News Wrap: Gahcho Kué gleaming in first year; Atlas Copco launches Minetruck MT54; Rare earths in ‘several’ American coal basins

Web version | Update preferences   Web version Update preferences SUBSCRIBE EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY News Wrap Gahcho Kué gleaming in first year It may not have yet hit its first anniversary of production, but De Beers Canada's Gahcho Kué diamond mine has already hit a major milestone: surpassing 5 million carats. Donna Schmidt | December 01, 2017 Atlas Copco launches Minetruck MT54 The Minetruck MT54 is designed to ramp up productivity Staff reporter | December 01, 2017 Rare earths in 'several' American coal basins The US Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has found high concentrations of REEs, or rare earth elements, from coal samples of multiple coal basins across the country. Staff reporter | December 01, 2017 SPONSORED MESSAGE Is your operator training program inefficient and failing to prove return on investment? Too often training is done "for the sake of it" or only to fulfill a compliance requirement. 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Falk Mill Products to be rebranded Falk Mill Products for the mining industry are to be rebranded as Metso Gears and Pinions Staff reporter | December 01, 2017 GE harmonic filter for Toquepala GE Power was chosen by Southern Copper Corp (SCC) to provide the harmonic filter for its Toquepala concentrator, which is located in southern Tacna, Peru Staff reporter | December 01, 2017 Candelaria takes milestone steps One month after Silver One received US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) permitting for the drilling of historic leach pads at the Candelaria silver project in Nevada, that work is under way along with the site's stockpiles Donna Schmidt | November 30, 2017 SPONSORED MESSAGE Powerful Analytical Performance with Niton XL5 XRF The lightest and smallest handheld XRF analyzer for elemental determination now delivers the biggest performance for geologists and mining operations. Powered by a proprietary 5W x-ray tube and weighing an industry leading 2.8 lbs. 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READ MORE Coming in 2018: Ormonde's Barruecopardo In a construction update this week, Ormonde Mining said that work is progressing at its Barruecopardo tungsten operation in Spain and commissioning there is set for the September quarter of next year Staff reporter | November 30, 2017 Eureka ready for a trial run Canada-based Central Iron Ore (CIO) has inked a trial mining operation agreement for its Eureka gold mine north of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia to Eureka Mines Staff reporter | November 30, 2017 Professors to dig into automation with grant A trio of mining engineers from the University of Kentucky have received US$2.1 million in grant funding to help advance the integration of autonomous mining systems underground Donna Schmidt | November 29, 2017 Appealing to the younger generation A shortage of skilled workers could still pose a significant risk to mining operations Chelopech revitalised Donna Schmidt takes a look at the optimisation of the award-winning Bulgarian gold-copper-silver complex Five minutes with the iRIS project Artur Zakirov at the RISE Research Institutes of Sweden speaks to Carly Leonida about the iRIS fire safety project view more Lundin Gold earns UN award Lundin Gold was recently recognised by the United Nations (UN) Global Compact Networks of Colombia and Ecuador for its work in sustainable development Staff reporter | November 29, 2017 Outotec mills for southern African concentrator Outotec has signed a contract with a major copper producer for the design and supply of two grinding mills for its concentrator in southern Africa Staff reporter | November 29, 2017 Mill accepts second shipment from Sage Gold Just weeks after confirming first gold production from its Clavos gold mine in Timmins, Ontario, miner Sage Gold has delivered its second shipment of bulk material to the Black Fox-Stock mill and it has been processed Staff reporter | November 29, 2017 Fighting the joint epidemics of HIV and TB December 1 is World AIDS Day. Stefaan Van der Borght, global head of health at Anglo American, tells MM about the company's efforts to tackle HIV and TB in South Africa Stefaan Van der Borght | December 01, 2017 Eye in the sky In the mining industry, the applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also commonly known as drones, are very varied. Ailbhe Goodbody investigates Ailbhe Goodbody | November 29, 2017 Preventing rockfall fatalities Glyn Jones looks at what can be done to reduce fatalities in mining through rockfalls Glyn Jones | November 27, 2017 Classification station Metso recently developed a new line of classification equipment to complement its existing product offerings. 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