Archives: Industrial minerals

Latrobe Magnesium Ltd has announced the completion of commissioning for the first phase of its 1,000 t/y, Stage 1 Demonstration Plant, successfully producing the world’s first environmentally sustainable MgO from fly ash – a waste resource from brown coal power generation. It says this marks a significant milestone in pioneering a sustainable magnesium extraction method,[…]

Worley has been awarded the construction contract for BHP’s Jansen Potash Mine Stage 1 project in Saskatchewan, Canada. At full capacity the Jansen project is set to be one of the world’s largest potash mines. And is anticipated to help address the global growing demands for potash over the next decade. The ore produced from the[…]

Salinity Solutions, an engineering tech start-up based in Birmingham (UK) has secured a £1 million initial investment from SQM Lithium Ventures to fund the next stage of its growth. SQM Lithium Ventures, in return, will take ownership of a minority stake in the company, with the option to acquire additional equity in the future. SQM[…]

Sibelco’s china-clay Cornwood quarry in Devon, UK, has, today, played host to the launch of an autonomous ADT designed to help future proof the effectiveness and competitiveness of extractive operations such as mining within the minerals and aggregates industry. The development of autonomous driving capability opens the door to a range of operational efficiency, safety,[…]

In the past few years, Metso has made significant investments in its slurry pump capabilities in South America by establishing pump assembly and competence centres in Peru and Brazil. These regional Metso Pump hubs serve mining customers by offering a full range of slurry handling solutions with shorter lead times and reduced transport-related CO2 emissions.[…]

When building materials supplier Aggregate Industries resolved to bring operations at Europe’s largest granite quarry in-house, it challenged Finning to supply a fleet of Caterpillar machines and complete full operator training to enable the company to take over operations in just eight months without impacting production on the site. While the supply timescale was tight,[…]

Ma’aden is among the fastest-growing mining companies in the world and the largest multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East. It pioneered the mining industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, building a world-class, unique and fully integrated mining value chain. It also recognises the importance of technology and innovation in terms of[…]

At Intermat 2024 from April 24-27, Develon, formerly Doosan Construction Equipment, says it will show why innovation is at the heartbeat of the company, with an industry-leading display of new state-of-the-art machine and digital technologies being seen for the first time at the show. This includes the first demonstration of Develon’s Concept-X 2.0 cabless construction and[…]

MCi Carbon, an Australian clean technology platform, has commenced preliminary engineering work for its first industrial large-scale plant in collaboration with refractories leader RHI Magnesita. Alongside an additional multi-million-dollar investment from RHI Magnesita, this accelerates MCi Carbon’s mission to scale-up and commercialise its carbon capture and utilisation technology, the company said. “This investment marks a[…]

In a major development for the Chilean mining industry, Codelco and SQM have announced a public-private partnership to jointly develop productive and commercial lithium activities in the Salar de Atacama for the coming decades. This association, to the extent that certain conditions are met, will materialise as of January 1, 2025, and will be structured[…]