Handling & processing

Metso has expanded its manufacturing capacity of mobile track-mounted crushing and screening equipment in Alwar, India, by opening new manufacturing facilities.

Liontown has awarded Monadelphous the ‘wet plant structural, mechanical, and piping’ and ‘electrical and instrumentation’ contracts for its Kathleen Valley Lithium Project.

Ivanhoe Electric has announced the results from the initial assessment for the Santa Cruz Copper Project, located west of Casa Grande, Arizona.

Infinity Lithium Corp. Ltd has provided an update on the outcome of successful test work relating to the evaluation of alternative extractive technologies.

Rainbow has signed a strategic supply agreement with Less Common Metals to develop a responsible Western supply chain for rare earth elements.

Epiroc is continuing its successful partnership with Kamoa Copper SA in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, having won its largest-ever order.

Rainbow Rare Earths has announced that the front end of the Phalaborwa pilot plant in South Africa has successfully produced its first batch of mixed rare earth sulfate.

Gekko Systems has achieved a major milestone with the commencement of commercial production at the Dolphin Tungsten Mine on King Island.

CleanTech Lithium, an exploration and development company advancing sustainable lithium projects in Chile, has provided an update on the commissioning of its DLE pilot plant.

Hyundai Motor Group has announced the signing of an MOU with Korea Zinc for a comprehensive collaboration across the nickel value chain.

Alien Metals has announced that its subsidiary, IOCA, has selected Rapid Crushing as its preferred supplier to undertake crushing and screening operations at its Hancock Iron Ore Project.

Draslovka has executed a user license with Bayan Airag Exploration in Mongolia for the world’s first application of its proprietary glycine gold leaching process, GlyCat.

At BHP’s Newman Operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, iron ore extraction and loading are being reimagined through innovative technology.

E3 Lithium Ltd has successfully produced lithium carbonate, the last major step in a conventional process before conversion to battery quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate.

Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd, the renewable energy producer and carbon neutral lithium developer, has commenced commissioning at its lithium extraction optimisation plant (LEOP).