by Gordon Barratt | Mar 14, 2023 | News
ASX-listed Burgundy Diamonds has struck a $136-million deal to acquire the Ekati diamond mine, in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Burgundy on Tuesday announced that it had entered into an agreement with Artic Canadian Holdings to acquire all of the common shares of...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 14, 2023 | News
Epiroc continues to march toward a greener mining industry with the announcement that its autonomous drill rigs have successfully drilled holes totalling over 41 million metres. The feat was achieved by the company’s Pit Viper surface drill rigs, which have reduced...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 14, 2023 | News
Fortescue Metals handed down a slew of redundancies last week, in a move that could see the company reach its clean energy goals sooner. While the major miner didn’t comment on the number of job cuts made last week, one source told the Australian...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 14, 2023 | News
Rio Tinto has officially turned soil at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia, the crown jewel in 2022 takeover of Turquoise Hill. Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene joined Rio Tinto chief executive Jakub Stausholm on-site to celebrate the...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 13, 2023 | News
Coal mining equipment multinational Eickhoff is using South Africa as a base from which to ramp up its penetration of the global market for continuous mining machines. Eickhoff MD Reinhard Jahn tells Mining Weekly Online in a video interview that...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 13, 2023 | News
Poland intends to push for the EU proposal to reduce and track methane emissions to allow mines to emit eight rather than five tons of methane per one kilotonne of coal mined, as well as exempt coking coal from new regulations, Poland’s Deputy Minister of State Asset,...
