Mining

The company’s Turkish subsidiary has been granted a pastureland permit for the Öksüt project in central Turkey.

Atlas Copco buys Australia-based Hy-Performance Fluid Power in a deal expected to be completed in 1Q18.

Hunt is also assessing the metallurgy of the gold and silver veins at its La Josefina project.

Indicated and inferred resources have been estimated at approximately 38 300 oz and 30 300 oz respectively.

Hudbay Minerals acquires the Caballito, Maria Reyna and Kusiorcco mining properties.

Over 80% of the Fort Hills project’s plant is now operational amd has safely run at full capacity through test runs over the last four months.

The US National Mining Association’s CORESafety® participating companies complete 2017 with zero fatalities.

GFG Alliance agrees to purchase Glencore’s Tahmoor metallurgical coal mine in New South Wales, Australia.

Gruyere JV sign a five-year, AUS$400 million mining services contract with Downer EDI Ltd for the Gruyere gold project.

Autonomous Solutions Inc. collaborates with Enaex to expand its MOBIUS software for mining platforms to include blasting functionality.

Caterpillar and Rio Tinto to retrofit Cat trucks for autonomous operation at Marandoo iron ore mine in Australia.

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change has announced the federal Cabinet’s approval of the Murray River mining project in British Columbia, following a federal environmental assessment.

CSA Global and Whittle Consulting partner together offer Integrated Strategic Planning services in and around Europe and West Africa.

Wenco International Mining Systems and Hitachi Construction Machinery complete successful trial of autonomous mine haul trucking programme.

ABB releases a new water-cooled marine motor designed for general industry applications.