MINING.COM Staff Writer

Copper-zinc miner HudBay Minerals said Wednesday it has acquired the roughly 2.5m shares in Norsemont Mining it did not already own, giving it 100% ownership. The acquisition is set to increase HudBay's copper output by about 145% when Norsemont's Constancia mine in Peru comes into full production. The news comes a day after the company announced it will spend $144m to build a new concentrator at its Lalor project in Manitoba, Canada.

Truck manufacturer and distributor Powerstar reports that the company has started tapping into the South African construction and mining markets with its low-cost durable trucks. Powerstar executive officer Frans Cloete says that many construction and mining operations in South Africa and in neighbouring countries are situated in remote and isolated areas where maintenance and manoeuvrability of trucks, as well as poor road infrastructure, are pressing issues.

Imagine walking on a tailings pond that has been restored to grass and trees. Thanks to BASF and its innovative technology, people in Canada are able to do just that. The Canadian Patent Office has just granted a patent to BASF for its RHEOMAX® technology for use in tailings management.

Powerscreen, one of the world’s leading providers of mobile crushing and screening equipment, has launched the new Powerscreen® 1500 Maxtrak, the largest addition to the highly successful Powerscreen® Maxtrak range which includes the 1000, 1000SR and 1300 models.