
Chuquicamata to stop smelting
Codelco has decided to stop smelting at Chuquicamata, decrease the refinery’s endowment to ensure sanity measures and will operate at one third of its capacity.
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Codelco has decided to stop smelting at Chuquicamata, decrease the refinery’s endowment to ensure sanity measures and will operate at one third of its capacity.

FLSmidth can confirm the sale of three system packages to Gold Fields Limited for the Salares Norte project in Chile.

FLSmidth has confirmed the sale of three system packages to Gold Fields Ltd for the Salares Norte project in Chile.

The broadening of political support for carbon capture, utilisation and storage is a big step along the path towards least-cost emissions reduction in Australia.

Caterpillar Inc. has recently announced that they have acquired select assets and hired employees from San Francisco, USA, based robot and autonomy technology solutions company, Marble Robot Inc.

The Zero Emission Copper Mine of the Future by the University of Sydney’s Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering sets out how Australian copper mining can become emission free over the next 30 years through the use of emerging technologies.

By investing in new technologies such as TOMRA’s sensor-based sorting, mining companies can take new approaches to extract natural commodities in an energy-efficient and resource-conserving manner.

Fosterville South has announced assays from multiple wide intercepts of high-grade gold near surface from initial shallow scout drilling at the recently commenced Golden Mountain drilling programme.

Hexagon’s Mining division and Proudfoot have announced a new partnership, which helps to de-risk mine operations, so equipment is protected, and everyone goes home safely.

Dormer Pramet has reached an agreement to acquire the entire business of the Indian company Miranda Tools, comprising manufacture of High Speed Steel and solid carbide round tools.

The National Mining Association has offered its support for US Senator John Barrasso’s (R-Wy.) ‘Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Reauthorization Act of 2020.’

Codelco has stopped the construction of all its projects in the Antofagasta Region and will operate the Chuquicamata Division only with Calama workers.