Photo: Distribution of hygiene kits (2nd wave) to 808 household in the three host communities Nickel Asia Corp. - Hinatuan Mining Corp. (NAC-HMC) spends 15.7 million pesos to assist families affected by Super typhoon Odette in its host and neighboring communities, Municipality of Tagana-an, City Government of Surigao, and the Province of Surigao del No...

Synertrex® Monitoring Centre in South Africa Weir Minerals, a leading supplier of equipment and services to the mining industry, and AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, have signed a digital business framework for strategic cooperation. The objectives of the agreement include: Digit...

A healthier work environment, radically reduced energy consumption, a lower carbon footprint and more efficient operations: the sustainability gains from innovations in battery-based mining equipment are simply electrifying. “Will electrification spark the next wave of mining innovation?” is the title of a recent report from consultancy firm EY. Brian ...

Photo credit: Ritchie Bros. Driven by long term infrastructure growth, the expansion of mining activity and post COVID-19 recovery plans, the demand for construction and mining equipment in the Philippines for the medium to long term is strong. Coupled with global supply chain constraints and long lead times for buying new equipment from OEMs and their...

Photo: The existing grates within the SAG Mill were pegging. Critical size grinding media were blocking apertures, reducing throughput A gold and copper mine in South East Asia was experiencing a range of challenges with its SAG mill that were hitting productivity. Facing a significant increase in ore hardness that would have exacerbated the problems, ...

Photo credit: Epiroc Philippines Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has received validation by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for the company’s ambitious targets to reduce CO2 emissions.  Epiroc launched ambitious sustainability goals that include halving its CO2 emiss...

​ Philippine minerals have a wide range of ores from nickel laterite, copper ore, iron ore, chromite ore, limestone and more. Thus, when daily operations require elemental analysis of a wide range of inorganic/geological samples, it is often cumbersome, or not possible to setup and maintain a large number of dedicated calibrations to handle such range....

Photo: The Trio® TC84XR cone crusher Pebbles contain valuable ore but without a crusher capable of processing them, pebbles can end up discarded or stockpiled. Weir Minerals has developed the Trio® TC84XR cone crusher – specifically engineered to perform in the most challenging applications, including pebble crushing. Pebble crushing is one of the t...

For the past six years of operations as a drilling contractor at the Masbate Gold Project (MGP), Quest Exploration Drilling (Philippines), Inc. has reached its goal of 1,000,152 safe manhours with 2,141 days without lost time injury (LTI) as of the day shift of November 12, 2021. The team has drilled over one million meters during this period. With ...

LiuGong, China’s leading construction equipment manufacturer and No. 1 wheel loader manufacturer all over the world, will be having their first Grand Virtual Launch for the year 2022 here in the Philippines. This February 25, 2022 (Friday), at 3 PM (GMT+8), LiuGong Philippines will go live on their official Facebook page to showcase their latest heavy equ...

Photo credit: Mining Journal - Gerard Bond OceanaGold Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Gerard Bond as the Company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 4, 2022. Mr. Bond will also serve as a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Paul Benson, Chairman of the Board, said, “On behalf of the Board of Oceana...

Photo: Range of Isodry® thickeners (from conventional to paste) gives you the ability to create products with 30-70% solids percentage by weight. Weir Minerals’ range of industry-leading equipment seamlessly works together to provide comprehensive tailings solutions for the mining and aggregate industries. For decades, Weir Minerals have been provid...

Photo: Inside the discharge end of a ball mill being fitted with spiral lifters and rubber grates. Vulco® R67 mill liners last significantly longer and deliver a measurable reduction in mill downtime, installation and maintenance costs. Vulco® rubber is renowned throughout the mining industry for its exceptional wear life and reliability in mill lining...

Photo credit: Weir Minerals - Accumin™ automatic lubricators being installed at a customer’s site in Australia The Accumin™ lubrication system has proven itself an efficient way of preventing expensive bearing assembly failures, reducing maintenance downtime and promoting safety by decreasing the amount of manual interface to keep equipment performing....

Photo: A close-up on life after mining. Agata’s Bae Lawanen Garden features breath-taking and photogenic sunsets every day from its newly installed view deck that is shaped like a marine vessel. Agata continues to implement effective and sustainable rehabilitation programs that highlight its “Mining and Ecotourism” concept through the successful conver...

 Olympus’ X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers provide high-performance, real-time geochemical data for rapid multielement characterization of soil, rocks, and ores. Recent advances in XRF technology have increased the number of elements measured, improved the limits of detection, and reduced analysis test times. Vanta™ XRF analyzers provide convenien...