Orvana’s Oroville mine restarts after strike suspended

After nearly three weeks on pause, Orvana Minerals’ Oroville copper-gold mine in northern Spain has restarted operations and production after a strike by truckers’ unions was suspended on 2 April. The strike, which had been in place since 14 March, was over rising fuel prices and working conditions. Orvana said supply chains are being progressively reactivated and it has received…

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Sandvik unveils largest-capacity BEV truck for underground

Sandvik has released what it is calling underground mining’s largest-capacity battery-electric truck, the 65-tonne payload Sandvik TH665B. The unveiling comes just months after the OEM introduced its TH550B 50-tonne BEV at MINExpo International in September 2021 in Las Vegas, when the company said it would be expanding its BEV lineup for trucks and loaders. Read full article from The Asia…

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FLSmidth to outfit Blagodatnoye with IPCC equipment

FLSmidth recently announced it has been selected to supply an in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) outfit for the Polyus Blagodatnoye gold mine in the Krasnoyarsk Territory of eastern Siberia, Russia. The new order includes a semi-mobile crushing station with TSUV gyratory crusher, an apron feeder and a 1.6-kilometre-long overland conveyor to transport material to the concentrator. It has been customised…

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Construction continues as equipment arrives at Altiplano’s El Peñón

Just weeks after receiving approvals for iron recovery and dry stack technology additions at its El Peñón processing facility near La Serena, Chile, Altiplano Metals has received the plant’s magnetic separator and dewatering equipment. The Canadian-based miner said late last week that civil works at the facility, which supports the Farellon iron-oxide-copper-gold mine, have started as four concrete platforms are…

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