s Santander
Canadian-based Cerro de Pasco Resources is adding to its polymetallic interests with the acquisition of the Santander operation in Peru from Trevali Mining.
Read MoreBQE to test its technologies at Codelco sites in Chile
BQE Water has teamed up under contract with miner Codelco to test its Sulf-IX sulphate removal technology and BioSulphide copper recovery process at several of the operator’s sites in Chile.
Read MoreLithium Americas makes US$400M bid for Millennial Lithium
Lithium Americas has entered a bidding war for Argentina-focused Millennial Lithium with a US$400 million stock-and-cash offer. The bid comes a month after China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd. (CATL) agreed to purchase Millennial for C$377 million (US$303.8 million). “In proximity to Caucharí-Olaroz, Millennial’s 100%-owned Pastos Grandes lithium brine project represents an attractive regional growth opportunity for Lithium Americas,” said…
Read MoreEnvironmental regulator ‘archives’ AngloGold permit
AngloGold Ashanti has said that Colombia’s environmental regulator published a decision to “archive” the environmental permit application for its Quebradona project in the Middle Cáuca region. The South African miner has yet to receive a formal notification of the decision by Autoridad Nacional de Licencias Ambientales (ANLA) and said it would study the formal archive decision once received. Generally, a…
Read MoreSibanye-Stillwater acquires nickel, copper assets in Brazil
South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater has purchased the Santa Rita and Serrote mines in Brazil from Appian Capital Advisory for US$1.0 billion. The deal adds two low-cost, producing assets to the company’s green metals portfolio. “The transaction is a significant additional step in Sibanye-Stillwater’s ongoing strategy to position the business for continued value creation during our transition into a climate change…
Read MoreGreat Panther picks safety, re-idles Tucano UCS pit
Canadian-based gold and silver producer Great Panther Mining has, for the second time in five months, opted to suspend operations at the Urucum Central South (UCS) pit at its Tucano gold mine in Brazil over safety concerns. The company’s geotechnical committee has advised of additional remediation work that needs performed at the pit to improve safety factors; pit wall issues…
Read MoreCodelco’s Radomiro Tomic selects Foresight
Chilean miner Codelco has submitted an order with Metso Outotec for delivery of its Foresight semi-mobile primary gyratory (SMPG) crushing plant for its Radomiro Tomic copper mine near Calama, El Loa province. Financial details for the order were not released, but Metso Outotec said it has been booked with its 3Q21 received orders under its minerals arm. A timeline for…
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