ABB has won a second order from Newmont Mining to deliver three gearless mill drive (GMD) systems for installation at Yanacocha’s Conga copper/gold project in Peru. The first contract was announced in August 2010.
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies has won a ten year contract to operate and maintain the water treatment plant at Wheal Jane mine in Cornwall, UK.
Sandvik Mining and Construction has received a US$10 million order from state-owned mining company, Shandong Gold Group. Sandvik will deliver 20 mining machines to Sanshandao, Jiaojia and Xingscheng gold mines in Shandong province, China.
Normet Group has announced the acquisition of Swedish mining and tunnelling equipment manufacturer Essverk Berg. The deal will be completed on September 1.
ABB has won a second order from Newmont Mining to deliver three gearless mill drive (GMD) systems for installation at Yanacocha’s Conga copper/gold project in Peru.
BHP Billiton announced on July 29 that the partners in Samancor Manganese have approved the second expansion of the GEMCO operation in Australia’s Northern Territory. This follows the successful commissioning of the GEMCO Expansion Phase 1 (GEEP1) project in April 2009.
Outotec has signed a contract with ZAO Miheevsky, a subsidiary of Russian Copper Co, for the design and delivery of a new copper concentrator for the Miheevsky porphyry-copper project in Cheylabinsk, Russia. The contract value exceeds US$85.1 million, which will be booked in Outotec’s September quarter intake.
BBE Consulting has completed a US$447,000 EPCM contract to design an underground cooling circuit at Rio Tinto’s Palabora Mining Co (PMC) in Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Joy Mining Machinery has released its new 12ED25 mid-seam simultaneous cut and bolt entry driver, with the first unit shipped to a mine in the western US. The mine will use the new machine to develop its longwall gate access roads.
A Uralmashplant dragline ЭШ 11.75 has been assembled at a quarry owned by Crasnoselskstroymaterialy JSC, one of the largest producers of construction materials in the Republic of Belarus. The excavator, with bucket cubic capacity of 11m3 and boom length of 75m, is intended for stripping operations.
Astra Mining, an Australian diversified mining company, has received an independent expert opinion from Hungary’s University of Miskolc confirming the potential of its revolutionary new steel manufacturing process. Read more
