Archives: Industrial minerals

GR Engineering Services has been engaged by Salt Lake Potash to help design and construct its Lake Way sulphate of potash (SOP) project in Western Australia. Lake Way is a 245,000 t/y SOP development with an expected mine life of over 20 years. Located in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, first production is expected[…]

Since Bauma 2019, Japan’s Furukawa Rock Drill Co Ltd, represented by Utrecht, Netherlands-based FRD Europe BV, has been rolling out new technology to the European mining and quarrying market, with a new down the hole model launched in Europe in 2019 followed by two new top hammer models in 2020. The new DTH drill is[…]

While the effects of COVID-19 continue to be felt across the mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector, the time away from the office or mine site has enabled many within the industry to carry out work that could lead the industry into a whole new growth cycle. The jury is out on when such[…]

Mineral Technologies is a well known leader in mineral processing solutions, especially for mineral sands gravity separation, and is part of the Downer Group, a leading provider of infrastructure services in Australia and New Zealand. The company has expertise across a wide range of minerals including iron ore, mineral and silica sands, coal, chromite, gold,[…]

Having successfully undergone a major business transition in the last 12 months, Worley says it has weathered the storm in a rapidly changing environment, “seamlessly delivering strategic and operational objectives through innovation, strength and determination to deliver.” Worley sees its ability to adapt as key to the company’s resilience, and a major driving force towards[…]

With Mikko Tepponen now in place as the new Chief Digital Officer (CDO), FLSmidth says it will accelerate both the digital transformation of its own business and its portfolio of digital offerings aimed at optimising customer operations in the mining industry. Tepponen arrives with proven experience in driving transformation journeys in other large industries and[…]

Tetra Tech is a leader in developing solutions to support the operational safety of geotechnical and natural structures. On a global scale, tailings dam breaches are increasing in frequency, causing significant damage to the environment and even loss of life. To mitigate these catastrophic events in the future, Tetra Tech says it has developed microseismic[…]

LKAB is developing technology to recycle mine waste to produce phosphorus mineral fertilisers, rare earth elements (REEs), fluorine and gypsum, in a project called ReeMAP. The first step is to use the mine waste to produce an apatite concentrate, something LKAB is now doing in their pilot plant. Leif Boström, senior Vice President for Business[…]

Minbos Resources Ltd has announced that the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Cabinda Phosphate Project in the Angolan exclave of Cabinda (surrounded by Republic of Congo and DRC) is underway, with the appointment of Orelogy Consulting Pty Ltd. Completion of a JORC 2012 Ore Reserve Estimate for the Cácata Phosphate Deposit is anticipated to[…]

China like in other mining equipment and technology areas is a complex actor in the world of underground rail. It has its own domestic players in locomotive supply, including XEMC and Hunan Yutong which can both supply diesel, battery, battery-trolley and trolley solutions of more or less any kind and any size that would be[…]