Mining news updates

As part of its measures to combat COVID-19 in Chile and the O'Higgins region, Codelco will temporarily suspend the construction of the developments that are part of its structural New Level Mine project, Chile.

Rio Silver Inc has announced that its partner Peruvian Metals plans to initiate an exploration and bulk sampling programme on the high-grade gold/silver/copper Palta Dorada project early in 3Q20.

RCT has partnered with Reliable Industries to supply technology solutions to mobile equipment around the world.

International trade in Queensland’s resources has stayed consistent but the impacts from COVID-19 are being realised.

Fosterville South Exploration has announced that the company has accelerated drilling at its Golden Mountain project, Australia.

BHP has announced that it is reducing operations and jobs at its Cerro Colorado copper mine, Chile.

Malvern Panalytical Ltd has been awarded a significant new contract by Scott Technology Ltd, a supplier of sample preparation equipment and provider of complete end-to-end automation solutions

The impact of COVID-19 on the mining industry has been strained by the struggling global automotive industry, which consumes approximately 17% of iron ore globally.

Australian Potash Ltd has advised the details of the planned FY21 drilling programme at the Lake Wells Gold Project, Australia.

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has recently announced that it will create new skilled jobs in regional Queensland through the introduction of 34 autonomous trucks.

Vermeer discusses how its T1255III Terrain Leveler® surface excavation machine (SEM) helped implement precision surface mining at the Boké Mine in Guinea, Africa.

Successful performance tests have been conducted at HeidelbergCement in Couvrot with the 220 SMi 3.8 surface miner from Wirtgen.

Technology Metals Australia Limited has chosen FLSmidth as the preferred supplier of the key roasting kiln section of their Gabanintha vanadium processing plant in Western Australia.

Metso Outotec, a new company with leadership in sustainable minerals and metals processing and recycling technologies, has recently started its operations.

IAMGOLD Corp. confirms that it has received approval for its application under Section 36 of the Fisheries Act for the Côté Gold Project.

The Queensland Resources Council has welcomed the State government’s commitment of lung health checks for mine workers.

Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill and the Government of Mongolia have reached an agreement on the preferred domestic power solution for Oyu Tolgoi.

Technical developments in cleaning mine water have helped the Coal Authority to improve the sustainability of one of its vital treatment schemes.

BHP has partnered with Austmine to launch the its Supplier Innovation Programme across Australia.

The South African mining industry, directly and under the auspices of the Minerals Council South Africa, is seeking to increase its COVID-19 testing capacity, both for companies themselves and in support of the country’s overall testing imperative.

Brokk has announced that it is offering personalised training options.

Codelco has decided to stop smelting at Chuquicamata, decrease the refinery’s endowment to ensure sanity measures and will operate at one third of its capacity.

The opencast coal mine is located in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, India and is one of the major producers of non-coking coal in the country since 1986.

FLSmidth has confirmed the sale of three system packages to Gold Fields Ltd for the Salares Norte project in Chile.