Rio Tinto will partner with China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) to demonstrate battery swap electric haul truck technology at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia. Battery swapping technology allows a battery electric vehicle to quickly exchange a discharged ...
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Hoods: Hoods and blowing versus exhausting ventilation
Introduction Hoods are specifically designed to meet the characteristics of the type of ore or product being processed. An effective hood is a critical part to any system because if the hood does not capture the dust, the rest of ...
Los pelambres: one of the largest Chilean copper mine
Los Pelambres Mine! It’s one of the largest copper mines in Chile, located in the Coquimbo Region in the Andes mountains, roughly 200 km north of Santiago. It is operated by Antofagasta PLC, a major Chilean mining company, and it ...
Rio Tinto completes acquisition of Sumitomo’s 20.64% stake in New Zealand’s aluminium smelter
Rio Tinto has completed its previously announced acquisition of Sumitomo Chemical Company’s (SCC) 20.64% ownership interest in New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) as of 1 November 2024. This transaction makes NZAS, which operates the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter in New ...
Sumitomo Corp resumes production at Ambatovy, Madagascar
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp said on Thursday it had resumed production at the Ambatovy nickel and cobalt project in Madagascar at end-October after a pipeline issue a month before, but is reviewing future output volumes. Sumitomo has ...