Archives: Energy minerals

Private equity firms might not be the most obvious port of call for companies in need of the technical skillsets to transition ‘projects’ to ‘mines’, but, in recent years, Appian Capital Advisory LLP has shown the industry that it has all the credentials to help with this transition. The firm, headquartered in London but calling[…]

Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), a subsidiary of AD Ports Group’s Industrial Cities & Free Zone (IC&FZ) cluster, has announced the signing of an agreement with Lepidico Ltd, a lithium exploration and development company, for establishing the first lithium production facility in the Middle East, utilising a first-of-its-kind process. Covering a land area of[…]

Orano Canada Inc and Denison Mines Corp, the partners in the McClean Lake Joint Venture (MLJV), have reported the successful completion of a five-year test mining program deploying the patented Surface Access Borehole Resource Extraction (SABRE) mining method on the McClean Lake property in the Athabasca Basin of Canada. The final stage of a five-year[…]

Eramet’s Comilog SA has awarded Mineral Technologies Ltd a contract for the supply of a fully-equipped spiral concentration pilot plant at its Moanda operations in Gabon. This plant will be used to recover manganese from tailings produced by Comilog’s various facilities over the years, Eramet said. “The installation of this unit will be the first[…]

Novalith Technologies says it has successfully raised A$2.5 million ($1.9 million) in a seed funding round, which will help accelerate the development of its Australia-made lithium extraction and refining technology to provide a low carbon, sustainable approach to lithium production. Its technology aims to substantially reduce production costs, improve sustainability outcomes, and ultimately revolutionise the[…]

SIEMAG TECBERG and a subsidiary of EuroChem have signed agreements for the delivery of shaft hoisting systems at the Usolskiy potash complex in Perm, Russia. This complex is built around Verkhnekamskoe, one of the world‘s largest potash deposits. One expansion phase of the Usolskiy complex includes the already started construction of a third production shaft[…]

The merger of Cougar Mining Group, Australian Mining Equipment, Highwall Mining Australia and Pipelion Operations into a single consolidated group headquartered in Tomago, NSW was recently announced. “The existing Cougar Mining Group and Australian Mining Equipment companies are merging together to form a new entity named Cougar Mining Equipment, bringing together our people, equipment and[…]

Pilbara Minerals Ltd says it has commenced concentrate production from its newly installed filter press at the Pilgan Plant. The development is part of the Plant Improvements Project being undertaken at its 100%-owned Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum operation in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The filter press in question is provided by Ishigaki and will handle approximately 1,500[…]

Pilbara Minerals Limited has announced a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between its wholly owned subsidiary, Pilgangoora Operations Pty Ltd, and Contract Power Australia that could see a 6 MW solar array built at the Pilgangoora lithium project in Western Australia. The solar array is, the company says, an important demonstration of its commitment to implementing[…]

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) says Grinding Solutions, a metallurgical laboratory and consultancy service, is using a 500 series peristaltic pump from WMFTG as part of a new pilot plant for Cornish Lithium’s project in the southwest of England. The pump features six pump heads to dose reagents into all six streams of the flotation[…]