Finance & business

Skelair International has appointed Mike Kincart as its Shotfire and Explosive Supervisor.

FLSmidth has recently appointed the Finnish digitalisation specialist Mikko Tepponen as its new Chief Digital Officer.

Vehicle Management Systems has announced its partnership with TyreSafe Australia to provide real time tyre pressures to a major mining group.

Gran Colombia Gold Corp. has recently completed the spin-off of its Marmato Mining Assets through a reverse takeover transaction.

Rio Tinto will appoint three new independent non-executive directors to the board.

FLSmidth has received an order from Slavkaliy to supply equipment to a new potassium mining and processing facility in Belarus. The contract is valued at approximately DKK360 million and will be booked in 1Q20.

Sparrows Group has secured a contract to manufacture three cranes for Qatargas’ North Field expansion project.

Caterpillar has been chosen to supply and support an autonomous haulage system for Newmont’s Boddington gold mine.

Smartphones, electronic cars, and regenerative energies are a few of the hot topics of today. What they all have in common is battery technology requiring a formerly neglected material: lithium.

Persistence Market Research (PMR) has presented analysis and insights on the global market for mining flotation chemicals.

The UK mining sector has halved its overall investment positions in the EU since the Brexit vote, but earnings have increased by more than £2 billion in that time.

Tenova’s iEAF technology has been awarded a contract by NLMK Ural in Russia.

Roy Hill has signed a contract with Epiroc to automate the Western Australian iron ore miner’s mixed fleet.

Trimble has recently announced that the company has sold its majority ownership of Mining Information Systems to Herga Group.

Fura Gems Inc. has announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement and non-competition agreements with Gemrock Co. Ltd with which Fura Gems will acquire interests in three ruby mining licences/concessions.