1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (513+ words) Namdeb has taken delivery of four Caterpillar D11 dozers from Barloworld Namibia on a rent-to-buy deal to support its Dry Mining Unit (DMU) plants by feeding sand via high-power dozer pushing. The D11s, among the largest production dozers in the Cat fleet,…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (439+ words) Panama's environment ministry reports that First Quantum Minerals' suspended Cobre Panama operation has achieved about 88% compliance with 370 commitments under its Category III Environmental Impact Assessment and environmental management programmes, with deficiencies centred on biodiversity management, ecological restoration and environmental monitoring....

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (439+ words) Newmont's Red Chris mine in British Columbia has secured an amended Environmental Assessment Certificate and Mines Act permit, allowing a shift from open-pit to underground block caving and extending operations into the mid-2040s. The copper-gold porphyry deposit in the Golden Triangle…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (391+ words) Sandvik's Leopard DI650i drill rig, operated by SRG Global, has set a global record with its rotary head, compressor and hydraulic pumps each reaching 25, 000 uninterrupted operating hours before first major overhaul. The rebuilt rig's engine also exceeded this threshold, signalling unusually…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (385+ words) Geotechnical specialist Geobear has appointed former Balfour Beatty ground improvement operations manager Jon Chevin as commercial and infrastructure director, drawing on his experience from major schemes such as HS2. Chevin will lead commercial and infrastructure teams on UK transport and utilities…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (400+ words) Komatsu's Canadian National Service Group has commissioned the first P&H 2300 XPC AC electric rope shovel in North America at Imperial Metals' Mount Polley copper'gold mine in British Columbia, completing the work on 13 June. The specialised NSG team handled assembly,…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (486+ words) Falco Resources" updated feasibility study for the Horne 5 underground polymetallic project in Rouyn-Noranda lifts post-tax NPV (5% discount) to C$3. 35 billion, up 244% from 2021, with initial capex rising to C$1. 75 billion and IRR increasing to 28%. The 80. 9 million tonnes of proven and probable…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (470+ words) Alamos Gold expects second-quarter output from its Young-Davidson underground mine in northern Ontario to fall to 130, 000135, 000 oz, about 12% below prior guidance, after two seismic events damaged infrastructure and cut access to two higher-grade stopes, compounded by a three-day storm-related power…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (369+ words) Mint Mech has opened a 750 m" Automation Manufacturing and Engineering Centre (AMEC) near Falmouth, Cornwall, to support integrated delivery of complex mining systems for projects in the UK and Ireland. The facility combines a 30-seat engineering office with a dedicated…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (430+ words) Congo and Belgium have agreed a joint roadmap to digitise and restitute millions of colonial-era geological records held at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, covering surveys, maps, drill logs and exploration reports from 18851960. EU-funded digitisation is already…...