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Water impacts economic development, business growth and social well-being in many regions of the world. For Newmont, water is a critical resource to its business and the environments in which the company operates. Newmont has developed a Global Water Strategy (GWS) that supports water stewardship and collaborative action. In support of this, the company has[…]

DSI Underground Australia and Fero Group Pty Ltd have signed an agreement under which DSI Underground Australia will acquire 100% of privately owned Fero. Fero supplies the mining industry with friction stabilisers, rock bolts, yielding bolts, reinforcing mine mesh and bar, grouts, cable bolts and a range of accessory products. Fero’s R&D team also works[…]

  Lithium Australia (LIT) develops cutting-edge processing technology for the manufacture of nano-scale battery cathode powders (via its subsidiary VSPC), the recycling of lithium-ion batteries and low-energy recovery of lithium and other metals from silicates with its 100% owned SiLeach hydrometallurgical process. Indeed, when compared to conventional lithium extraction processes, SiLeach has the potential to[…]

Emirates Global Aluminium has signed a 15 year agreement with LD Ports & Logistics, a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, for the transshipment of bauxite in the Republic of Guinea. Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Abu Dhabi Ports separately signed an undertaking to form a joint venture company to work together to implement the project. EGA[…]

ERAMET has announced that it proposes to make an off-market takeover offer to acquire all of the issued shares in Mineral Deposits Ltd (MDL) that it does not already own for A$1.46 cash per share. This is an all-cash transaction that values the equity of MDL (on a fully diluted basis) at approximately A$291 million.[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology is growing its i-Series line of intelligent drills. “With three new platforms nearing release, we continue to expand our i-Series line of intelligent drills designed to offer our customers a broader range of hole diameters with single-pass, multi-pass, high and low pressure options. As our platform of the future, the[…]

Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has completed a major section of Al Taweelah alumina refinery, in an important construction milestone for the project which will secure the raw materials the UAE’s aluminium industry needs. Construction has been completed on the calcination process facility of[…]

Digital data capture and WS2 caged nano particles provide greater benefits to clients. Techenomics is building on its core oil analysis and fluid management expertise by entering the digital data age and demonstrating the benefits gained by using WS2 caged nano particles. Both projects aim to provide greater benefits for customers, enabling them to get[…]

RPMGlobal has expanded its suite of commodity based mine scheduling software solutions through the launch of its Steeply Dipping Coal (SDC) XPAC Solution, a mine scheduling solution specifically tailored for the complex scheduling issues unique to this type of geology. SDC is a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software product built on harnessing RPM’s leading scheduling solution, XPAC[…]

Equinox Gold Corp reports that mining activities are underway in the Piaba Deposit at its Aurizona gold mine in Brazil. Construction remains on track to pour gold by late 2018. The mining contractor, U&M Mineração e Construção S/A, mobilized to site in March and mining commenced in mid-April. The majority of the mining fleet is on[…]