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OZ set to dig deeper at Prominent Hill

OZ Minerals has received the go-ahead to construct a hoisting shaft at the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia, adding four years to its mine life. The $600 million Wira shaft will take the operation to 2036 at around six million tonnes of ore per...

Alrosa considers running mine trucks on LNG

Russian diamond miner Alrosa is considering converting its fleet of supersize mine trucks and road trains to run on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and diesel, a move that could slash its fuel costs by more than 40%, says deputy COO for vehicle management Ruslan Sizonov....

South Africa on verge of nice breakthroughs in hydrogen

South Africa is on the verge of nice breakthroughs in hydrogen, says newly elected Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) president Isabel Geldenhuys. Geldenhuys expressed the view that all the big mines with big moving machinery will have the...