Handling & processing

BASF and Moleaer have announced a strategic partnership combining chemical, mineral processing, gas transfer, and nanobubble technology expertise for the mining industry.

Clayton Equipment has secured a contract to supply a fleet of 12 hybrid locomotives to the Shougang Group, the parent company for an iron ore mining operation at Macheng Mine in China.

Weir Minerals has opened a new service supercentre in Almaty, Kazakhstan, expanding local capabilities of engineering and service expertise to accelerate customer support in the region.

ABB and FLSmidth are set to collaborate with the aim of advancing environmental, safety, and productivity solutions for mining customers under a new agreement.

Rio Tinto has started producing spodumene concentrate at a demonstration plant in its Quebec operations, Canada.

Green Lithium has awarded Worley an engineering services contract to support the UK’s first large scale merchant lithium refinery.

Roughly nine months after reaching the 4 billion t autonomously hauled milestone, trucks equipped with Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling have now moved over 5 billion t.

FLSmidth have announced they will supply an overland conveyor system for a major copper-gold mine in Southeast Asia.

PT Vale and Huayou show sustainability commitment by building a new HPAL plant for limonite nickel ore in Luwu Timur.

Metso Outotec has consolidated its minerals testing services in the USA into a single 5500 m2 facility located in York, Pennsylvania.

Thiess has been appointed mining services provider for Fortescue’s Iron Bridge Project in Western Australia.

Rainbow Rare Earths has entered into an agreement with OCP and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University to further investigate the extraction of rare earth elements from phosphogypsum.

Wood has secured a new contract from Enter Engineering to deliver a major capital investment project in Uzbekistan.

Metso Outotec has been awarded an order for a large belt conveyor package for delivery to a mining customer in the Americas.

Fuse Cobalt Inc. has signed a non-binding MOU regarding a cobalt raw material supply agreement with Electra Battery Materials Corp.