Archives: Environmental

Gold Fields Ltd has started production at its Salares Norte mine in Chile’s Atacama province with the pouring of its first gold-silver doré on 28 March 2024. This represents a significant milestone for Gold Fields, which has taken the project from discovery, through exploration and development to production over the past 13 years. Says Gold Fields[…]

Canada Nickel Company (CNC) recently selected Stantec, a leading player in sustainable design and engineering to the mining industry, to provide professional environmental consulting services for the Crawford Nickel Project, located north of Timmins, Ontario. This critical minerals project is expected to be one of the largest nickel sulphide operations in the world, therefore helping[…]

The Government of Canada has awarded C$18.1 million from its Low Carbon Economy Fund to Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) to support the decarbonisation of iron ore processing at its operations in Labrador West. The funding will enable IOC to reduce the amount of heavy fuel oil that is consumed in the[…]

Mining Plus has announced a new collaboration with DumpSolver, a software solution for waste landform design optimisation, that, it says, enables the mining services provider to enhance its offering by optimising waste dump design and location. This enhanced offer will benefit Mining Plus clients during both project operation and closure phases, according to the company.[…]

Mine closure is a process now considered from the outset of a mining project, with operators only receiving their so-called ‘social licence to operate’ when a well-considered and understandable end of life plan is outlined. Ahead of Planning for Closure 2024, taking place in Santiago, Chile, from May 8-10, IM heard from Bjorn Weeks, Chair[…]

Lifezone Metals Limited says it has received a Multi-Metal Processing Facility Licence from the Government of Tanzania to refine nickel, copper and cobalt from its Kabanga nickel project at Kahama, located beside Barrick Gold’s former Buzwagi gold mine. The Kabanga nickel project is in northwest Tanzania and is believed to be one of the world’s[…]

Scania’s company-owned network of sales and service branches will expand in 2024/5 with the opening of a brand-new purpose-built facility at Hope Valley, WA. The facility will comprise a new parts warehouse to distribute throughout the state (opening in 2024) and a sales and service workshop, due to commence trading in 2025. The selection of Hope Valley[…]

Crushing and grinding remains the highest energy consumption in a mining operation. So if an operation can improve grinding efficiency, they get a powerful cost saving and a positive environmental impact. Glencore Technology have been exploring this for some time. But it says now a valued client’s separate agenda to chase the same outcome has[…]

Rio Tinto is progressing its mobile equipment electrification move at the Kennecott underground operation near Salt Lake City, Utah, having transitioned from using Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions battery-electric loaders and trucks in a proof of concept to commercially deploying Sandvik battery-electric TH550B trucks and a Sandvik LH518iB loader. Just last year, Rio Tinto approved[…]

AFRY has signed a two-year framework agreement with Copperstone Resources AB. The agreement is a continuation of previous co-operation. With this framework agreement AFRY says it continues as a trusted partner to support Copperstone to reach their goal of becoming one of the world’s most sustainable producers of copper. The Swedish mining company Copperstone is[…]