Archives: Energy minerals

First Cobalt Corp, following a finance agreement with Glencore, has started to award key contracts to complete a 55 t/d feasibility study on the proposed expansion of its cobalt refinery. Field work is expected to commence in September and will culminate in the delivery of a definitive feasibility study (DFS) in the March quarter, the[…]

BHP has officially launched its Underground School of Excellence at Olympic Dam, an innovative new training program creating new job opportunities for people without experience in mining. South Australian Premier the Hon Steven Marshall MP joined the Minister for Mining and Energy the Hon Dan van Holst Pellekaan MP on a tour of the underground[…]

Perth-based CPC Engineering has entered into what is says is a ground-breaking joint venture with African companies to service the continent’s mining industry. Africa Project Partnerships, formed in the first quarter of 2019, brings together companies with expertise across a range of disciplines with the ability to deliver EPC and EPCM projects. APP is working[…]

Denison Mines Corp has announced positive initial test results from Test Area 1, as part of the ongoing In-Situ Recovery (ISR) field test program at the company’s 90% owned Wheeler River Uranium Project in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. As outlined within the Company’s Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for Wheeler River, which was completed in late 2018, additional[…]

Epiroc, the leading productivity provider for the mining and infrastructure industries, says it will expand one of its main production facilities, in Örebro, Sweden, “to boost productivity and ensure long-term efficiency.” The company says it will expand and consolidate the production capacity utilised by the Surface and Exploration Drilling division, including constructing a major new[…]

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNRL) said recently that its commitment to leverage technology, adopting innovation and continuous improvement is evidenced by its In Pit Extraction Process (IPEP) pilot at Horizon, which will determine the feasibility of producing stackable dry tailings. The project has the potential to reduce the company’s carbon emissions and environmental footprint by[…]

IronRidge Resources has entered a binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with GeoDrill as part of a “drilling for equity program” of up to $4 million, or 40,000m of drilling at the exploration company’s gold and lithium portfolio throughout Africa. GeoDrill, established in 1998, is a leading exploration drilling company with a fleet of 67 drill[…]

QM Points Contracting has entered into an agreement with the Saskatchewan Research Council to complete the Gunnar Mine – Other Site Aspect Remediation project in the Canadian province. This agreement represents one of the remaining major phases to reclaim the Gunnar mine site that was closed in 1964 without proper decommissioning, it said. As a[…]

Northern Minerals has capped off its ore sorting project enhancement initiatives at the Browns Range rare earths project, in northern Western Australia, with the selection of a Steinert ore sorter for use at its pilot plant. The selected machine is in stock in Perth and a deposit has been paid in order to secure it[…]

Tenova TAKRAF is a highly specialised supplier of machines and services in the fields of mining, materials handling and minerals processing. As such, it boasts a large base of installed machines that daily generate valuable data from which it can gain information regarding optimisation of design, operation and maintenance or even troubleshooting. In a recent[…]