Archives: Environmental

Certarus Ltd says it has entered into a long-term agreement with McEwen Mining to convert and supply the Fox Complex in Ontario, Canada, with compressed natural gas (CNG) for mine air heating in the underground ventilation system. CNG will be used to replace propane as the primary fuel for heating at both the Froome and[…]

The story that led to the installation of a Weir Minerals Enduron® high pressure grinding roll (HPGR) at Eldorado Gold’s Kışladağ heap leach operation in Turkey is a fascinating read, as well as a great example of the benefits of using such technology. Back in March 2018, Eldorado announced it would suspend mining to evaluate[…]

Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc operation in Sweden will become the first mine in Europe to trial the battery-electric Sandvik LH518B LHD, the OEM has confirmed. Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions and Boliden have agreed on a 12-month collaborative trial period for the new 18-t battery-electric loader. Garpenberg is considered the world’s most productive underground zinc mine[…]

NextSource Materials has awarded a power supply contract to independent power producer CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) for the long-term supply of solar and thermal generation to power the operations of its Molo graphite project in Madagascar. The contract is for a 20-year term and has been designed to scale with the production output of the Molo[…]

Komatsu Australia says it has, for the first time, entered the hard-rock underground mining market with a concerted solution made up of two larger hybrid LHDs and two diesel-powered narrow-vein loaders. Two high-tech hybrid drive underground loaders, equipped with durable independent electric motors in each wheel, headline this substantial investment by Komatsu to provide a[…]

Chariot Ltd, the Africa focused transitional energy company, recently announced that it has signed binding key terms of a long-term joint development partnership, with Total Eren, the leading France-based renewable energy Independent Power Producer. The agreed terms will set out the relationship between the partners from 1 January 2022 for the joint origination and development[…]

With funding provided by the Government of Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund, yesterday in downtown Toronto, partners from across Canada gathered to launch the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) Network. MICA is a national innovation ecosystem initiative designed to modernise mining and improve its productivity and environmental performance, strengthen the Canadian mineral supply chain, and increase[…]

In late October 2021, global underground mining equipment major Epiroc announced that it is now offering customers conversion kits that, it says, “seamlessly transform” loaders from diesel-powered to battery-electric driven means, with the company having secured its first order for the solution from Evolution Mining’s Red Lake gold operations in Ontario, Canada for two diesel[…]

Trentino, Italy-based Salvadori is to supply its OTR tyre downsizing technology for Michelin’s new mining tyre recycling plant in Chile. Michelin’s new-generation recycling plant built in Chile is under construction in collaboration with Enviro, a Swedish company that has developed a patented technology to recover carbon black, oil, steel and gas from end-of life tires.[…]

Orica and Alpha HPA have signed the Central Queensland Statement of Cooperation as part of a plan to help the state “seize the opportunities that clean energy presents”, Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Steven Miles, says. “Queensland is renewable ready and Central Queensland is perfectly primed to take advantage of the state’s natural[…]