Roskill reports that figures released by the ISSF showed that world production of stainless steel increased by 7% year-on-year during the first nine months of 2016, to a total of 33.6 Mt. “In China, the increase was even more notable, at 11.4%, compared to 4.2% in the rest of Asia. Smaller increases were recorded in[…]
PhosAgro, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producers, announces that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has launched a call for applications for a joint PhosAgro/UNESCO/IUPAC grant. Applications must be submitted by 28 February 2017, and forms are available on the UNESCO website (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/science-technology/basic-sciences/chemistry/green-chemistry-for-life/how-to-apply/). The same applies to applications[…]
OceanaGold Corp has commenced milling at the Haile gold mine. Mick Wilkes, President and CEO: “We are very pleased with the start of milling ore at Haile. This milestone represents a special moment in the history of the Haile gold mine as this historic goldfield is re-established with a world-class modern mining operation in Lancaster[…]
IAMGOLD Corp has signed a definitive greement with Merrex Gold Inc to acquire, in an all-share transaction, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Merrex not already owned by IAMGOLD. Merrex is a junior mineral exploration company of which IAMGOLD currently owns 23% of Merrex’s issued and outstanding common shares. IAMGOLD expects to issue[…]
Vast Resources, the AIM listed mining company with operations in Romania and Zimbabwe, reports an update on zinc sales and production from its Manaila polymetallic mine in Romania. Vast commissioned a zinc concentrate flotation line in September 2016, providing Manaila with a second product and revenue stream in addition to its copper concentrate. During the[…]
The specialists at OJSC BELAZ have recently carried out the assembly and commissioning of new 130 t capacity 7513А mining dump trucks which will operate at the Jubilee mine of Aikhal MPD in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), part of the ALROSA diamond company. BELAZ-7513А mining dump trucks are equipped with General Electric electro-mechanical transmissions[…]
Nyrstar is in the process of selling off some of its mining assets, the latest being the acquisition of the Coricancha gold-silver-lead-zinc-copper mine and mill complex (the CMC) by Great Panther Silver in an agreement with subsidiaries of Nyrstar. The CMC is located in the central Andes of Peru, approximately 90 km by paved highway[…]
CEEC reports an exciting milestone in the continued growth in the Global Energy Curve Program. The Energy Curves database has now grown to over 30% of global gold production, comparable to the majority of the large-scale Western gold mining operations. Attracting strong interest from mining and METS companies globally, it also now contains 58% of[…]
Earlier this month, Peak Resources Ltd announce that “following an extensive global search and site evaluation process, the location of its proposed rare earth refinery has been selected at Tees Valley on the north east coast of the United Kingdom. Peak and its partners are developing the Ngualla Project in Tanzania into a low cost,[…]
SciAps reports that “for the first time ever a handheld device was used for instant, on-site lithium in soil measurements as part of a lithium exploration project.” The pioneering effort was made by Lithium-Australia NL at the Seabrook Rare Metals Venture in Western Australia. The analysis was performed using a SciAps Z-300 handheld LIBS analyzer.[…]