The manufacturer of heavy duty mining equipment GHH has launched a remarkable LHD. It comes with the biggest bucket and the best power rating, for highest operating slope angles, in the seven tonnes payload class. All that combined in a super low emission, super compact package. The GHH team are …

Despite unprecedented challenges driven by COVID-19, First Quantum Minerals (FQM) achieved the highest-ever annual copper production at its Sentinel mine in Kalumbila in 2020, helping to support job retention in the process. The mine in North-Western Province recorded a 14% year-on-year increase in its annual copper production for the year, …

GLENCORE has announced that it would pay out 0.12 US cents per share The company said this in its 2020 year-end presentation as it resumed dividends as flagged in December. The payment is set to be equivalent to $1.6bn in total. However, it added that, provided that annualized free cash …

Omnia Group company BME says South Africa needs to do more to benefit from the looming demand peak in ‘green minerals. Ralf Hennecke, General Manager, Technology and Marketing at Omnia Group company BME said mines have been very successful in containing COVID-19 infections, allowing most operations to return to almost …

In a ruling that is set to be a blow to Vendanta Resources, a company owned by India, on Monday the Zambian court rejected a motion by miner Vedanta Resources to stop a state-appointed provisional liquidator from breaking up and selling the properties of its Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) unit. …

The World Bank (WB) estimates, for instance, that production of minerals like graphite, lithium and cobalt could grow by 500 percent in the next three decades to meet demand for clean energy technologies. This comes on the backdrop that mining remains a vital part of a low-carbon future, a fact …

Caterpillar customers will now enjoy the latest simulator-based equipment training solutions courtesy of a new deal with ThoroughTec Simulation. The development comes after a global cooperation agreement to help improve safety, boost productivity, increase machine availability and create more sustainable mining operations. Under the agreement, Caterpillar Mining will recommend ThoroughTec …

According to the latest edition of Mining Elites in Africa, mines on the continent are beginning to adopt hybrid power plants. The power projects at two gold mines in Mali and at Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula copper production in the DRC were chosen in the annual publication as stand-out examples of making …

Advanced field services, transformer chemistry testing, reliability solutions – these are some of the extra services offered by condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, in addition to traditional used oil analysis following recent expansion. The company’s advanced field services (AFS) division incorporates specialist monitoring techniques such as rope testing, technical compliance and …

CEC has issued a warning to shareholders that its power supply agreement with Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) had come to an end. According to the company, the contractual lapse removes any contractual obligations for CEC to continue supplying electricity to KCM. The  development comes after KCM had accumulated a debt …