With its Arizona proving grounds outside Tucson, Ariz., serving as a backdrop, Caterpillar has demonstrated its first battery-electric 793 model large mining truck as it announced an investment into the campus as a sustainable testing and validation hub of the future. Read full article.
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Newcrest Mining said late last week it had resumed mining and processing at its Brucejack operation in British Columbia, Canada “pursuant to a safety-first restart plan” after an incident that later was revealed to be a fatal one at the mine. Read full article.
Read MoreThe Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has reported that on October 7, a mechanic at a construction sand and gravel operation in Providence, R.I., was fatally injured when he was engulfed in material after he entered an air separator to clear a blockage. Read full article.
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Kinross revealed during its third-quarter earnings report that it has completed the optimization program for its Round Mountain operation in Nevada and has decided to extract using underground methods instead of advancing an expansion plan for its open-pit workings. Read full article.
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The transaction to sell U.S.-based Coeur Mining’s Crown and Sterling holdings in Nevada to a subsidiary of AngloGold Ashanti has closed. Read full article.
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Texas-based CR Minerals has reached an agreement with miner Rio Tinto for the production of pozzolans from waste materials at the latter’s U.S. Borax facility in Boron, Calif. Read full article.
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Associated Supply Co. (ASCO) is now representing mining and construction products for Hitachi in the U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma after joining the OEM’s dealer network. Read full article.
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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, signed into law by President Biden on August 16, helps to secure federal pneumoconiosis (black lung) benefits for miners with black lung disease and their families. Read full article.
Read MoreHydraulics supplier Swanson Industries has acquired majority ownership of Tiefenbach North America, effective October 31. Read full article.
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Canadian-based Yamana Gold confirmed on November 4 that it received an “unsolicited binding proposal” from Agnico Eagle Mines and Pan American Silver that was superior to a previous takeover bid from South African miner Gold Fields. Read full article.
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