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Emerging lithium miner Sayona Mining has moved closer to commencing mining at its Authier Lithium Project in Quebec, Canada.

Kal Tire is rolling out a tyre operations management system across Australia that will transform tyre management at mine sites into forward-looking operations.

St Barbara is targeting Canada for growth through a takeover of gold producer Atlantic Gold for C$722 million ($768 million).

Kirkland Lake Gold has raised its annual guidance for the second quarter in a row following strong results that included record production at the Fosterville mine in Victoria.

Wenco International Mining Systems will accelerate Hitachi Construction Machinery’s (HCM) autonomous mining plan for an interoperable ecosystem of partners that integrate their systems alongside existing mine infrastructure.

Komatsu’s latest autonomous ultra-class haul truck has been deployed commercially at an oil sands operation in Canada.

Sandvik is bolstering its automation and digitalisation offering through the purchase of mining technology company Newtrax.

Utilising innovative technology to fast-track both the exploration and exploitation of mining sites is the key to success in the modern age, according to Independence Group (IGO) managing director and CEO, Peter Bradford.

Global gold output is expected to grow to a record 109.6 million ounces by the end of 2019, according to S&P Global data.

Caterpillar has revealed that its first battery electric load-haul-dump (LHD) platform will be the Cat R1700 underground mining loader.

RNC Minerals is entering a new financing round to provide capital for the company’s acquisition of Westgold Resources’ Higginsville gold operation in Western Australia.

Victoria-based Pure Alumina plans to purchase Canadian company Polar Sapphire for $C25.7 million ($27.1 million) to consolidate its position as a high-purity alumina (HPA) producer.

BHP has taken a key step towards reaching an $US82 million ($114.5 million) earn-in and joint venture agreement with Luminex Resources at the Tarqui copper project in Ecuador, South America.

Australia and Canada share a lot of similarities as two of the world’s leading mining nations. Peter Diekmeyer tells Australian Mining of the links between the two countries at at the PDAC convention in Toronto earlier this month.

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has mentioned Australia positively in a statement about how the North American country can work to improve its mining investment strategy.

Newcrest Mining will acquire 70 per cent of the Red Chris copper-gold mine for $US806.5 million ($1.14 billion) in a deal with Canadian company Imperial Metals.

Western Australia is the only Australian state or territory to feature in the top 10 of the Fraser Institute’s annual survey of mining companies for the second straight year.

Kirkland Lake Gold could complete its rapid rise towards becoming a one million ounce a year gold producer sooner than the company previously expected.

Perth-based Neometals has commissioned the first stage of its lithium-ion battery recycling pilot project with SGS in Canada.

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