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Epiroc to Consolidate North American Drilling Tools Manufacturing, Moves Factory to Matehuala,Mexico

May 22, 2025

Epiroc said it will move the manufacturing of rotary and raiseboring drilling tools from Langley to its factory in Matehuala, Mexico, where rock drills are also currently produced. The relocation of production equipment from Canada to Mexico will begin in

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Trigg Minerals Appoints Antimony Expert Wiehann Kleynhans to Oversee Operations in Utah

May 22, 2025

Trigg Minerals Limited has appointed Wiehann Kleynhans as vice president, U.S. Downstream Operations. Kleynhans will lead Trigg’s smelting and processing strategy in North America. His appointment follows Trigg’s recent acquisition of the Antimony Canyon Project (ACP) in Utah. “Our ability

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Simformotion Unveils New Fletcher Simulator for Training in Underground Mines

May 20, 2025

Simformotion™ said it has released the new Fletcher® simulators high reach scaler simulator. Set in an underground mining environment, the state-of-the-art high reach scaler simulator creates a realistic environment for operators. The Fletcher simulators system features authentic Fletcher controls and

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Glencore’s Kidd Operations Comes Out on Top at 2025 Ontario Mine Rescue Competition

May 20, 2025

Glencore Kidd Operations took the top spot in the 2025 Ontario Mine Rescue district competition. The annual mine rescue district competitions, held last week, produced new winning teams in all of the mining districts across the province. Those teams advance

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Rio Tinto Partners with Codelco to Develop Lithium Project in Chile’s Salar de Maricunga

May 20, 2025

Rio Tinto and Corporación Nacional Del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) have signed binding agreements to form a joint venture to develop and operate a high-grade lithium project in the Salar de Maricunga in Chile. The agreement is the next step

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Anglo Asian Mining Starts Production at Its Underground Gilar Mine in Ganja, Azerbaijan

May 20, 2025

Anglo Asian Mining said it has commenced production from the Gilar Mine. Gilar is a new underground mine at the Gedabek site in Azerbaijan. Ore is now being mined from the higher-grade zone 4 and the copper and gold grades

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Coeur Alaska Raises $20K for Juneau Youth

May 20, 2025

The Juneau Community Foundation has thanked Coeur Alaska, along with the employees and contractor partners at the Kensington gold mine, for their donations and participation in an event that raised $20,000 to support the new Coeur Alaska Kensington Mine Juneau

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Signal Peak’s Bull Mountain Mine Expansion Tucked Into Congressional Budget Bill, Montana

May 19, 2025

Congress has tucked an 800-acre expansion of an underground Montana coal mine into a budget reconciliation bill that cleared its first committee vote last week. A two-page provision of the Natural Resources Committee’s bill authorizes Signal Peak Energy to access

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Alberta Energy Regulator Approves Northback’s Grassy Mountain Coal Exploration Project, Canada

May 19, 2025

The Alberta Energy Regulator has approved a coal exploration project on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Northback Holdings’ Grassy Mountain Coal Project was rejected in 2021, when a panel ruled likely environmental effects on fish and water quality

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Montana Gov. Gianforte Signs MEPA Bills Into Law, Revises Montana Environmental Policy Act

May 19, 2025

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte last week signed into law a handful of bills revising the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA), the state’s 54-year-old “look-before-you-leap” law that directs state agencies to study and disclose large projects’ environmental impacts before issuing permits.

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