- 1. Cowal turns tables to underground
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- Evolution Mining has confirmed that, three months ahead of schedule, it has achieved the start of underground production at its Cowal gold mine in New South Wales, Australia. Officials said the first ...
- Created on 20 March 2023
- 2. Oyu Tolgoi owners mark start of underground production
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- Rio Tinto and the Mongolian government – both owners of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in the South Gobi region of Mongolia – have officially commemorated the start of underground production from ...
- Created on 13 March 2023
- 3. Newcrest trialing 4G, 5G at Cadia
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- Gold miner Newcrest has partnered with Ericsson and Telstra Purple to deploy a private 4G LTE and 5G trial network for the underground operations of its Cadia Valley operations in New South Wales. Testing ...
- Created on 27 February 2023
- 4. Oz Minerals, Epiroc boost traffic flows at Carrapateena
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- ... of optimising haulage flows, and the two opted to implement Mobilaris Mining Intelligence to digitise the mine. "We saw potential to remove some of the constraints we have underground,” superintenden ...
- Created on 14 February 2023
- 5. Sumitomo brings in Sandvik to automate Hishikari
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- Sumitomo Metals’ Hishikari underground mine in the Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, has become the country’s first mine using automated loading technology thanks to the operator’s partnership with Sandvik. ...
- Created on 30 January 2023
- 6. Rio Tinto told to keep Oyu Tolgoi within budget
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- Mongolia has asked its partner Rio Tinto to stay within an estimated $7.06 billion budget for the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine’s underground expansion, reported Reuters. The project is behind ...
- Created on 30 January 2023
- 7. K92 appoints Medilek president, Uyen to COO
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- ... Holdings, where he was executive general manager of underground operations. Prior to this, Uyen was general manager of Eldorado Gold’s White Mountain gold mine in China. Canadian-based K92 Mining produces ...
- Created on 09 January 2023
- 8. King of the Hills reaches summit
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- ... November (prior to the shutdown) averaged above 95%, with average mill throughput of 611 tonnes per operating hour/13,916 tonnes per day. The KOTH open pit and underground mines are well-resourced and ...
- Created on 16 December 2022
- 9. BluVein facilitates electrification of heavy-duty mining
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- ... typical two- to three-hour downtime associated with existing vehicle charging and charge bay infrastructure. The company’s BlueVein technology is designed to electrify underground mining via a trolley ...
- Created on 12 December 2022
- 10. Jan Flynn keeps heavy equipment moving
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- ... delivering similar services for many years. I actually started working in the mining industry, both surface and underground when I was much younger and have worked in a number of roles until owning my ...
- Created on 12 December 2022
- 11. 10 largest underground mining projects in Oceania
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- Here are the 10 largest underground mining projects by production in Oceania in 2021, according to GlobalData’s mining database. 1. Cadia Mine The Cadia Mine is a gold mining project in New South ...
- Created on 12 December 2022
- 12. Pantoro, Tulla pour first gold at Norseman
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- ... operations. Mill throughput will ramp up to nameplate capacity, 125 tonnes per hour, over this quarter. Officials said that mining operations at the Scotia Mining Centre open pits and the OK underground ...
- Created on 18 October 2022
- 13. K92’s Kainantu operating normally after PNG quake
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- ... was determined to be about 65 kilometres east of the mine site and at a depth of 90km. Per the mine’s protocols, operations were temporarily suspended for a complete inspection of the underground workings, ...
- Created on 21 September 2022
- 14. Morning Star online again with recommissioned plant
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- Australian junior miner White Rock Minerals has re-commissioned the gold processing plant at its Morning Star underground gold mine in Victoria and is once again recovering gold concentrate. The company ...
- Created on 30 August 2022
- 15. OceanaGold places four in executive leadership shakeup
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- ... s and the ELT, effective immediately. There, he will continue leading the Haile operation's transformation and development of the Haile Underground once permitted. "I am delighted to welcome Peter Sh ...
- Created on 27 July 2022
- 16. Westgold puts shine on Fender
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- ... the next 12-18 months Fender can contribute more to our growth aspirations.” The company also feels that there is a “compelling” business case for Fender to take on underground development. “Fender ...
- Created on 16 July 2022
- 17. MINING TECHNOLOGY
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- ... the abrasiveness of the material being crushed,” said Blundell. UNDERGROUND MINES ARE NO PLACE TO LOSE YOUR HEAD WHEN CUTTING ROCK OR COAL Underground mines, descending sometimes kilometres ...
- Created on 28 June 2022
- 18. REDUCING TAILINGS
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- ... deposit. For copper and gold mining, open pit mines produce around 90% of tailings compared to underground mines. While for nickel, open pit mines produce 55% of tailings. When looking at ore and deposit ...
- Created on 27 June 2022
- 19. Develop comes into focus with A$400M Bellevue contract
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- The underground services division of Australian-based Develop has been awarded a four-year mining contract worth A$400 million with Bellevue Gold for the latter’s namesake operation in Western Australia. ...
- Created on 21 April 2022
- 20. Sandvik unveils largest-capacity BEV truck for underground
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- Sandvik has released what it is calling underground mining’s largest-capacity battery-electric truck, the 65-tonne payload Sandvik TH665B. The unveiling comes just months after the OEM introduced its ...
- Created on 12 April 2022