Handling & processing

PJSC Polyus has successfully completed the expansion of the Verninskoye mill’s throughput capacity.

LKAB is cutting back on planned maintenance work as the maintenance season begins, including in both Kiruna and Malmberget.

First Quantum Minerals Ltd has agreed to sell an equity interest in the Ravensthorpe Nickel Operation, Western Australia, to POSCO.

CMOC, ERG and Glencore, in collaboration with Umicore, are piloting ReISource, a solution to trace responsibly produced cobalt from the mine to the electric car.

Centerra Gold has initiated binding arbitration against the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, in order to enforce its rights under longstanding investment agreements.

Nornickel has announced that it has restored full ore mining capacity at its Oktyabrsky underground mine.

Firefinch Ltd has announced that opencast mining operations have commenced at the Morila Gold Mine in Mali.

Iluka Resources has received a letter from the Australian Government regarding the fully integrated rare earths refinery it is developing at Eneabba, Western Australia.

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has launched two new resources to support continual improvement in the safe and transparent management of tailings facilities.

FLSmidth vacuum disc filters are playing an important role in preparing tailings slurry for a backfill application at a new copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

ABB is due to install haul truck trolley assist infrastructure to help Copper Mountain achieve a more than 50% reduction in carbon intensity in the medium-term, with a final target of zero by 2035.

Epiroc has won an order from Rio Tinto for mining equipment to be used in the company’s iron ore mines in the Pilbara region in Australia.

Kazatomprom has announced the signing of an SPA for the sale of a 49% share of Ortalyk LLP to a subsidiary of CGNPC.

Sierra Metals’ Board of Directors has approved investment in the construction of a magnetite processing plant at the company’s Bolivar Mine in Mexico.

Anglo American plc has published its production report for the first quarter ended 31 March 2021.