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Coastal Water desalination plant, Australia – update

Published: 26 Apr 24

Rio Tinto plans to build a seawater desalination plant with an initial nominal capacity of 4 Gℓ/y.

High Grand Falls dam, Kenya

Published: 26 Apr 24

The High Grand Falls dam aims to be the second-largest freshwater dam in Africa.

Artist's impression of the Hinkley Point C NPP

Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project, UK – update

Published: 26 Apr 24

GE Steam Power Systems has awarded a contract to provide electrical and instrumentation solutions for the project.

Khavda Renewable Energy Park, India

Published: 26 Apr 24

Adani Green Energy Limited plans to build the world’s biggest power plant regardless of the energy source.

A man in Blue PPE at the face of a shaft in the Test Mine offered by the Mandela Mining Precinct

Focus on programmes driving tech development

Published: 26 Apr 24

The five mining technology research programmes of the Mandela Mining Precinct (MMP) have garnered much attention and have, thus far, yielded positive results, pointing to “great future potential”, reports MMP director Julie Courtnage. In celebrating the MMP’s fifth anniversary, she tells Mining Weekly that the MMP’s list of deliverables is vast, and that the organisation continues to make progress with each of the five programmes it is currently running.

Memsa CEO Lehlohonolo Molloyi standing at a podium addressing delegates and speakers at last year’s Mind Shift Conference

Conference drives mining innovation, skills

Published: 26 Apr 24

The second yearly Mind Shift Conference, hosted by industry association Mining Equipment Manufacturers of South Africa (Memsa), will delve into innovation, digital technology and skills in the South African mining supply chain. This year’s event will be held from May 15 to 16 at a new location – financial institution Old Mutual’s head office in Sandton, Gauteng.

An image of Geovia's Strategic Mine Planner role interface

Enhancing efficiency

Published: 26 Apr 24

Software solutions provider GEOVIA, a brand of software company Dassault Systèmes, has introduced two new roles to its portfolio, which facilitate improved collaboration, and fast-track work processes to ensure increased efficiency across departments. The two new roles comprise the GEOVIA Strategic Mine Planner role, introduced in December 2023; and the GEOVIA Underground Mine Designer role, introduced in February this year.

Job, cybersecurity concerns cloud 4IR transition

Published: 26 Apr 24

While mining companies are exploring the integration of data analytics and other artificial intelligence (AI) systems into their operations, job-loss concerns, compounded by cybersecurity concerns, cloud the cost-effectiveness and optimisation benefits of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technology, says consultancy firm World Wide Industrial and Systems Engineers MD Muhammad Ali. Generally, the mining industry is investing heavily in technology, such as data analytic tools, advanced systems and industrial control system apps, to reduce all-inclusive costs and optimise profits.

An image of the TruScan system scanning material

Scanner finds copper-rich mineralisation

Published: 26 Apr 24

Mining technology provider Veracio’s TruScan core scanning system has facilitated the generation of geological insights instrumental to discovering diversified explorer and developer Foran Mining’s Bridge target zone, which is adjacent to Foran’s McIlvenna Bay copper development project, in the Province of Saskatchewan in Canada. Since its partnership in 2022 with Veracio, Foran has deployed the TruScan system onsite as part of its ongoing exploration at its flagship McIlvenna Bay project to better understand the intricate geological complexities of the existing resource and the Tesla discovery, explains Foran exploration VP Erin Carswell.

Reflux flotation cell in an industrial coal application

Testing backlog as global interest in new flotation tech grows

Published: 26 Apr 24

Global interest in and the uptake of the new REFLUX Flotation Cell (RFC) from full flowsheet technology and service supplier FLSmidth has been gaining considerable momentum. As a result of this significant interest, the company is experiencing a backlog in paid-for test programmes at its Salt Lake City facility, in the US, FLSmidth global product director REFLUX technologies Lance Christodoulou tells Mining Weekly. “We've got customers that are prepared to proceed with the purchase of full-scale equipment to trial in Europe, following the results achieved during lab testing. We are yards ahead in the commercialisation phase compared with where we were when we started two years ago.”