Handling & processing

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.

QMC Quantum Minerals Corp. has announced that it has received a 2021 work permit for its Irgon Lithium Mine Project.

The University of Birmingham has purchased a laboratory-scale Rare Earth Roll Separator from Bunting for their School of Metallurgy and Minerals lithium-ion battery recycling research facility.

Benedikt Sobotka, CEO of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), has commented on how the copper market is shaping up so far in 2021.

A year after the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Benedikt Sobotka, ERG, reflects on the lessons learnt about the role of the mining sector in shaping the global economic landscape post-pandemic.

FLSmidth has been chosen to provide two gyratory crushers and three apron feeders to a copper and gold mine in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile.

Salt Lake Potash Limited (SO4) has announced the commencement of process plant commissioning at its Lake Way Project near Wiluna, Western Australia.

Metso Outotec has received an order for a heavy-duty mine conveyor system in South America.

Condor Gold has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase a new semiautogenenuous mill package from First Majestic Silver Corp.

Vale has started operation of the tailings filtration plant located at the Vargem Grande Complex, the first of four filtration plants to be operated at Vale’s sites in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

BCLP has advised Vision Blue Resources on its investments in NextSource Materials and Ferro-Alloy Resources.

Osisko Mining Inc. has placed an order for grinding equipment and ancillaries from FLSmidth for its Windfall gold project.

Rio Tinto will begin construction on a new plant that will recover tellurium, a critical mineral used in solar panels, from copper refining at its Kennecott mine near Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.