by Gordon Barratt | Sep 10, 2021 | News
To improve coal supplies to thermal power plants, the government has given seven days to captive coal mines companies to increase the production to over 85 per cent of their targets, an official release said on Monday. The government has warned to regulate supply of...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 10, 2021 | News
Brazilian red tape may keep the global iron-ore market tighter than expected after Vale lowered its forecast for production capacity because of sluggish permitting. While capacity isn’t the same as actual production, the slower-than-expected expansion will give Vale...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 10, 2021 | News
BHP has partnered with exploration technology company KoBold Metals in the hunt for Western Australian metals and critical minerals to be used in clean energy technology. The Silicon Valley-based start-up has been backed by major venture capitalists and entrepreneurs...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 10, 2021 | News
Komatsu will offer a sneak peek of its remote-controlled hydraulic excavator at MINExpo 2021 in Las Vegas, operating its PC7000-11 from over 600 kilometres away. The excavator will be on-site at Komatsu’s proving grounds near Tucson, Arizona, while the operator uses...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 9, 2021 | News
The MacLean 900 Series scissor bolter design turned thirty years old in 2021 and the manufacturer recently shipped out production unit #500 to a longstanding customer – Agnico Eagle’s Goldex mine in Val d’Or, Quebec. A ceremony will be held underground at the...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 9, 2021 | News
RPMGlobal has accelerated the transition of its product suite to the cloud, releasing two new cloud offerings to the market. The company is capitalising on its first mover advantage in mining Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings making its IMAFS™ inventory...