Mining news updates

Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, has announced a new collaboration with Mimosa Mine and Mine Elect to support the mine’s ongoing modernisation programme in Zimbabwe.

Australasian Metals Limited has announced that it has entered into a Binding Option Agreement with Firering Strategic Minerals plc to acquire majority interests in the highly-prospective Atex Lithium-Tantalum Project and the Alliance Lithium Project in Côte d'Ivoire.

Hexagon has announced the global launch of its next-generation Vehicle Intervention System (VIS), an advanced safety solution designed to help surface mining operations prevent collisions before they occur.

ABB has secured an order from LKAB to provide medium and low voltage switchgear for the company's new sorting plant in Malmberget, northern Sweden.

Normet, a global technology company serving the underground mining and tunnelling industries, has celebrated the grand opening of its new Technology Centre in Pirkkala, Finland.

Sandvik introduces its Toro® TH663i I Gen2 underground truck, the latest evolution of its proven 63 tonne haulage platform.

As industries face growing labour shortages and increasing productivity demands, Caterpillar Inc. is collaborating with FieldAI to advance physical AI, autonomy, and robotics that help jobsites and factories operate safer and more efficiently.

Jennmar has announced it has entered into a long-term partnership with Outokumpu Corporation, the global leader in sustainable stainless steel, to supply ground control products for the Kemi Mine, the largest underground mine in Finland and Europe’s only operational chrome mine.

FLSmidth (FLS) has announced that it has signed a lifecycle agreement with Lloyds Metals and Energy Limited (LMEL), one of the leading iron ore mining and metals processing companies in India.

Epiroc AB, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has won a large order from global mining company MMG Limited for underground equipment for a major copper mine in Botswana.

Deswik, part of Sandvik Mining, has launched Deswik NOVA, a new surface mine planning solution designed to help mining companies simplify increasingly complex planning workflows by bringing mining, blending, and haulage together in a single integrated environment.

Metso and the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) have signed an agreement covering the engineering and delivery of process technology for GTK Mintec’s new pilot plant in Outokumpu, Finland.

Boliden AB and Votorantim S.A. have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Boliden will acquire all of Votorantim's shares in Nexa Resources S.A.

Metso has signed an agreement with Aldridge Mineral Madencilik A.S., a subsidiary of CVK Mining Operations Industry and Trade Inc. (CVK Madencilik), for the supply of key minerals processing equipment for the Yenipazar polymetallic mining project in Türkiye.

Fully electric haulage system Railveyor has been incorporated into multiple key elements of NioCorp’s updated feasibility study for its Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project in Nebraska.

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply five Wärtsilä 32 engines for a captive power plant to be installed at the Diamba Sud Gold Project in Senegal.

Troilus Mining Corp. has announced the selection of Metso Corporation for the first phase of major process equipment procurement for the gold-copper Troilus Project in north-central Québec.

Sandvik has received an order from Kamoa Copper S.A. to supply 19 Toro® trucks and loaders to the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines and Zijin Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Weir has launched the WARMAN® MCR²® mill circuit pump, the latest evolution in WARMAN® mill circuit pumping technology, developed to help mineral processing operations respond to more complex ores, higher throughput requirements, and tougher operating conditions with greater control.

Cornish Lithium has awarded Halliburton the contract to provide integrated well services for its Cross Lanes Geothermal Lithium Project in Cornwall.

Greenstone Resources Corporation (Greenstone) has taken delivery of eight New Generation Volvo A40 articulated haulers from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), supplied through dealer Civic Merchandising.

TOMRA Mining has been awarded a contract by Pilgangoora Operations Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of PLS Group Limited (PLS), for the supply of sensor-based ore sorting equipment for the proposed P2000 Expansion Project (P2000 Project) at the Pilgangoora Operation in Western Australia.

As a potentially strong El Niño event develops, mining companies face an increasingly difficult question: how do they prepare for adverse weather risks that can vary significantly from one site to another?

Metso has signed an agreement to acquire peristaltic hose pump and progressive cavity pump technologies, as well as related aftermarket spare parts and service offering capabilities, from Valmet, a global technology leader in serving process industries.