Mining news updates

Rio Tinto has awarded Metso an order for 10 HP Series cone crushers to be installed at the Tom Price iron ore mine in Western Australia.

Clean TeQ has been awarded a contract by Heathgate Resources for the design and supply of a Clean-IX U-Column and associated equipment for its uranium processing plant in South Australia.

Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd has announced a fully funded drill programme at the Lobo prospect of the Batangas Gold Project in the Philippines.

Fortuna Silver Mines has confirmed the completion of its acquisition of Chesser Resources, expanding its presence in West Africa to include the Diamba Sud Gold Project in Senegal.

Sigma Lithium has successfully prepared 22 500 t of battery-grade, carbon neutral, zero hazardous chemicals, and zero tailings sustainable lithium at Vitoria Port to be shipped to Glencore.

CleanTech Lithium has announced the results of a scoping study for the Francisco Basin Project, which confirms its potential viability to become the company’s second major project in Chile.

Perseus Mining Ltd has announced an updated life of mine plan (LOMP) for its Yaouré Gold Mine in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.

A Canadian iron ore producer has awarded Metso an order for two powerful Vertimill 4500 grinding mills, to be delivered in 3Q24, for in excess of €10 million.

Magna Mining Inc. has released additional assay results from its ongoing 2023 diamond drilling programme.

Veracio has entered into a binding agreement to acquire pioneers in scanning and data innovators, Minalyze, for a total consideration equal to US$29.3 million.

Komatsu is acquiring certain assets of Matfield Machining to support the growth of its national field service teams, as part of its efforts to enhance its offerings for North American mining customers.

Dave Mueller, Martin Engineering, explains how a sealed conveyor environment improves workplace safety and how skirting can reduce labour costs and overall cost of operation.

Metso has modernised its pilot facility at the Metso Research Center in Pori, Finland, with expanded capabilities for lithium hydroxide and other battery chemicals process testing.

Caterpillar has announced its new Cat 785D Water Solutions Truck, which infuses technology with the Cat water delivery system to offer a smarter way to maintain haul roads.

Metso has expanded its manufacturing capacity of mobile track-mounted crushing and screening equipment in Alwar, India, by opening new manufacturing facilities.

BHP has officially celebrated the shipment of 3 billion t of high-quality iron ore to China, hosting key customer representatives on a tour of its Pilbara and Port Hedland operations and a gala event in Perth.

Together with Luleå University of Technology, and the technology company Algoryx, Epiroc is initiating the ReNAM project to push the development of autonomous mining.

Gold Fields has begun using a comprehensive digital platform from ABB to coordinate production scheduling and execution across its Granny Smith Mine in Western Australia.

Getech has successfully finished an exploration project for Asian Battery Minerals, a participant in the 2023 BHP Xplor accelerator programme, targeting potential nickel deposits in Mongolia.

Mine Vision Systems has appointed Barry Henderson, former CEO of Maptek, and Greg Mulholland, founder and CEO of Citrine Informatics, to its advisory board.

Madison Metals has announced that the uranium market has witnessed a robust upswing this year, vastly outperforming other metals markets, signalling a bull phase for the sector.

Liontown has awarded Monadelphous the ‘wet plant structural, mechanical, and piping’ and ‘electrical and instrumentation’ contracts for its Kathleen Valley Lithium Project.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Boliden have entered into a long-term collaboration to implement autonomous transport solutions at Boliden’s Garpenberg site in Sweden.

Thor Energy has announced that the Government of South Australia has approved the first stage of in-groundwork on the Kapunda copper in-situ recovery project.