- 1. Oyu Tolgoi cost blowout hits Rio Tinto
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- Development costs at Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi underground mine in Mongolia have reportedly blown out by more than a third on its previous estimate. Although the project continues to progress in 2019 ...
- Created on 18 July 2019
- 2. $4m in project funding available to METS companies
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- ... to monitor the location of people and equipment underground; AI technology designed to emulate the role of a mineral processing expert; automated sensor detection for oversised rocks; a METS career pathway ...
- Created on 18 July 2019
- 3. Red River acquires Hillgrove Gold-Antimony Project
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- ... existing processing plant, surface infrastructure, underground development, resource definition drilling and underground mining fleet. Red River has entered into a binding agreement with Bracken Resources ...
- Created on 06 July 2019
- 4. Barminco secures five year, a$800 million contract in botswana
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- Diversified mining services company Ausdrill has announced that its subsidiary, hard-rock underground miner Barminco, has been awarded a five-year underground mining services contract at the Zone 5 Mine ...
- Created on 27 June 2019
- 5. AIMEX Conference looks at the future of mining
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- ... n's presentation on using telepresence technologies for the safe deployment of wireless mesh networks and underground inspection robots in mines, cross-industry learnings from the Oil & Gas industry ...
- Created on 27 June 2019
- 6. Copper demand to double within 20 years could mean miners get ‘more from less’
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- ... and vast armies of advanced sensors would be essential to produce safer, greener copper with minimal impact on people and the environment. “Getting copper out and up from to one or two kilometres underground ...
- Created on 20 June 2019
- 7. Macmahon acquires Orminex’s strategic partner GBF
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- Orminex and Macmahon Holdings have entered into an agreement to acquire underground mining contractor GBF, enabling GBF to potentially expand the Mineral Venture Model into surface mining projects. ...
- Created on 20 June 2019
- 8. GMG publishes new guidelines on SIC
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- The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) has published the Guideline for Implementing Short Interval Control in Underground Mining Operations. Short interval control (SIC) is a structured system in ...
- Created on 14 June 2019
- 9. Newmont completes the Tanami Power Project in Australia
- (Waste to Energy)
- ... people, the Traditional Owners of the land.” Tanami is Australia’s second largest underground gold mine and one of the most cost competitive gold producers in the world. Newmont’s continued exploration ...
- Created on 11 June 2019
- 10. Terramin’s Angas mine site will host Australia’s newest emerging energy storage project
- (Waste to Energy)
- ... deliver more for consumers,” concluded Minister van Holst Pellekaan. The technology works by using electricity from the grid to produce compressed air, which is stored in a purpose-built underground ...
- Created on 11 June 2019
- 11. Research reveals challenges for women in mining
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- ... Until 1986, women were not even permitted underground or to enter mines in Western Australia Yet, a new national ‘women in mining’ survey conducted by the Australasian Institute of Mining ...
- Created on 11 June 2019
- 12. Underground Communications Infrastructure Guidelines, Part III released
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- The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) has published the third part of the underground communications infrastructure guideline suite. Bridging technology with mine safety The ...
- Created on 11 June 2019
- 13. Condamine Resources clears final permitting hurdle
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- ... over 2Moz gold from historical underground mines with an average recovered grade of 16g/t gold. New Zealand’s largest gold producer, OceanaGold, has produced an additional 600koz with its recent open pit, ...
- Created on 06 June 2019
- 14. PYBAR wins gold with underground development contract at Hamlet North
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- Underground mining contractor PYBAR Mining Services has been awarded the contract for the development of the Hamlet North project at Gold Fields’ St Ives gold mine located outside Kambalda, 80 kilometres ...
- Created on 06 June 2019
- 15. CNMC Goldmine’s 1Q2019 earnings more than double
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- ... for the construction of an underground mining facility as well as production expansion infrastructure. As disclosed last year, the Group will commence underground mining at Sokor in 2019 and is studying ...
- Created on 16 May 2019
- 16. Earth Shattering Technologies at the Forefront at Austmine 2019
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- ... underground gold mine. John said, “Mining is adopting new ways of thinking, emerging technologies and using data more intelligently; however, there is a long way to go to see change implemented at scale ...
- Created on 16 May 2019
- 17. Orminex closes on Penny’s Find gold mine
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- ... within the previously announced underground mineral resource reported by gold miner Empire Resources. The underground 2012 JORC compliant mineral resource of 248,000 tonnes at 7.04g/t Au extends from ...
- Created on 09 May 2019
- 18. Austmine 2019 awards finalists announced
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- ... Blasting Trials in Sub-Level Caves • Gold Fields – Underground LTE Network & Mine Evacuation System • PanAust – Diesel Fuel Backloading • PanAust ...
- Created on 26 April 2019
- 19. BMA completes sale of Gregory Crinum Mine
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- ... the Crinum underground mine, Gregory open cut mine, undeveloped coal resources and on-site infrastructure including a coal handling and preparation plant, maintenance workshops and administration facilities. ...
- Created on 28 March 2019
- 20. Newmont completes the Tanami Power Project in Australia safely and on schedule
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- ... people, the Traditional Owners of the land.” Tanami is Australia’s second largest underground gold mine and one of the most cost competitive gold producers in the world. Newmont’s continued exploratio ...
- Created on 21 March 2019