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Australia is stepping up its efforts to support the growth of a clean, innovative, safe and competitive domestic hydrogen industry, with the launch of a new A$300 million ($192 million) fund. An early priority of the A$300 million Advancing Hydrogen Fund, reflected in the Australian Government Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Investment Mandate Direction 2020,[…]

Engineering company Monadelphous Group says both its Engineering Construction and Maintenance divisions have been hit by measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. In reaction to this, it said its Chairman, Managing Director and Non-Executive Directors had agreed to a 30% reduction in salary and fees for the next six months, while the[…]

India’s leading domestic mining equipment manufacturer BEML Ltd has annoucned a major order from national coal mining giant Coal India Ltd for the supply of seven BH150E 150 ton (136 t) trucks and eight BH205E 205 ton (186 t) trucks under a “trial cum sale” deal along with an eight year spare parts contract. These[…]

Ucore Rare Metals says it has executed a binding share purchase agreement with Innovation Metals Corp and its shareholders that will see it acquire 100% of IMC and its RapidSX™ accelerated solvent-extraction-based separation technology. IMC is a privately held Canada-based company that has developed RapidSX for the separation and purification of critical metals including rare[…]

Eastgate Engineering says it has been awarded the electrical installation contract for the Woodsmith mine project, in the UK. Recently acquired by Anglo American, the Woodsmith polyhalite project, in north Yorkshire, is envisaged to be a 10 Mt/y mine with the potential to ramp up to 20 Mt/y at full production. The project will see[…]

The mining industry is often associated with massive pits either excavated into the ground or underneath the surface, writes Andrew Berryman, President – Mining, Minerals and Metals Services, Worley. Concern about the environmental impact of extracting minerals has existed for some time and shows no sign of abating. Despite big strides in technology, according to[…]

SRG Mining has selected DRA Global as the provider of engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for its Lola graphite project in Guinea. This selection is the result of a competitive tender process where several international engineering firms were invited and responded with qualifying and attractive proposals, SRG Mining said. Over the past three years,[…]

Nouveau Monde Graphite says it has mandated Hydro-Québec to carry out a preliminary project encompassing the development, installation and operation of a 120 kV electrical line that will supply its Matawinie mine site and help the company meet its carbon-neutrality targets. The goal is to connect the Matawinie project mine and concentrator, in Quebec, Canada,[…]

Robit says it has signed a contract with its partner to supply drilling consumables to several mine sites in Uzbekistan, including those operated by state-owned Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combinat (NMMC). The Robit Top Hammer and Down the Hole drilling consumables will be delivered during 2020 in several shipments, according to the company. The news[…]

Enefit Outotec Technology (EOT), a company with Eesti Energia as its majority stakeholder, has signed a contract with the Israeli company Rotem Energy Mineral Partnership (REM) to start the design work of the first oil plant based on Enefit technology outside Estonia. Enefit Outotec Technology (EOT) is a joint venture of Enefit and Outotec established[…]