Mining

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.

Maxam has been awarded with the supply of blasting solutions in Chile’s Lomas Bayas mine.

Anglo American’s Quellaveco copper mine in Peru is undergoing workforce-based development to help it become autonomous.

Analysis from Frost & Sullivan has shown that mining water and wastewater treatment solution providers with closed-loop systems and digitalisation will experience higher growth opportunities.

Fact MR has reported that the demand for compact excavators is expected to gain traction over the next 6 years.