Metso has secured an order to supply its Metso Loesche VRM dry grinding technology and auxiliary equipment to First Majestic Silver’s Jerritt Canyon Gold Mine restart project in Nevada, marking one of the first mining applications of this vertical roller mill system. The dry VRM setup is expected to replace or reduce conventional wet ball milling and associated dewatering, cutting water use and potentially lowering energy consumption per tonne. Process engineers and plant designers will be watching performance data closely as Jerritt Canyon ramps up under the new flowsheet.

IGO Limited has ceased mining and processing at the Nova Nickel Operation in Western Australia, nearly 10 years after first ore, with final reconciliation showing nickel output of 21,340 t, 7% above the top end of life-of-mine guidance. Copper and cobalt production also exceeded guidance, confirming stronger-than-planned metal recovery and orebody performance over the mine’s life. Closure planning, residual processing of stockpiles and potential underground infrastructure reuse will now be key technical considerations for operators and nearby explorers in the Fraser Range.

Investigator Silver has reported an upgraded intersection of 10m at 2662g/t silver at the Paris project in South Australia, including 4m at 5448g/t from 78m at Paris East, signalling very high-grade mineralisation outside the current mine plan. The standout 1m interval within this zone materially lifts contained metal per vertical metre and could justify re-optimisation of pit shells or underground access in future studies. For geotechnical and mine planning teams, the new data point to potential extensions of the orebody and tighter drilling to refine grade continuity and stope geometry.