Handling & processing

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.

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.