Mining

NQ Minerals has secured high grade underground base metal resources at its Hellyer mine in Australia.

Rio Tinto has awarded Perth-based company Mondium a contract valued at approximately AUS$400 million for the design and construction of a mine in Western Australia.

Aramine and Epiroc have joined forces for the distribution of equipment dedicated to underground mines and tunnels in France and several African countries.

Hydraulink has opened a facility in Newman, Western Australia, in response to growth in the Pilbara region.

The World Copper Conference will once again be hosted in Santiago, Chile during CESCO week on March 23 – 25.

According to a report by Fact.MR, the excavator market is expected to grow due to positive growth in the construction industry.

Fact.MR has reported a strong resurgence of end-use industries, spearheaded by mining, especially in Asia Pacific, is creating a highly conducive environment for growth of the wear-resistant steel plates market.

Hexagon Mining has announced the acquisition of Blast Movement Technologies from RCF Jolimont Mining Innovation.

Autonomous solutions provider RCT has completed an automation project for a mining company at its opencast diamond mine in South Africa.

According to GlobalData, a new EU-funded project hopes to improve the commercial viability of mining modest but high-grade critical raw mineral deposits across Europe.

Serabi Gold plc has announced the results from its ongoing surface and underground exploration diamond drilling programme being undertaken on the Sao Chico orebody at its Palito Complex in Brazil.

Doré Copper Mining Corp. has announced that it has entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Joe Mann gold mine located in Québec, Canada.

Rio Tinto has started the process of resuming operations at Richards Bay Minerals in South Africa.

Mineral Mountain Resources has announced that after halting for the holiday period, drilling on its Standby Gold Project (USA) is scheduled to resume on 6 January 2020.

According to a recent report, the global mining lubricants market is projected to grow by US$727.4 million.