
LKAB extends ABB service agreement for hoists at Swedish mine
ABB’s service agreement with LKAB covers 12 hoists at Kiruna mine, and has been extended until at least the end of 2023.
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ABB’s service agreement with LKAB covers 12 hoists at Kiruna mine, and has been extended until at least the end of 2023.

The directors of Thor Mining Plc have advised that they have entered into an option agreement with Power Metal Resources Plc to divest the Pilot Mountain Tungsten Project in Nevada, USA, for an agreed value of US$1.8 million.

Speedcast has announced that it has been selected by Mining Company Katanga for a three-year contract to deliver satellite connectivity services to its headquarters and a major mine complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The directors of Thor Mining Plc have advised of further significant copper and gold intercepts from the recently completed initial diamond drilling programme at the Alford East Copper-Gold Project, South Australia.

IronRidge Resources Ltd has announced that the conditions precedent to the execution of the binding agreement with Piedmont Lithium Inc. have now been satisfied to fully fund and fast track the company's Ewoyaa Lithium Project through to production.

Akobo Minerals has awarded Peacocke and Simpson a contract for metallurgical testwork at the SEGELE project.

BHP has announced a partnership with Caterpillar Inc. to develop and deploy zero-emissions mining trucks at BHP sites to reduce operational green-house gas emissions.

RCS Global Group and UNICEF have announced a technical cooperation to prevent and counteract child labour by mitigating wider child rights infringements in artisanal and small-scale mining communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bastion Minerals Ltd has entered into a binding framework agreement with Sociedad Minera del Norte to enter into an option to acquire 100% of the San Juan Gold Project and surrounding licences within the Atacama Region of Chile.

SunMirror AG has agreed to acquire Latitude 66 Cobalt Oy with its advanced battery metals portfolio to strengthen its position as Europe's 'green metals' company.

Nordic Iron Ore has appointed ABB to scope process control and management systems for a future-proof and fully-digitalised mining operation at the Blötberget iron ore mine

The International Council on Mining and Metals has launched an updated Water Reporting: Good practice guide to improve the quality and consistency of corporate water reporting that will enhance stakeholders’ understanding of, and ability to use, water reports and associated data.