Finance & business

Propeller has recently announced that it has raised US$18 million in Series B funding.

Bis has been awarded a major contract by Roy Hill at its iron ore mine in the east Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Decipher has partnered with K2fly to evaluate an integrated monitoring and governance platform for tailings.

Nokia has announced that Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology will deploy a Nokia 5G SA industrial-grade private wireless network at its test mine in Tampere, Finland.

Rajant Corp. has appointed Emcom AS as a new distributor for its Kinetic Mesh wireless networks across Scandinavia.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology augments autonomous mining capabilities through a partnership with Exyn Technologies Inc.

IAMGOLD Corporation, with joint venture partner Sumitomo Metal Mining, has announced the decision to proceed with the construction of the Côté Gold Project.

Nornickel, a producer of palladium, nickel, platinum and copper, has announced that it will continue to support its employees and regions of operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In another boost to Queensland’s position as a hub for cross-sector technology and innovation, the state’s first cohort of businesses in the Quantum Technology Exchange initiative have been announced.

Yamana Gold Inc. has announced it is in the advanced stages of the application process for the admission of the company’s common shares to the standard segment of the Official List and to trading on the LSE’s Main Market.

Pensana Rare Earths Plc has announced that it has entered into a heads of agreement with China Great Wall Industry Corporation for the purposes of co-operating together for the company’s rare earths Longonjo Project in Angola.

MOGAS Industries, Inc. recently completed the acquisition of assets of Watson Valve, a Houston-based turn-key manufacturer of severe service valves, to include repairs and coating services.

The Australian government’s AUS$2 billion JobTrainer skills package will help the nation's minerals employers to boost the rate of economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Metso Minerals has signed a contract with Lynas Kalgoorlie Pty Ltd for the supply of a large rotary kiln and combustion system for baking rare earth elements.

Waqas A. Aziz and Tariq Zaman Khan report on the current state of Pakistan’s mining sector.