Archives: Energy minerals

Lynas Corp says it has taken a significant step towards developing its new Kalgoorlie rare earths processing plant having awarded Metso Outotec with a contract to supply the plant’s rotary kiln system following a competitive tender process. The 110 m long, 1,500 t kiln is the largest and longest lead time piece of equipment required[…]

Extensive testing conducted by a Kalgoorlie, Western Australia-based research hub has found Western Australian Goldfields mine sites can add value to their operations by focusing on small size fractions. In recent decades, the primary driver to maximise profitability of mining operations has been to mine and process as much material as possible to exploit economies[…]

A consortium of leading mining universities and mining companies in Europe has designed a dedicated training programme for mining professionals. “SafeDeepMining” is funded by EIT RawMaterials and aims to address the shortage of highly trained rock engineering personnel for deep mines that can deal effectively with the rock pressure problems jeopardising the extraction of deep[…]

As sustainable processing of the world’s natural resources is becoming a norm within industries like mining, newly formed Metso Outotec says it is actively driving the transformation. The company says: “Growing interest towards the environment and the impacts of climate change, urbanisation, decreasing ore grades and electrification are forcing traditional industries like aggregates, minerals processing[…]

On June 29, 2020, just before the combination of Metso and Outotec to become Metso Outotec, Finnish hard rock lithium ore to battery grade lithium hydroxide project developer Keliber and mineral processing technology provider Outotec signed an agreement regarding the basic engineering of Keliber’s Päiväneva concentrator. Outotec will design the concentrator process and process equipment[…]

Paladin Energy Ltd has announced the results of the Langer Heinrich Mine Restart Plan, which marks the completion of an extensive work package aimed at “delivering a reliable mine restart to bring the globally significant Langer Heinrich Mine back into production under the right uranium pricing environment.” Paladin owns 75% of the Langer Heinrich mine,[…]

The US Department of Energy (DOE) says it intends to make approximately $122 million available to establish coal product innovation centres that focus on manufacturing value-added, carbon-based products from coal, as well developing new methods to extract and process rare earth elements and critical minerals from coal. The DOE anticipates funding innovation centres in multiple[…]

FLSmidth is to supply the key roasting kiln section of the Gabanintha vanadium project process plant as part of a binding notice of award the OEM has signed with project owner Technology Metals Australia. Technology Metals Australia developed a relationship with FLSmidth during the definitive feasibility study (DFS) phase of the Gabanintha project, with the[…]

AVZ Minerals has issued a raft of ‘pre-mining’ infrastructure package tenders for its Manono lithium-tin project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The tenders, which will be awarded once AVZ makes a final investment decision on Manono, are estimated to be collectively worth about $300 million. Included are the process plants engineering procurement and[…]

Ucore Rare Metals’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Innovation Metals Corp (IMC), has executed a binding agreement with Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc (KPM) that will see Kingston become IMC’s long-term laboratory partner for the commercialisation of the RapidSX™ technology. The news follows a strategic update from earlier in the month when Ucore said it was evaluating various location[…]