Archives: Energy minerals

Piedmont Lithium has become the latest US-focused exploration company to use Micromine modelling to refine its mineral resource estimate – reporting a 47% increase in the process. The company is on track to own the US’ largest spodumene orebody, located in the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, in North Carolina, after increasing the mineral resource estimate to[…]

Saint Jean Carbon Inc, a carbon science company engaged in the design and build of green energy storage, green energy creation and green re-creation through the use of carbon materials has announced the signing of an arm’s length term sheet on June 28 2019 to acquire Process Research Ortech Inc (PRO). PRO is a privately[…]

Weir Minerals’ Warman® AHF pumps have been put to the test at two mines in South Africa’s Limpopo Province, the company said. The pumps were tasked with pumping frothy, high density and viscous slurries at the platinum and phosphate mines. Weir said: “Handling froth in some process circuits can be very challenging, as froth will[…]

Kalium Lakes has secured key contracts with APA Group and Shell Energy Australia for the transportation and supply of gas to meet the requirements of its Beyondie sulphate of potash project (BSOPP), in Western Australia. These contracts will provide 1 Tj/d of gas to produce 90,000 t/y of SOP and also allows for expansion to[…]

TNG Ltd says it has entered into a binding heads of agreement (HoA) with Genesee & Wyoming Australia (GWA), the third-largest rail operator in Australia, for the provision of rail haulage services for its flagship, 100%-owned Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron project, in the Northern Territory. Genesee & Wyoming is a global railroad owner and operator with[…]

Human errors are costly for any industry, but in mining with its expensive equipment their price is enormous. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not replace humans in the mining industry completely, but will help to cut their errors considerably, Anton Potapov, CTO at VIST Group (part of ZYFRA Group), told IM. “Productivity in the mining sector[…]

Peabody and Arch Coal announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine the companies’ Powder River Basin and Colorado assets, in the US, in what they call “a highly synergistic joint venture” aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of coal against natural gas and renewables. The joint venture is expected to unlock synergies[…]

Technology company Southern Innovation says it has entered into a multi-year collaboration agreement with BHP to further research applications of the METS company’s radiation-based minerals analysis technology. Under the agreement Southern Innovation will provide BHP with technical expertise to uncover solutions to specific challenges BHP faces in mineral exploration and extraction, the company said. Southern[…]

MGX Minerals and Eureka Resources say they have entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement that could see the world’s first commercial rapid petrolithium recovery system installed in Pennsylvania, in the US. The newly formed JV will initially focus on fast tracking deployment of the commercial system at Eureka’s Standing Stone advanced wastewater treatment facility[…]

Dr Bruno Oberle, Chair of the Global Tailings Review has announced the scope of the review and the next steps including his intention to visit local communities living near tailings storage facilities. The review will be divided into three phases. The first, a research phase, includes engagement with communities living and working near tailings storage[…]