Nearly all of the world’s major autonomous mines have implemented Immersive Technologies’ proven autonomous haulage system, and now an undisclosed U.S. mine is set to utilize the company’s simulators and digital learning systems as it sets to fully convert to autonomy. Full story.
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Newmont has agreed to sell its Éléonore operation in Northern Quebec, Canada, to UK-based Dhilmar for $795 million in cash consideration as part of the miner’s plan to divest its non-core assets. Full story.
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Superior Industries Inc. announced the grand opening of a new crushing manufacturing facility in Morris, Minn., its headquarters and hometown since the company was founded in 1972. Full story.
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The Weir Group has confirmed it will supply its Warman slurry pumps and Cavex hydrocyclones to Teck’s Highland Valley Copper Mine Life Extension (MLE) project in Canada, including North America’s largest mill circuit pump. Full story.
Read MoreCanadian-based Aclara Resources has begun working with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, through its SelectUSA program, for a study to identify a U.S. site for its planned separation facility. Full story.
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Newmont has agreed to sell its Musselwhite gold mine in Ontario, Canada, to Vancouver-based Orla Mining for up to US$850 million in total consideration. Full story.
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Rio Tinto has approved construction of a new 25-megawatt solar plant at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah, bringing the mine’s total solar capacity to 30 MW. It will be located next to an existing 5-MW solar plant. Full story.
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A Rio Tinto executive said U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s new administration should focus on speeding up the permitting process for its stalled Resolution copper mine in Arizona, reported Reuters. The mine could supply more than one-quarter of the country’s domestic copper needs. Full story.
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MSHA reported that on April 13, a front-end loader operator at Martin Marietta Materials’ Morgan County Quarry in Buckhead, Ga., drowned, lying face down in a pool of water. The front-end loader operator was last seen using a water hose to wash material off a concrete pad next to a pool of water. This is the 25th fatality reported in…
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Equinox Gold said its Greenstone mine in Ontario, Canada, has reached commercial production based on the operating progress achieved through October. At full production, the mine will be one of Canada’s largest and highest-grade open-pit gold mines.
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