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Titan Minerals partners with Hancock Prospecting's Hanrine for Linderos copper-gold project Titan Minerals Limited (ASX: TTM) has signed a binding agreement with Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd’s wholly-owned subsidiary Hanrine Ecuadorian Exploration and Mining S.A for the Linderos copper-gold project in Southern Ecuador. This strategic partnership allows Titan to gain access to the exploration and resources expertise of one of Australia’s most reputable mining investors, with the agreement enabling Titan to earn...

STRUCTURES at mine sites are often built across mine overburden, which can lead to them becoming unstable due to insufficiently compacted ground. Uretek Ground Engineering can help restabilise structures and recently did so at a South Australian mine site. The columns of the belt line filter and main structure, which had been built across mine overburden, had lost ground support over time, resulting in one side of the belt filter structure resting 32mm lower than the other. Uretek is known for its ability to rectify such problems quickly and with minimum downtime. After inspecting the site, Uretek manager Arthur Winrow said that he could achieve exactly that: rapid re-levelling and re-support without interruption to production. For the five days it...

Strandline Resources ships first delivery of chloride ilmenite Strandline Resources (ASX:STA) has shipped its first delivery of chloride ilmenite product from its Coburn mineral sands project in WA. This first shipment is part of commissioning and ramp-up of Coburn’s downstream mineral separation plant (MSP). The MSP is designed to separate the heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) produced from Coburn’s wet concentration plant (WCP) into valuable critical minerals such as zircon and titanium as well as a zircon in concentrate product. The 6000 metric tonne shipment was loaded at the Port of Geraldton in bulk cargo form. The shipment is on route to Strandline’s offtake customer in America and is expected...

Image: FMG. BY ELIZABETH FABRI FORTESCUE Metals Group (FMG) will add more autonomous trucks to its fleet in FY18 as part of the company’s strategy to improve safety, productivity and efficiency across its Pilbara operations. Announced on 27 June, the FY18 innovation projects included converting up to 12 793F trucks to autonomous haulage technology (AHS) at Solomon Hub, the rollout of AHS across the Chichester Hub project, a relocatable overland conveyor trial at Cloudbreak mine, and IT network upgrades at Cloudbreak and Christmas Creek. Fortescue said about 100 haul trucks would be converted to AHS at the Chichester Hub to deliver on the 20 per cent productivity improvements recorded at Solomon since the company’s deployment of 56 AHS vehicles from...