Mining company BHP has commenced autonomous drilling at its Spence copper operation in northern Chile. The firm has deployed the Pit Viper 351 model, which is operated remotely from the Spence Control Room located approximately 2km from the mine...
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed nearly all aspects of the water discharge permit for the NorthMet project, overruling six of the seven challenges to the permit made by mining opponents and paving the way for the “reactivation”...
Teck Resources announced an agreement with Caterpillar Inc to work towards deploying 30 of Caterpillar’s zero-emissions large haul trucks at Teck mining operations. Decarbonising Teck’s vehicle fleet represents a significant reduction in Scope 1 emissions as Teck works towards...
Anax Metals Limited has appointed Gekko Systems as process plant design consultant to assist with the design process of a polymetallic sulphide concentrator plant at the Whim Creek copper mine in Western Australia.
The concentrator plant will be designed to...
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd (HCM) has launched ConSite Mine to the global market – a service solution that provides machine analytics to help support the resolution of issues at mining sites by using IoT to remotely monitor mining...
Nornickel has implemented a programme to modernise and upgrade the fleet of mining equipment. The company has purchased unique samples of battery equipment for pilot testing in the conditions of the Zapolyarny mine, the first in Russia.
The Zapolyarny mine...
Magna Mining Inc. has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., whereby the two companies will discuss the possibility of Mitsui acquiring a 10 – 12.5% interest in Magna’s Shakespeare Mine, in exchange...
