Services company SRG Global has secured multiple contracts with existing mining clients across Western Australia. The company has entered into a five-year term contract for maintenance services associated with the continuous enhancement of Bauxite Residue Disposal Area embankments as well as other civil services with South32 at the Worsley Alumina bauxite and alumina refinery operations in the southwest region of…
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Engineering company Monadelphous Group has secured new contracts and several extensions for projects in Western Australia totaling A$160 million. The Australian-based company was awarded two one-year contract extensions for fixed plant maintenance services and sustaining capital projects across Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations in the Pilbara region. It has also secured a fabrication, supply, installation and commissioning contract at Rio…
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FLSmidth has received an order to deliver five AFP2500 concentrate and tailings filters to South32’s Hermosa critical minerals project in southern Arizona. The equipment will help the miner minimize the operation’s environmental impact. Read the full story here.
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Metso has been selected as the supplier to deliver grinding plant equipment for South32’s Hermosa project in southern Arizona. Full story.
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South32, owner of the Hermosa manganese-zinc mine, has selected Nogales, Ariz., as home to its remote operations center following a two-year analysis of options. Full story.
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South32 withdrew its forecast for Australian manganese output after it was forced to temporarily suspend operations at its Groote Eylandt Mining Co (GEMCO) unit due to Tropical Cyclone Megan, reported Reuters. The diversified miner initially forecasted a production of 3.4 million wet metric tons (amt) of manganese in fiscal 2024, slightly lower than the 3.5 million amt output in fiscal…
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Australian miner South32 has agreed to sell its Illawarra metallurgical coal business for $1.65 billion, exiting the coal market to focus on copper and zinc opportunities, reported Reuters. Illawarra is being sold to a consortium led by Golden Energy and Resources and M Resources. The deal comprises an upfront cash payment of $1.05 billion at completion, and a deferred cash…
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Western Australia-based South32 said its subsidiary South32 Eagle Downs has agreed to divest its 50% interest in the Eagle Downs metallurgical coal project in Queensland to a Stanmore Resources subsidiary. The miner, which owns the project along with China Baowu subsidiary Aquila Resources, is divesting its interest for US$15 million. The transaction is expected to be completed by year’s end.…
Read MoreSouth32 revealed in its quarterly production and earnings report this week that it will be placing its Cerro Matoso nickel operation in Colombia under a strategic review following a reduction in prices paired with a production shortfall. The complex’s payable nickel production in 2H23 was 18.3 million tonnes, down 10%, despite the miner’s outlook of 40.5Mt full-year while eyeing higher…
Read MoreA group of students and instructors from across multiple disciplines from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) were selected as one of seven finalists in NASA’s 2023 Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-Changing Idea (BIG Idea) Challenge: Lunar Forge. Full story.
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