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For the second year in a row, ten new nuclear reactors started to generate electricity in 2016, the highest number since the 1980s, according to the 2017 edition of the IAEA’s Nuclear Power Reactors in the World. As of the last day of 2016, 448 reactors were in operation worldwide, with a net capacity of[…]

Stilfontein-based sand and aggregate supplier CNC Crushers raised throughput at its Roadstone Shaft 5 crushing plant by 45% while cutting back on maintenance and simultaneously increasing production, after implementing a full process-focused solution from Weir Minerals Africa. According to JD Singleton, Weir Minerals General Manager for Trio™ and Enduron® equipment, the customer was experiencing high[…]

The comparable 257 TWh generated by Australian uranium exports last year was equivalent to 103% of the country’s electricity production – establishing a firm platform for a “bigger conversation” around developing an option for nuclear energy in the nation’s future baseload power mix, a key industry lobby says. The comparison – at a time of[…]

International tin industry organisation ITRI has launched a Responsible Tin Supply group aimed at achieving a credible, responsible and more coordinated supply chain for tin. The group will bring together stakeholders from all tiers of the supply chain including tin traders and users from the solders, tinplate and tin chemicals industries and those companies further[…]

The focus on environmentally friendly practices and environmental issues like climate change has been a massive push over the past few years, and one of the industries that has had to adapt its practices more than others is the mining industry. Due to the fact that many mines are located in areas that can suffer[…]

Heron Resources has entered into the project development earthworks contract for its wholly-owned Woodlawn zinc-copper project located near Tarago, 250 km southwest of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ertech has been awarded the earthworks scope for the development of the project. The earthworks will be the first significant site development activity at the commencement of[…]

Emerging bauxite producer, Metallica Minerals has entered into a schedule of rates contract with the LCR Group to undertake all mining and haulage operations on behalf of the Joint Venture at the Urquhart Bauxite project. LCR will be responsible for the supply of all equipment and personnel for the mining and haulage operations and will[…]

Hastings Technology Metals has successfully completed the crucial continuous hydromet pilot plant operations for the Yangibana rare earths project. This project is located in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The company plans to construct a processing plant to produce a MREC product, through the process of mining, beneficiation and hydrometallurgy. The hydromet pilot plant[…]

Australia’s future energy needs for remote mining projects could be fuelled by straw – under new proposals being evolved and tested in South Australia. Addressing the second day today of the two day Paydirt 2017 South Australian Resources and Energy Investment Conference in Adelaide, power project consultancy, Kallis & Co said straw or stubble fuelled[…]

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has started to mine chrome ore at a new deposit, Pervomayskoye, in Kazakhstan (pictured). Mineable reserves at the deposit exceed 3 Mt of ore. The Donskoy Ore Mining and Processing Plant, which belongs to JSC TNC Kazchrome, owned by ERG, has already extracted the first 3,500 t. The Pervomayskoye deposit is[…]