Finance & business

SafeAI has announced US$21 million in Series A funding, led by Builders VC, following a year of significant company growth.

Bacanora Lithium has released an update covering the Zinnwald acquisition of Deutsche Lithium, its Sonora Lithium site activities, and its debt facility agreement with RK Mine Finance.

Wärtsilä and Schneider Electric have together developed a power system reference design, specifically aimed at lithium mine operations where there is no access to a grid supply of electricity.

Rio Tinto’s new Gudai-Darri Iron Ore mine in Western Australia will utilise simulation-based training solutions from Immersive Technologies to address the workforce development challenges within autonomous haulage operations.

Modern Mining & Technology Sudbury (MMTS) has launched its first MMTS Bursary Program that will offer students enrolment full-time in a minimum 2-year undergraduate, graduate, technology or skilled trades programme at either Laurentian University, Cambrian College, or College Boreal.

NRW Holdings Limited has announced that a letter of intent has been received from Karara Mining Ltd to award a contract for the mining services works at the Karara Iron Ore mine in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

Vista Gold Corp. has received the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority Certificate and Surface Water Extraction License for its Mt Todd gold project, Northern Territory, Australia.

LKAB will, after approval by the Swedish Competition Authority, acquire 75% of the shares in Bergteamet AB.

Metso Outotec has signed a contract for the delivery of an iron ore beneficiation and travelling grate pelletising plant to Africa.

Kainantu Resources Ltd has announced the execution of definitive agreements to acquire control of the May River Project in the world-renowned copper-gold district of Frieda River, Papua New Guinea.

Themed ‘Together, we’re mining better,’ Caterpillar’s MINExpo 2021 experience celebrates the company’s partnership with mines and the ways it assists customers to mine more efficiently, effectively, safely, and sustainably.

RPMGlobal has announced that it has entered into an acquisition agreement for the environmental, social, and governance services company, Nitro Solutions Pty Ltd.

Weir Minerals Africa has installed a Linatex® 808 hard wall rubber hose with wear indicator system to reduce downtime and operating costs at Namdeb’s Sendelingsdrift treatment plant in Namibia.

AVZ Minerals Ltd has advised that its 100% owned DRC subsidiary company, Nyuki Logistics Company SASU, has secured a renewable 25-year lease on a 1227 ha. site located near the town of Kabondo Dianda.

Yamana Gold has announced that it has agreed to acquire from Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. the Francoeur, Arntfield and Lac Fortune gold properties adjoining the company’s Wasamac project, as well as additional claims in the Beuchastel township to the east of the Wasamac project, Canada.