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MGX Minerals and engineering partner PurLucid Treatment Solutions have reported a second deployment of an advanced wastewater treatment system is near completion and commissioning is expected shortly. The system is capable of processing up to 10 m³/h and will significantly reduce greenhouse gases through energy savings on steam generation, according to MGX. “The technology provides[…]

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has provided a SEK 1 billion (EUR 96 million) loan to the Swedish mining equipment company Epiroc to finance the company’s R&D investments in Sweden during 2018-2021. The eight-year loan funds Epiroc’s product and service development in the field of rock excavation, automation, interoperability and energy efficiency. “It is anticipated[…]

Exploration company QEM says it has engaged Velseis Pty Ltd to carry out a 22 km 2D seismic programme for the project site at Julia Creek in Queensland’s resource rich, NW mining precinct. QEM envisages the programme will commence on site within two months, subject to satisfactory weather conditions. Velseis is an Australia seismic exploration[…]

Outotec says it has been awarded a contract for the delivery of filtration technology and services for a lithium processing plant in Australia. The order, expected to total around €12 million ($13.7 million), has been booked in Outotec’s 2019 March quarter order intake. The mineral processing equipment company’s scope in this order includes design and[…]

GoviEx Uranium has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Windiga Energy that could see the company’s flagship Madaouela project in Niger use a dedicated and renewable hybrid solar power solution. Initial discussions and collaboration between the company and Windiga will target energy solutions for Madaouela with the intent to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by[…]

Australia-based Core Lithium has awarded preferred contractor status for three key components of its 100%-owned Finniss lithium project, near Darwin in the Northern Territory. The three contractors are key participants in the development team Core is assembling following the granting of the first mining licence earlier this month, it said. Primero Group has been named[…]

NRG Metals has selected global consulting firm Knight Piésold Consulting and engineering, project, and construction management company JDS Energy & Mining to prepare a NI 43-101-compliant preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its flagship Hombre Muerto Norte (HMN) lithium project, in Salta Province, Argentina. The HMN project is in the Hombre Muerto Salar, an area of[…]

Eurasian Resources Group says it will pilot a blockchain-based solution built on the IBM Blockchain Platform at its Metalkol RTR operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help enhance the provenance and traceability of cobalt in the metal’s supply chain. Metalkol RTR is ERG’s hydrometallurgical plant in the DRC and has a target[…]

Horizonte Minerals has been awarded the construction licence for the development of its 100%-owned Araguaia ferronickel project in Brazil. The award of the licence, called Licença de Instalação (LI) in Portuguese, was granted by SEMAS, the Brazilian Pará State Environmental Agency. It allows the London- and Toronto-listed company to construct the rotary kiln electric furnace[…]

Talga Resources has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with a subsidiary of Germany-based Schunk Group to co-operate on the exploration and incorporation of Talga graphene (Talphene®) into a Schunk product with applications in the automotive sector. The ASX-listed company said further details of the LoI and the application were commercial in confidence at this[…]