Archives: Energy minerals

Suncor has announced a multi-year strategic alliance with Microsoft Canada as a part of the company’s effort to further accelerate its digital transformation journey. The oil sands miner has selected Microsoft as its “strategic cloud provider”, tapping into the full range of Microsoft’s cloud solutions to empower a connected and collaborative workforce, upgrade data centres,[…]

Snow Lake Resources is the latest company to eye up ore sorting to reduce costs and increase productivity, with the exploration company asking DRA Global to come up with an effective strategy for its Thompson Brothers lithium project, in Manitoba, Canada. Brent Hilscher of DRA will be in charge of this ore sorting project, examining[…]

Norilsk Nickel and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have signed a joint declaration to support environmentally-sound technologies in the metals industry, the Russia-based miner said. Li Yong (left), the Director General of UNIDO, and Dmitry Pristanskov (right), State Secretary — Vice President of Norilsk, were present at the signing. UNIDO is a specialised[…]

Nouveau Monde Graphite has awarded SNC-Lavalin, in partnership with Seneca and Boucher-Lachance Architects, the contract for detailed engineering and procurement services for the construction of its concentrator as part of its Matawinie graphite project, in Quebec, Canada. Engineering work is already underway to complete priority activities by the end of the December quarter of 2019,[…]

NioCorp Developments says it has selected Zachry Group as the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm for the surface processing facilities and associated infrastructure of the proposed Elk Creek Superalloy Material project, in Nebraska, USA. The agreement, subject to the completion of EPC contract negotiations, comes on top of NioCorp selecting Cementation USA as the[…]

On October 15, global mining truck major BELAZ signed a contract for the delivery of 77 BELAZ-75137 dump trucks with a payload capacity of 136 t to Coal India Ltd, the world’s largest coal-producing company. BELAZ dump trucks are going to be deployed to the Gevra open cast coal mine. In the framework of the[…]

In the investor presentation accompanying its 2019 full FY results ending September 30, global mining explosives and blasting solutions leader Orica had some interesting updates on the market progress with its latest technologies. First off, its says there is continued growing market interest for wireless initiation technology, which is headed by its WebGen™ offering which[…]

Veolia’s exhaustive testing program and process design expertise with its HPD® evaporation and crystallisation technologies recently validated Bacanora Lithium’s product purity requirements at the Sonora lithium project in Mexico, while removing potassium and converting a waste stream into a high-value-added fertiliser, according to the water- and chemical-focused technology company. The company’s Veolia Water Technologies division[…]

NioCorp Developments says Cementation USA, part of the Cementation Americas Group, has been selected as the lead engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor for the underground aspects of the proposed Elk Creek Superalloy Material project in Nebraska, USA. In addition, the company announced that it intends to engage The Nordmin Group of Companies to provide[…]

FLSmidth and Rio Tinto have executed a five-year, fixed-term Global Framework Agreement (GFA) which enables the parties to engage on the supply of fixed equipment, including mineral processing and material handling technologies, spare parts, consumables, and maintenance, consultancy and professional services. FLSmidth is the first fixed equipment supplier to execute a GFA with Rio Tinto.[…]