Archives: Environmental

Minetek has announced the inauguration of Minetek Power, a dedicated division committed to delivering integrated electrical and power solutions to the mining industry. The establishment of the division is a response to market feedback that highlighted prolonged wait times for sub-par electrical solutions suffering from quality and longevity issues, often failing to meet site requirements[…]

dynaCERT Inc’s dealer, H2 Tek LP, has put in more purchase orders to dynaCERT for its proprietary HydraGEN™ technology, with a total of 161 units to be fulfilled in 2023, destined for one of its mining customers with operations in South America. These orders follow positive results of several pilot projects as previously announced by[…]

Canada Nickel Company has released the results of a bankable feasibility study (BFS) on its wholly-owned Crawford nickel sulphide project in Ontario, Canada that highlights the potential use of trolley-assist trucking and the company’s proprietary carbon capture and storage technology. The BFS, prepared by Ausenco Engineering Canada, displayed an after-tax NPV (8% discount) of $2.5[…]

3ME Technology and UMS have announced what they say is a groundbreaking partnership to electrify Australian heavy-duty equipment and revolutionise energy storage in the country with a partnership that sees UMS Australia established. The partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is looking to solve the problem of competitive, turnkey, battery-electric solutions for the Australian heavy-duty vehicle[…]

A new life of mine plan for the Sukari gold mine in Egypt will deliver long-term increased gold production, lower operational costs, reduced operational risk and significantly reduced carbon emissions, according to owner Centamin. The company announced the new plan today, flagging average gold production from Sukari of 506,000 oz/y for the next nine years[…]

Epiroc has released a new generation of the class-leading SmartROC C50, one of its rigs that uses its innovative COPROD rock drilling technology. “We have fine-tuned and improved an already existing top class surface drill rig. The new generation of the SmartROC C50 will be beneficial to mining and quarrying operations all around the globe,”[…]

Rio Tinto has completed construction on a new 5 MW solar power plant at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah, USA, with commissioning expected in the coming weeks. The 12,800 solar panel power plant will enable Kennecott to reduce its operational emissions by 3,000 t/y of carbon dioxide equivalent, Rio Tinto says. It will also[…]

Great Atlantic Resources’ wholly owned subsidiary, Golden Promise Mines Inc, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Novamera Inc to evaluate the use of surgical mining and Novamera’s technologies as the extraction method for the Jaclyn Main Zone in central Newfoundland, Canada. The Jaclyn Main Zone is part of the wider Golden Promise gold[…]

Anglo American has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation to collaborate on the creation of a copper product offering that, it says, responds to growing demand for metals with demonstrably strong provenance credentials. The collaboration will focus on driving traceability across copper’s fragmented value chain, with the aim of identifying and measuring[…]

Barminco has enlisted the help of RCT to carry out what it believes to be the world’s first agnostic remote installation on Caterpillar’s R2900 XE diesel-electric underground loader. The mining services company will be using the R2900 XE loader which has a diesel engine and electric driveline at the IGO-owned Spotted Quoll underground mine, in[…]