Archives: Environmental

With an ambition to explore decarbonisation opportunities across transport, operations and materials, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Volvo Group and construction and quarrying giant CRH on November 13. As part of this strategic agreement, Volvo CE will take on responsibility for next generation technology deployment, the scaling up of cutting edge technology[…]

Clean TeQ has formed a 50/50 joint venture, the Future Element Joint Venture, with mine tailings management company Future Element Pty Ltd (FE), to, it says, focus on tailings management, metal recovery and waste remediation opportunities. Clean TeQ will provide the JV with licences for its proprietary ATA® accelerated dewatering technology and its suite of[…]

Green Gravity and Complexul Energetic Valea Jiului SA (CEVJ) have executed a Cooperation Framework Agreement to explore the application of Green Gravity’s innovative energy storage technology in 17 mine shafts at four mining operations in the Valea Jiului in Romania. The agreement outlines the scope and objectives of a joint study to assess the technical, economic[…]

A bespoke end-to-end switchgear and circuit breaker solution from ABB Electrification is powering up a new solar plant at Kinross Gold’s Tasiast operation in Mauritania, which is looking to significantly reduce emissions via the use of renewable energy. The Tasiast project has recently increased capacity to 24,000 t/d of gold while reducing costs. To help[…]

In support of the shift towards electrification and the advancement of autonomous and optimisation technologies in surface drilling, Sandvik has acquired a new testing facility in Finland to develop and prove future surface drilling technologies. The surface test mine is 40 km northwest of Tampere and Sandvik’s underground test mine. The area, which has previously[…]

Epiroc last week announced two additions to its Pit Viper family, the Pit Viper 231 E and Pit Viper 235 E. These new electric-driven blasthole drills it says offer operators safer, cleaner, and more sustainable operations “while maintaining the legendary productivity and reliability that the Pit Viper line is renowned for.” Equipped with Epiroc’s proprietary[…]

First Mode has completed a large 8 t mega battery module at its Perth, Western Australia battery R&D operation for its next generation fuel cell demonstration mining truck. The truck is based on a Komatsu 930E which is already at its Centralia, Washington test site in the US. The battery will be integrated into the[…]

Bridgestone Corporation has announced a new mining solution service to estimate tyre durability using a proprietary algorithm originally developed by Bridgestone. The new offering was introduced in July 2023 to the Spence copper mine (Pampa Norte operation) in Chile, which is part of BHP. This service will be used to propose the optimal tyre maintenance[…]

Volvo Group has been selected as the winning bidder in an auction for Proterra Inc and Proterra Operating Company Inc, with the Sweden-based company set to spend on assets including a development centre for battery modules and packs in California, and an assembly factory in South Carolina. The business and assets of the Proterra Powered[…]

Following previous announcements made on June 15 and November 2, 2023, Avalon Advanced Materials Inc and SCR-Sibelco NV have announced the closing of their joint venture transaction. The new joint venture company, Separation Rapids Ltd (SRL), has a mandate to advance mining activities at the flagship Separation Rapids hard rock lithium (petalite) deposit near Kenora, Ontario,[…]