During 2018 Putzmeister has launched two new equipment for the application of shotcrete in underground mining: the concrete spraying equipment Wetkret 4 and the low-profile mixer Mixkret 3. Putzmeister’s range of mechanized shotcrete equipment is growing, this time with the addition of Wetkret 4, the next generation of equipment specially designed for underground construction. Wetkret 4 is ideal for narrow galleries in mining, thanks to

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) recently announced that ioneer Ltd. has selected Fluor to deliver its lithium and boron mine outside of Tonopah, Nevada. Fluor will initially provide a definitive feasibility study, and subsequently, engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services as the project progresses. Fluor will book the feasibility study contract value in the fourth quarter of 2018 and expects to book the full EPCM contract

Two production milestone units are ready to roll off the line at MacLean Engineering’s Collingwood, Ontario manufacturing facility: SL3 Scissor Lift #200 and BT3 Boom Truck #100, going to mines in Quebec and British Columbia, respectively. “We’re known for our bolters and increasingly our battery electric fleet offer, especially in Canadian mining, so it’s fitting that our two utility vehicle production milestones are units being

Volvo Trucks has just signed a landmark agreement with Brønnøy Kalk AS in Norway to provide its first commercial autonomous solution transporting limestone from an open pit mine to a nearby port. The solution for Brønnøy Kalk AS consists of limestone being transported by six autonomous Volvo FH trucks on a five kilometer stretch through tunnels between the mine itself and the crusher. Tests of

Sandvik has received a strategic order to implement a major digital transformation at Hindustan Zinc’s Sindesar Khurd (SK) mine in India based on its software platform Sandvik OptiMine®. It will be one of the most comprehensive digital offerings globally in the mining industry, enabling an integrated mine management solution for the entire mobile underground fleet.  “Our industry-leading OEM-independent OptiMine® digital platform facilitates Hindustan Zinc achieving

BlueRock Diamonds plc, the AIM listed diamond mining company which owns and operates the Kareevlei Diamond Mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa (“Kareevlei”), is pleased to announce an update on KV1, one of its five known diamondiferous kimberlite pipes at Kareevlei. BlueRock is currently mining from two pipes at Kareevlei: KV1 and KV2.  It has now processed the first Level 1 (10m to

Emmerson Plc, the Moroccan focused potash development company, is pleased to release a summary of the results of its recently completed Scoping Study for the Company’s 100% owned Khemisset Potash Project located in northern Morocco (“Khemisset” or “the Project”).  A report detailing the full findings of the Scoping Study is available to view on the Company website here: https://www.emmersonplc.com/investors/corporate-documents/. The Scoping Study was managed by