Handling & processing

After receiving Board approval to restart its Ngungaju Plant, Pilbara Minerals is gearing up to increase its lithium production in response to strong demand conditions.

Rio Tinto has partnered with Schneider Electric to drive decarbonisation through a circular and sustainable market ecosystem.

Two iron ore miners, one in West Africa and the other in Canada, are looking to increase their plant efficiency with high capacity bulk material handling solutions from FLSmidth.

The mining and processing project of the Upper Zone of the Cukaru Peki Copper and Gold Mine of Serbia Zijin Mining Doo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zijin Mining, has recently entered the trial production stage.

NLMK Group has signed an MOI for a new metals and mining facility at the Stoilensky Mining and Beneficiation plant.

Mapa Group has awarded Metso Outotec a contract for the delivery of key grinding technology to its gold mine expansions in Liberia and Burkina Faso.

Chloe Kirby, Blue Label labs, explains what the digital transformation in mining looks like and how it is proving to be the positive change companies need in 2021 and beyond.

FLSmidth has been selected to supply the majority of the key mineral processing technologies for a major copper producer in the Atacama Region of Chile.

Ivanhoe Mines has announced the start of copper concentrate production at the Phase 1 Kamoa-Kakula Mine, several months ahead of schedule.

Fluor Corporation’s Mining & Metals business has announced that its construction delivery scope was achieved on budget and on schedule for BHP’s South Flank iron ore project.

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.