Archives: Energy minerals

Having successfully undergone a major business transition in the last 12 months, Worley says it has weathered the storm in a rapidly changing environment, “seamlessly delivering strategic and operational objectives through innovation, strength and determination to deliver.” Worley sees its ability to adapt as key to the company’s resilience, and a major driving force towards[…]

With Mikko Tepponen now in place as the new Chief Digital Officer (CDO), FLSmidth says it will accelerate both the digital transformation of its own business and its portfolio of digital offerings aimed at optimising customer operations in the mining industry. Tepponen arrives with proven experience in driving transformation journeys in other large industries and[…]

Magdeburg, Germany-based FAM recently designed and supplied two hopper and conveyor facilities for the Kearl oil sands mine, part of Imperial Oil. The project, called the Kearl Supplemental Crusher, is located in the Athabasca oil sands region in the province of Alberta in western Canada. The supplied сrushing plants are among the largest projects implemented[…]

In its Q1 2020 report released May 5, oil sands major Suncor Energy outlined the challenges it is facing with the COVID-19 pandemic leading to an unprecedented decline in demand for transportation fuels and a significant oversupply of crude oil resulting in a substantial decline in crude oil prices. Suncor’s first quarter 2020 operating loss[…]

Kibo Energy says it has signed a binding term sheet to supply 200 MW of energy to Baobab Resources’ Tete Steel and Vanadium (TSV) project in Mozambique. The binding term sheet allows Baobab to exclusively deal and negotiate with Kibo regarding entering into a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply the energy from its in-development[…]

Veolia Water Technologies says it has been contracted by Salt Lake Potash to supply HPD® crystallisation systems for its Lake Way potash mining project in Western Australia. The systems will help the company produce a high-quality sulphate of potash (SOP) fertiliser, it said. Salt Lake Potash is developing Lake Way into a 245,000 t/y SOP[…]

Outotec Oyj and Metso Corporation have cleared one of the last major hurdles on their journey to combining with the receipt of unconditional merger control clearance from the European Commission for the combination of Metso Minerals with Outotec to create the new global mineral processing solutions giant Metso Outotec. Outotec Oyj and Metso Corporation have[…]

RPMGlobal says its leading mining simulation product has brought Arianne Phosphate a step closer to bringing its Lac à Paul phosphate project in Quebec, Canada, into production after enabling the company to optimise key haulage routes for its development. Arianne Phosphate selected RPMGlobal’s HAULSIM during its critical engineering study phase so it could evaluate several[…]

Royal IHC says it has signed three contracts with Jordan-based Arab Potash Company (APC) to deliver two cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and implement a new maintenance agreement at its operations in Jordan. The first contract comprises the delivery of a custom-built CSD, the second is a three-year maintenance contract for the IHC dredgers JARASH and[…]

US-based Energy Fuels Inc has entered into an agreement to acquire the Prompt Fission Neutron (PFN) technology and equipment, including all its related intellectual property, from GeoInstruments Logging LLC. The deal will give the uranium producer the exclusive right to use, licence, and service this particular PFN technology globally, which Energy Fuels says is critical[…]