Archives: High tech minerals

In line with its commitment to adopt clean energy sources and technologies, Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc has reported advancement on its electrification program for the Phase-2 Matawinie Mine and Bécancour Battery Material Plant. Leveraging Québec’s power grid, one of the greenest in the world, as the bedrock of its electrification strategy, NMG has confirmed electrical[…]

Albemarle Corporation, a global leader in providing essential elements for mobility, energy, connectivity and health, signed agreements today with Caterpillar Inc to collaborate on solutions to support the full circular battery value chain and sustainable mining operations. The collaboration aims to support Albemarle’s efforts to establish Kings Mountain, North Carolina as the first-ever zero-emissions lithium[…]

Metso has modernised its pilot facility at Metso Research Center in Pori, Finland, with expanded capabilities for lithium hydroxide (LiOH) and other battery chemicals process testing. The unique pilot line serves mining and battery industry customers processing battery minerals. In connection with the expansion, Metso has also opened a battery materials precursor (pCAM) pilot plant,[…]

Marula Mining, an African focused mining and development company, has provided an update on the Blesberg lithium and tantalum mine, where the company through arrangements with Q Global Commodities is completing the acquisition of two sensor-based, XRF ore sorting plants that will now be commissioned at Blesberg in Q4 2023 and used initially to increase[…]

Liontown Resources Ltd has issued a letter of award to Byrnecut Australia Pty Ltd for Underground Mining Services to underpin the development and production of the Kathleen Valley hard rock lithium project. The appointment of Byrnecut is a significant milestone for Kathleen Valley which has a Mineral Resource Estimate of 156 Mt at 1.4% Li2O and[…]

Emerging critical mineral producer FYI Resources has announced that Minhub Operations Pty Ltd (MOPL) has appointed international engineering group, IHC Mining (IHCM) to undertake initial test work and engineering studies on a proposed Mineral Processing Plant (MSP) at the Minhub rare earths/zircon project in Darwin, Northern Territory. MOPL was established to develop an independent collaborative[…]

BacTech Environmental Corp, a commercially proven environmental technology company delivering eco-friendly bioleaching and remediation solutions for precious metal and critical mineral recovery, has announced that industry partner MIRARCO Mining Innovation will receive C$280,000 in grant money through the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) Network, a program focused on developing initiatives for the commercialisation of mining[…]

ABB is collaborating with Norge Mining to conduct a FEED (Front-End Engineering and Design) study for a future Norwegian upstream mine production which it says has the potential to supply minerals used in electric vehicles and solar panels needed for the clean energy revolution, and fertiliser demand, for at least 50 years. The deposit contains[…]

Piedmont Lithium has announced this week the first commercial shipment of spodumene concentrate produced by North American Lithium (NAL), which is wholly owned by Sayona Quebec, a JV between Piedmont (25%) and Sayona Mining (75%). NAL made the initial 20,500 t shipment of spodumene concentrate via a trading company to international parties. Piedmont owns a[…]

Responding to the needs of the mineral sands sector, process equipment specialist Multotec has developed its first 12-turn spiral concentrator. According to Christina Ramotsabi, General Manager – Process Engineering at Multotec, the HM12 spiral was designed and tested in-house, evolving from the company’s popular NHM heavy minerals spiral. The first order has been manufactured and shipped[…]