Archives: Energy minerals

European Electric Metals has engaged the Nordmin Group of Companies to undertake a site inspection and to comment on the apparent condition of the surface and underground infrastructure and equipment of the Skroska project in Albania. The site inspection will allow Nordmin to judge whether the existing underground workings and mine equipment can be used[…]

TOMRA’s sensor sorting systems are celebrating 25 years of operation in the mining space. The past quarter of a century has seen high-value, high-quality recovery and innovation led by sustainability and record-breaking achievements, the company said. TOMRA Sorting Mining’s history and success dates back to 1993 when Commodas applied its core sensor-based technology to a[…]

Lithium Australia’s wholly-owned subsidiary VSPC Ltd has completed a world first; producing lithium-ion battery cathode material and lithium-ion batteries from tri-lithium phosphate that came directly from mine waste. The feat was achieved using VSPC’s ground-breaking SiLeach® process, which removes the requirement for generation of high-purity lithium hydroxide or carbonate – long seen as one of[…]

Battery Power Industries (BPI) has provided the battery drive system for Manitou Southern Africa’s first electric telehandler. Manitou’s battery driven telehandler, the first of its kind, was unveiled earlier this year at Electra Mining Africa 2018, and has already found its first customer, mining infrastructure construction firm TDS Projects Construction. BPI designed and implemented the[…]

The bankable feasibility study on Australian Mines’ Sconi cobalt-nickel-scandium project in Queensland, Australia, has shown a three open pit, 2 Mt/y operation can be built for some $974 million. For this investment, the company anticipates producing some 8,496 t/y of cobalt sulphate, 53,301 t/y of nickel sulphate and 89 t/y of scandium oxide over the[…]

In a similar vein to the Electric Site (#electricsite) demonstration by Volvo CE and Skanska. which IM attended yesterday in Gothenburg Sweden, CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, will partner with Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue) on hydrogen technologies to support the development of new industries, create jobs and pave the way for low emissions export opportunities[…]

Unearthed and Investing in African Mining Indaba have partnered to offer four African emerging technology businesses the opportunity to pitch their innovative industry solutions at one of the  world’s largest mining investment conference on February 6, 2019, in Cape Town, South Africa. Startups Unearthed Africa is an online competition aimed at raising the profile of[…]

A 10-week research project electrifying and automating the majority of equipment at Skanska’s Vikan Kross quarry, near Gothenburg, Sweden, has seen a 98% reduction in carbon emissions, a 70% reduction in energy cost and a 40% reduction in operator cost. The Electric Site research project, conducted by Volvo Construction Equipment and its customer Skanska, were[…]

ioneer Ltd (formerly Global Geoscience Ltd) has selected Fluor to deliver the definitive feasibility study for its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project outside of Tonopah, Nevada, in the US. Fluor will initially provide the DFS and, as the project advances, engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services. The appointment follows the completion last month of the[…]

Boart Longyear has chosen this year’s Groundwater Week exhibition as the appropriate setting to display its advanced sonic drilling technology which employs the use of high-frequency, resonant energy to eliminate or minimise friction in subsurface drilling applications. Its highly productive LS™250 sonic drill rig will be on show at the event. This features the MiniSonic™[…]