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A new analysis of mining in Zambia for the past 100 years shows a clear historical link between levels of mining investment and wider economic development. That’s according to an academic paper published this week entitled Copper Mining in Zambia – History and Future. When mining investment is sustained and high, there is growth not[…]

PJSC ALROSA, the Russia-based diamond mining group, has become a partner of the GenerationS–2016 federal accelerator. GenerationS is described as “the largest accelerator of technology startups in Russia and Eastern Europe” organised by the Russian Venture Company (RVC), a government fund and development institute of the Russian Federation, and part of Russia’s efforts to build its own national innovation[…]

Careen Lee, an Aboriginal woman from the Pilbara, took another step in her trailblazing career at Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue), becoming the company’s CEO for a Day. Ms Lee has been the first Aboriginal woman to achieve each of her major career milestones at Fortescue. Having graduated from Fortescue’s Vocational Training and Employment Centre (VTEC)[…]

Auditing and reviewing a Mineral Resource Estimate either internally or publicly is a multifaceted process for which no software can pretend it will provide all the required tools to tick all the boxes. But some solutions will provide better adapted platforms than others. Geovariances says that its Minestis falls into that category. Minestis is used[…]

Iberian Minerals Ltd has filed a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its HM X-leach, a proprietary, environmentally-friendly, non-cyanide based leach formula for the extraction of precious metals from ores, concentrates, tailings and electronic waste (e-Waste). A new 100% owned subsidiary, HMX Solutions Ltd has been created to pursue commercial opportunities[…]

The world has now seen the UK’s largest ever mechanical puppet, the 12 m Cornish Mining Man Engine, which on July 25 set off on its historic summer journey the entire length of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site, and today passed through St Austell. Part of the ‘Tinth’ (10th) anniversary of the Cornwall and[…]

Maptek and VUMA, a subsidiary of Bluhm Burton Engineering (BBE), have executed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate collaboration and cooperation around mine ventilation solutions and mine design. The primary focus will be on enabling detailed data transfer between Maptek Vulcan mine planning software and VUMA ventilation simulation software. VUMA software is developed for analysis[…]

One of the articles in International Mining’s September issue focuses on power for remote mines, and looks in particular at renewable energies. So it is interesting to note a well-known Australian engineering company, that does a lot of work in mining, Monadelphous Group, reaching an agreement with renewable energy specialist, ZEM Energy, to form a[…]

Mkango Resources has secured a two‐year exclusive option and right to acquire, on commercially standard terms, the worldwide licence for a technology to produce high strength (up to 30%) hydrochloric acid (HCL) from calcium chloride feed streams using sulphuric acid, applicable in rare earths processing and other potential industrial applications. The technology has been developed[…]

Petro-Canada Lubricants, a Suncor business, has announced the launch of its The Tougher. The Better. campaign, which reveals its PC-11 branding in advance of the introduction of two new categories of heavy duty engine oils in December. The Tougher. The Better. aims to encapsulate Petro Canada Lubricants’ vision for the next generation of heavy duty[…]