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Industry leaders in mining, technology, venture capital aim to select next big idea eligible for $1 million investment. Goldcorp has announced the five ‘sharks’ who will judge the next #DisruptMining challenge, an event designed to encourage innovators from all sectors to collaborate and accelerate solutions to some of the biggest challenges and opportunities in mining,[…]

Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Coal Mining Group, China’s leading coal mining conglomerate, for the supply of industrial gases to Phase One of Shanxi Jinmei Huayu Coal Chemical Co Ltd.’s coal-to-clean-fuels project in Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. Previously, Air Products signed a[…]

Polymetal International was awarded the top rating in environmental responsibility among Russian metals and mining companies. The company states: “We regard sustainability as an essential element of our activities. It is an investment in society as well as in our own future. That’s why we firmly believe that anchoring sustainability as part of our business[…]

Columbus Gold Corp has announced that at a meeting of the Montagne d’Or joint-venture (Columbus Gold 44.99%/Nordgold 55.01%) held on December 15th, 2017 the joint-venture board unanimously decided to proceed with construction of the Montagne d’Or gold mine in French Guiana. Commencement of construction is subject to a number of additional requirements, including a public[…]

Middle Island Resources Ltd has received binding commitments from new and existing institutional and sophisticated shareholders for a private placement to raise A$1,897,500 (before costs). The proceeds from the placement, combined with the company’s existing cash balance, will be used to fund exploration and development work at the Sandstone gold project, primarily focussed on the[…]

Ambarella is as semiconductor and image processing company and develops low-power high-definition video products. Ambarella made waves at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show when it announced the H22 chip for cameras in drones. It films 4K HD video that comes equipped with electronic image stabilization, cutting out the need for the gimbals that are often[…]

Filo Mining’s Filo del Sol project outline has been detailed in an independent Technical Report, released on December 18. The epithermal copper-gold-silver deposit is located on the Chile/Argentina border, some 140 km southeast of the city of Copiapó, Chile. The study states that the project is amenable to open pit mining techniques. To determine an[…]

Immersive Technologies developed a series of WorksiteVR Quest virtual reality scenarios designed to facilitate a blended learning model in conjunction with eLearning and practical activities. Mine site inductions are necessary however often dry, boring, and forgettable. Mining operations are now acknowledging the value of Virtual Reality Training, shifting site inductions to become a significant opportunity[…]

First Quantum Minerals Ltd has entered into a framework agreement with Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd which contemplates that an affiliate of the company will subsequently execute an option agreement with Northern Dynasty. Within five business days of the execution of the framework agreement, the affiliate of the company will make a payment of $37.5 million[…]

Dr Stephen Grocott, Chairman, AMIRA International Ltd and Chief Technical Development Officer, Clean TeQ Ltd (Australia) will open the ALTA 2018 conference with his presentation: What Has Changed in Our Industry, and the Role of AMIRA.  The event will run May 19-26, in Perth, Australia. ALTA 2018 is the 23rd year of one of the[…]