In November 2019, local gunmen killed 37 employees of Canadian miner Semafo who were travelling to work at the Boungou mine in Burkina Faso, raising awareness of the dangers faced by mining majors operating in foreign countries.
Caterpillar has been chosen to supply and support an autonomous haulage system for Newmont’s Boddington gold mine.
Eurasian Resources Group is considering the construction of a lithium-ion battery precursor plant, to be exclusively supplied with cobalt hydroxide from its Metalkol RTR facility in the DRC.
Smartphones, electronic cars, and regenerative energies are a few of the hot topics of today. What they all have in common is battery technology requiring a formerly neglected material: lithium.
Persistence Market Research (PMR) has presented analysis and insights on the global market for mining flotation chemicals.
The UK mining sector has halved its overall investment positions in the EU since the Brexit vote, but earnings have increased by more than £2 billion in that time.
Rio Tinto has approved a US$98 million (100% basis) investment in a new solar plant at the Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, Australia.
Roy Hill has signed a contract with Epiroc to automate the Western Australian iron ore miner’s mixed fleet.
The new Cat trolley assist system for Cat electric drive mining trucks is now available.
Eka’s modular platform, built on Amazon Web Services, provides 50+ enterprise apps across trading and risk, supply chain and financial management.
Aton Resources Inc. has announced the approval of a mining license at its Abu Marawat Concession area, Egypt.
Fura Gems Inc. has announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement and non-competition agreements with Gemrock Co. Ltd with which Fura Gems will acquire interests in three ruby mining licences/concessions.
Trigon Metals Inc. has announced that Trigon Mining (Namibia) Ltd, Trigon’s 80% owned subsidiary, has been awarded a new exclusive prospecting licence no. 7525 by the Ministry of Mines and Energy in Namibia.
Future Market Insights has reported how the sales of mining lubricants can be expected to soar steadily through 2029, with the coal mining sector accounting for nearly 58% of global market revenues.
Newport Gold Inc. has announced an upcoming drilling programme at its wholly owned Manitou claim, located in the Burnt Basin property in the Greenwood Mining division in British Columbia, Canada.