South Africa’s Exxaro Resources is reviewing what the mine of the future could look like amid a modernisation drive, Exxaro CEO Ben Magara pointed out in response to Mining Weekly during a media question-and-answer session, with opportunities being created for...
Highland Copper has garnered final approval by the Michigan Strategic Fund for a $50-million performance-based grant to develop the Copperwood project, in Michigan. The funding is being awarded under the state’s Strategic Site Readiness Programme, with the grant...
Sentinel Metals has completed the acquisition of the Big Springs gold project, in Nevada, from fellow-listed Capricorn Metals, with planning underway for an initial 10 000 m drill campaign. The “transformational” acquisition establishes Sentinel with a...
Weir has launched the WARMAN® MCR²® mill circuit pump, the latest evolution in WARMAN® mill circuit pumping technology, developed to help mineral processing operations respond to more complex ores, higher throughput requirements and tougher operating conditions with...
Swedish multinational engineering group Sandvik has announced that it has received a significant new order from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) miner Kamoa Copper. Kamoa is a joint venture between Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines and China’s Zijin Mining. The order is for 19...
US minerals explorer Ivanhoe Electric said on Monday it had received a preliminary project letter from the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) for potential debt financing of $1.1-billion to develop its Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona. The Santa Cruz project is one...
