US mining news

Bowman has been awarded more than US$1.7 million in two new engineering and survey contracts for separate mining projects in Southern Arizona.

The directors of Thor Energy Plc have announced that all approvals have been granted for drilling at the company’s Wedding Bell and Radium Mountain projects.

American Pacific Mining Corp. has provided an update on the ongoing activities at its Palmer Project near Haines, Alaska.

Excelsior Mining Corp. has entered into an option agreement with Nuton LLC, a Rio Tinto venture, to further evaluate the use of its copper heap leaching technologies at Excelsior's Johnson Camp mine in Cochise County, Arizona.

Wood has appointed Jesús Pulido as Operations Director of its US Minerals & Metals business.

The state-of-the-art facility will manufacture zero-emission products for heavy-duty applications in mining and rail.

Micromine has successfully implemented its innovative fleet management system (FMS) and mine control solution, Micromine Pitram, at Nevada Gold Mines’ new Goldrush underground mine.

Metso has been awarded orders for the delivery of grinding plant equipment to Origin Mining Co., LLC’s brownfield Mineral Park Mill Restart Project in the US.

An incremental approach was devised to minimise the system installation loss-time impact on mining operations for bringing nearly 100 trucks plus more than 40 supporting dozers, shovels and drills online with MineStar Fleet.

Rio Tinto is investing in its Kennecott to strengthen its supply of copper in the US by increasing production from underground mining and improving the health of key assets.