Minerals & Mining
Oracle Mining announced JDS Energy & Mining to produce Feasibility Study

Feasibility Study

Oracle Mining announced JDS Energy & Mining to produce Feasibility Study

Oracle Mining Corp. has engaged JDS Energy & Mining to provide engineering services and produce a feasibility study in accordance with NI 43-101 for our Oracle Ridge copper project, located 24 km northeast of Tucson (AZ), USA. Since the acquisition in 2010, the corporation has made significant steps in advancing the Oracle Ridge Project. read...

Sinclair Knight Merz wins Rio Tinto Award for Supplier Excellence

Rio Tinto Award

Sinclair Knight Merz wins Rio Tinto Award for Supplier Excellence

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) has taken out the Professional Services category as part of Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Supplier Recognition Programme Awards 2012 in a win that further highlights the outstanding work that the leading projects firm is currently delivering for the global mining company’s iron ore business. read...

Investment in Resources and Energy Major Projects at Peak

Australian Mining Industry

Investment in Resources and Energy Major Projects at Peak

The Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics estimates that around AUD 150 billion (approx. USD 146 billion) of high value projects have been delayed or cancelled since April 2012, while cost increases to committed projects currently account for 11 % of the stock of committed investment. read...

Rio Tinto Alcan gains Approval of South of Embley Bauxite Mining Project

Bauxite Mining Project

Rio Tinto Alcan gains Approval of South of Embley Bauxite Mining Project

Rio Tinto Alcan has gained the Commonwealth approval of the South of Embley bauxite mining project in Queensland, Australia. The project will extend mining operations on an area of the company's existing mining lease south of the Embley River. An average of 950 workers will be required for construction. read...

WorleyParsons awarded EPCM Contractfor the Kami Iron Ore Project

EPCM Contract

WorleyParsons awarded EPCM Contractfor the Kami Iron Ore Project

Worley Parsons have announced the signing of a contract for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) with the Alderon Iron Ore Corporation and The Kami Mine Limited Partnership for the development of the Kami Iron Ore project. The estimated revenue is AUD 92.5 million (approx. USD 92 million). read...

Jacobs wins Contract for Copper Mine Expansion Feasibility Study

Copper Mine Expansion

Jacobs wins Contract for Copper Mine Expansion Feasibility Study

Jacobs Engineering Group announced that it received a contract from Minera Chinalco Peru S.A. to perform a feasibility study for the expansion of its Toromocho copper mining facilities in the Morococha District of Peru. Under the original design, the facility is capable of treating 117 200 t of ore per day. read...

Heyl & Patterson join PA Mining Export Program in Southern Africa

Pennsylvania Mining Export Program

Heyl & Patterson join PA Mining Export Program in Southern Africa

Heyl & Patterson, active world wide in thermal processing systems and bulk material handling, announced that it has joined the Pennsylvania Mining Export Program (Pamex), an initiative that provides assistance to ten Pennsylvania-based companies to successfully penetrate the Southern African market. read...

Construction of Xstrata’s Lomas II Mine Extension Project Completed

Copper Mine Extension

Construction of Xstrata’s Lomas II Mine Extension Project Completed

Xstrata Copper’s Lomas Bayas operation, located in northern Chile, has completed construction and commenced commissioning on schedule of its approx. USD 300 million Lomas II project to extend the mine life by 16 years, until at least 2028, at existing production levels of 75 000 t of copper cathodes per year. read...

New Shiploader moves Cape Lambert closer to Target

Wharf Extension Project

New Shiploader moves Cape Lambert closer to Target

Rio Tinto has taken a major step forward in its expansion of its Pilbara operations, with the installation of the new shiploader with a nominal 55 million tonnes per year capacity on the new wharf at Cape Lambert, Australia. read...

Flsmidth to supply 9 km Pipe Conveyor System for Tata Steel India

Pipe Conveyor System

Flsmidth to supply 9 km Pipe Conveyor System for Tata Steel India

Flsmidth has won an order worth approx. EUR 27 million from Tata Steel to supply two pipe conveyors for transport of 6 million tonnes per year of iron ore over a distance of around 9 km from the steel company's Khondbond mines to the railway loading point at Joda in the state of Odisha, located on the east coast of India. read...