February 2025

Four 72 t payload fully electric SANY SKT105E wide body mining trucks have been deployed at Barrick’s Kibali Gold Mine in DRC, in what is described as a “groundbreaking first” for the customer, mining contractor DTP…

Metso is investing in the expansion of its screening solutions in China. The initial investment includes an agreement to acquire the screening business, operations and key assets of Selm (Beijing) Technology Co Ltd, a privately owned…

Rio2 Ltd has announced the celebration of the official start of construction of its Fenix Gold Mine located in the Maricunga Gold Belt of the Atacama Region. The event held on February 6, was attended by the Honorable Aurora Williams…

Against the backdrop of the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore caught up with FLS CEO Mikko Keto to talk about Saudi Arabia’s huge growth potential that long term could mirror the level of mining growth being…

End-of-life, off the road (OTR) mining tyres in Western Australia’s Pilbara region will now be recycled instead of buried, thanks to Tyrecycle opening what is says is an Australian first, purpose-built facility in Port Hedland. Tyrecycle’s…

Sparc Technologies has announced the execution of an agreement with BHP Mitsubishi Alliance to conduct a collaborative field trial involving testing of an ecosparc® enhanced coating in coal handling and processing plant (CHPP)…

To enhance precision and efficiency in mineral processing operations, Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced the Thermo Scientific Elescan XRF-100 Online Multi-Stream Elemental Slurry Analyzer. The analyser supplies real-time elemental…

Continental is set to showcase several high-end technology solutions for the extraction of mineral resources at MINEXCHANGE, the SME Annual Conference and Expo being held February 23-26, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Continental’s premium…

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) says the implementation of an artificial intelligence project focused on a smart machine vision system for steel belt monitoring has saved it over $300,000 in production costs within three months of the…

An RCT client based in Western Australia’s Pilbara region is now operating Caterpillar 349D excavators equipped with RCT’s Automation, complete with rock breaker and back scratch attachments, the company reports. The technology enables…