Copper mining news
Queensland Resources Council welcomes parliamentary committee visit to mining regions for safety law inquiry
The Queensland State Parliament’s Education, Employment and Small Business Committee has visited the lead, silver, copper and zinc producing region of Mount Isa and will visit an underground mine in Moranbah today.
Anaconda copper mine no longer on EPA’s Emphasis List of Superfund sites
The US Environmental Protection Agency has removes the Anaconda copper mine from its Superfund Emphasis List.
QRC welcomes release of land in Queensland’s North West
1100 km2 of land has been released for exploration, a decision welcomed by the Chief Executive of Queensland Resources Council.
Gekko Systems to supply gravity technology for New Afton copper-gold mine
The company has been engaged by Canadian mining producer New Gold Inc to supply a new InLine Pressure Jig unit.
Epiroc loading and hauling machines used on copper mines in Chile
Atlas Copco has won an order from Pucobre in Chile to strengthen mining productivity.
Atlas Copco wins order from Sociedad Punta del Cobre
The order includes Epiroc loading and hauling machines, which will be used in three copper mines in the Atacama region of Chile.
FLSmidth selected to supply a fourth copper concentrator to KAZ Minerals
KAZ Minerals selects FLSmidth as their technology partner for a new copper concentrator line at its Aktogay open pit copper mine in the Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan.
Australian copper resource released for recovery
A resource containing approximately 119 000 t of copper has been released by Environmental Copper Recovery SA Pty Ltd. and Terramin Australia Limited.
Collahuasi copper mine receives Liebherr T 284
The first Liebherr T 284 has arrived in South America at the Collahuasi copper mine.
4.5 km ropeway connects Turkish mine and valley
The ropeway took up operation in December 2017 and has since been transporting 60 tph of copper ore from the Cerattepe underground copper mine to a river over a distance of 4.5 km.