Archives: Energy minerals

Rio Tinto says it will become the first producer of high-quality scandium oxide in North America, with construction of a new commercial scale demonstration plant underway at its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada. RTFT expects to begin commercial supply of scandium oxide in the June quarter of 2021.[…]

PhosAgro is to increase the use of renewable energy for production of agrochemical products from 2021 after the Apatit mining and beneficiation plant, the Kirov branch of JSC Apatit, signed a contract for the supply of hydroelectric power with TGC-1. The 100 MW of contracted hydropower means more than 60% of the beneficiation plant’s output[…]

Weir Minerals says it has further strengthened its partnership with Tronox following the signing of an exclusive arrangement to take ownership of maintenance, asset management and optimisation of the mine’s key assets. Weir Minerals’ Total Asset Management Plan is a “unique and innovative” service contract that is revolutionising mining operations, with improved performance and a[…]

Neo Lithium Corp and its Argentinean subsidiary LIEX SA have engaged Worley Chile and Worley Argentina to complete a definitive feasibility study (DFS) of its flagship 3Q lithium brine project in Catamarca, Argentina. The development strategy for 3Q focuses on production of 20,000 t/y of lithium carbonate with the flexibility to expand production to 40,000[…]

Twenty four of Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science’s handheld X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) X-MET8000 Geo Expert analysers have been supplied to the Tanzanian Mining Commission, based in Dodoma, to help officials ensure correct analysis of minerals for value determination before they are exported The delivery, through Hitachi High-Tech exclusive Africa distributor, United Scientific (Pty) Ltd, based in[…]

Albemarle Corp has confirmed it will expand capacity at its lithium production facility in Silver Peak, Nevada, USA, and begin a program to evaluate clays and other available Nevada resources for commercial production of lithium. Beginning in 2021, the company plans to invest $30-$50 million to double the current production at the Nevada site by[…]

Haul truck 17-100 – at the time a new Cat 797 – went into service at oil sands miners Syncrude’s North Mine in June 1999. On December 16, 2020, the company said that 21 years later with 55,803,015 tons of material hauled over 157,051 trips, the truck continues to roll along the haul roads at[…]

Global Atomic Corporation has announced that The Presidential Decree granting the Mining Permit has been approved by the Council of Ministers for the Company’s Dasa Uranium Project in Niger. The Dasa Project exploration operations are located in the north central part of the Republic of Niger, West Africa, approximately 120 km north of the city[…]

WestStar Industrial’s engineering construction contracting business, Alltype Engineering, has been awarded contracts to a total value of circa-A$8 million ($6 million) across multiple clients and projects, including A$5 million of contracts in gas transmission. APA Group has contracted Alltype to deliver multiple gas offtake and metering facility projects throughout the Midwest region of Western Australia.[…]

Syrah Resources has announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Solar Century Africa Ltd to progress a solar and battery storage hybrid power system to work in conjunction with the existing diesel generation power plant at its Balama graphite mine in Mozambique. The solar and battery storage system aims to reduce CO2 emissions and operating[…]