Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals has suspended commercial production at its flagship Cobre Panama copper mine in Panama after the country’s Supreme Court ruled its contract as unconstitutional, reported Reuters. President Laurentino Cortizo said in a televised address that “the orderly and safe closure of the mine” would begin as soon as the ruling was formerly published in the official…
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FLSmidth expands service center network
FLSmidth said it is expanding its 5,200-square-meter service center in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, and investing in a new service center in Tucson, Arizona, USA, as part of its “CORE ‘26” strategy. The company said the expansions will add to FLSmidth’s already comprehensive service center network, which currently consists of more than 20 locations across five continents. Both Kazakhstan and Central Asia…
Read MoreGeneral Motors backs lithium tech startup
Automaker General Motors said it will invest in lithium-focused startup EnergyX as it expands further into the mining industry to ensure the long-term supply of the critical metal needed for electric vehicle batteries. Full story.
Read MoreCoarse Particle Flotation/Recovery Changes EVERYTHING
Eriez HydroFloat® Separator creates coarse particle mineral concentration, delivering the capacity of a density separator while maintaining the selectivity of a flotation device. The aeration system disperses fine bubbles into a fluidized-bed environment significantly increasing the selective recovery of coarse particles by applying flotation fundamentals to gravity separation. This Coarse Particle Separation can be applied to cooper, gold, iron ore, polymetallic ores,…
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