Archives: High tech minerals

NRW Holdings’ wholly owned subsidiary Golding Contractors Pty Ltd (Golding) has signed a contract with EQ Resources Limited (EQR), for the restart of the open pit mining operations at its 100%-owned Mt Carbine tungsten mine near Cairns, Queensland. The committed contract period is 70 months and representing an estimated contract value of A$179 million. The contract[…]

Almonty Industries Inc says that plans are now well advanced to reopen the Los Santos former tungsten producing mine in Spain, which has been in planned care and maintenance since 2020. Since that time, Almonty has been undertaking studies into the re-commencement of production from Los Santos via the retreating of tailings, utilising the company’s flotation[…]

On the foundation of their 2021 collaboration agreement and of technical work achieved together over the past two years, Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc (NMG) and Caterpillar Inc have signed definitive agreements to supply NMG’s Matawinie Mine with an integrated solution that covers a zero-exhaust emission fleet, supporting infrastructure, and service. Caterpillar is set to be NMG’s supplier of[…]

Mineral processing has evolved hugely in recent years, enabling mining companies to tackle lower grades and more challenging ores. But a lot of this has been achieved by increasing efficiencies through more refined designs of what are fundamentally the same basic processes that have been around for many decades and in some cases over a[…]

TDK Corporation via subsidiary TDK Ventures Inc has invested in lithium-extraction startup Novalith. Novalith says its technology solutions capture and leverage carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to isolate and extract higher quality – battery grade – lithium from resource deposits, with no harmful by-products. Their process uses less water, smaller infrastructure, and is a lower[…]

Marula Mining, an African focused mining and development company, has provided an update on its Blesberg lithium and tantalum mine in South Africa, where it has secured new mobile mining equipment for ZAR20 million (about US$1.2 million) from Bell Equipment Ltd through its partnership with Q Global, one of South Africa’s leading independent commodity, mining,[…]

SNC-Lavalin, a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, has been contracted to complete the environmental and social impact assessment, for the Sayona Moblan Lithium Project in Quebec. Additionally on the project, SNC-Lavalin will work with InnovExplo and Primero on completing multiple components of the mine’s prefeasibility and feasibility[…]

Multotec, an industry leader in metallurgy and process engineering, is commemorating its 50th anniversary this year and says it is marking this milestone by reaffirming its position as a proudly South African company that can compete with top global competitors. The company was established in 1973, starting with an imported screening product from Germany intended[…]

Teck Resources Ltd has announced that its Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 Project (QB2) has produced its first bulk copper concentrate, as the project advances commissioning and ramps up to full production through 2023. “First copper concentrate production at QB2 is an important milestone as we advance our commissioning and ramp up plan towards full production[…]

Técnicas Reunidas says it will lead from its José Lladó Technology Centre the development of a research project of great strategic importance for Europe: the recovery of minerals and metals considered as critical raw materials (CPM), key for the technology sector and the ecological transition. The European Commission has recently warned that the transition towards[…]