Foran Mining has chosen a battery-electric vehicle fleet from Sandvik for its McIlvenna project in Saskatchewan, Canada, as it prepares the site to be the first carbon-neutral copper development in the world. Sandvik’s biggest BEV fleet to date will include seven Sandvik LH518B loaders, six Sandvik TH550B trucks, four Sandvik DD422iE jumbos, two Sandvik DL422iE longhole drills and one Sandvik…
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Monarch Mining has produced the first gold bar from its Beaufor operation and Beacon Mill east of Val-d’Or, Quebec, and is reporting enviable progress from the new mine. The Quebec-based company said the first bar is a significant milestone for Beaufor since its listing in January of last year. To date, it has stockpiled 23,914 tonnes of ore averaging 4.76…
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Teck Resources and PolyMet Mining have agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture named NewRange Copper Nickel to advance PolyMet’s NorthMet project and Teck’s Mesaba mineral deposit.
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American Resources has commenced production at its Carnegie 2 underground metallurgical coal operation in Pike County, Ky., ahead of schedule and with offtake that is already committed.
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Global off-highway tire manufacturer Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) has named Douglas C. Kershaw as president of its U.S. subsidiary BKT USA, one of several leadership appointments effective August 1.
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Emerging lithium-boron supplier ioneer has signed a binding offtake supply agreement with Ford Motor Company. Under the agreement, ioneer will supply Ford with lithium carbonate from its Rhyolite Ridge project in Nevada.
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Canadian miner Equinox Gold has confirmed the team from its Mesquite operation in California have recorded their five millionth ounce as of July 20.
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Rio Tinto said it has earmarked US$188 million to upgrade its Alma smelter in Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec to boost its production by 202,000 tonnes annually. The project, which is projected to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2025, will include an expansion of the existing casting center to accommodate new equipment, including a casting pit and furnaces – which in…
Read MoreThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is planning free, confidential black lung screenings to coal miners in August in Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia. Screenings are provided through the NIOSH mobile testing unit at convenient community and mine locations. All coal miners – current, former, underground, surface, and those under contract – are welcome to participate. Participation…
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Epiroc said it has won a large order from silver and gold producer Fresnillo for a variety of underground mining equipment and automation solutions to be used at five of its mines in Mexico.
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