by admin | May 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Vale and IONIC Engineering have designed a material handling system capable of packaging the concentrate into bulk bags at a rate of 24 to 32 tonnes per hour by integrating a Flexicon automated bulk bag filling system. To handle the volume, Francois Nzotungwanimana,...
by admin | Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
First-of-its-kind ore handling solution puts safety first at one of the world’s largest copper and gold mines Mining companies are digging deeper than ever. And to maximize output, what starts as a pit mine often extends underground. “As mines get deeper, extraction...
by admin | Feb 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
SudburyROCKS will support the Northern Cancer Foundation with its 2020 marathon, with a new race date of May 31. “We’re excited to bring the SudburyROCKS Marathon to a new date,” said Brent Walker, race director for SudburyROCKS, at a press conference at Health...
by admin | Aug 15, 2019 | News & Events
Variant Mining Technologies is calling it the biggest ore chute in the world. The Sudbury-based company said it built the chute for Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine— a combined underground and open pit copper mine in the Gobi Desert. A chute is used to safely control...
by admin | Aug 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
A manufacturing shop in Greater Sudbury has created the largest ore chute in the world, which will soon be shipped out and installed in one of the largest copper and gold mining operations in the world, the Rio Tinto Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia. The massive steel...
