Archives: Energy minerals

Nutrien says it is expanded its use of proximity monitoring and contact tracing technology, Proximity Trace™ from Triax Technologies, to its potash mines in Saskatchewan, Canada, as it looks to continue tracking and combatting the spread of COVID-19. More than 8,000 employees are using the technology to date, with an additional 6,500 expected to be[…]

Fluor says its leadership and robust experience in mineral production is exemplified by its work to develop the most advanced and significant lithium operation in the United States at Rhyolite Ridge’s lithium-boron project in central Nevada, USA. Fluor says its capabilities and experience in developing large-scale materials production facilities allow the company to address the[…]

Coal is still booming in India and highwall miners are a part of that to the point where one of the country’s leading Cat dealers, Gainwell, is now making these machines under license from Caterpillar over four years after it discontinued the business. IM Editorial Director Paul Moore spoke to Gainwell’s Dipankar Banerjee, Chief Operating[…]

A multilateral cooperation agreement was recently signed between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, ARMZ Mining Machinery, LLC and diamond mining giant Alrosa. The document is aimed at developing partnerships for creation of domestic modern technologies, machinery and equipment used in opencast and underground mining, as well as developing the mining[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology recently completed the world’s first upgrade of a MB670 bolter miner to the latest MB670-1 design specifications. The customer was the Urgalugol company, which is part of one of the largest coal mining enterprises in Russia, SUEK JSC. Since 2013, the Sandvik MB670 has been in operation at the Severnaya[…]

RPMGlobal says it has concluded the first sale of its latest integrated mine planning and scheduling product developed for the underground potash industry. The first sale of Underground Potash Solution (UGPS) was concluded following completion of a successful trial program with a leading global potash miner who has purchased UGPS to extract greater value from[…]

Continental says it has “strategically sharpened” its profile as a provider of service and complete conveying solutions and therefore has opted to unify its portfolio under the Continental brand. In the future, all products, technologies and services, know-how and expertise will be combined under the Continental brand. “Decisive drivers are our customers. In this way,[…]

Jervois Mining says it plans to integrate a pressure oxidation leach (POX) circuit into the São Miguel Paulista nickel-cobalt refinery in Brazil. Jervois paid the first tranche towards its acquisition of SMP refinery in December after announcing plans to acquire the refinery in September 2020. The acquisition aims to complement its 100%-owned Idaho Cobalt Operations[…]

WA Kaolin Ltd says building works have commenced at its wholly owned Wickepin kaolin project, in Western Australia, as the ASX-listed company looks to start up production from a “world-leading” kaolin processing plant. AUSPAN, one of Australia’s leading steel frame construction companies, has been contracted to carry out the Stage 1 Building Structural Design and[…]

FLSmidth today announces that it is in negotiations with thyssenkrupp concerning an acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s mining business – this would be the biggest deal in mining technology since Metso merged with Outotec. The negotiations, however, are at a non-binding stage. The statement said: “Accordingly, there can be no assurances as to whether and when a[…]