Archives: Industrial minerals

Albemarle has begun earthworks at the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area, in Western Australia, for the construction of the company’s Kemerton lithium hydroxide (LiOH) conversion site. Albemarle recently received environmental approval from the federal and state government for the Kemerton plant and has followed this up with the groundbreaking. Eric Norris, Albemarle President, Lithium, said: “The[…]

Just over a week since confirming mechanical completion of the La Parrilla crusher plant, W Resources has fed the first mined ore into the circuit at its tungsten-tin operation in western Spain. Michael Masterman, Chairman of W Resources, said: “First ore into new crusher was achieved on December 18, 2018, ahead of the January 2019[…]

Scania is testing a new generation autonomous transport system at Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt operations in Western Australia. The first phase of the trial started in August 2018 and involves a Scania XT 8×4 autonomous tipper truck working separately from Dampier’s active operations. During this initial stage, a safety driver rides in the vehicle to[…]

Weeks after acquiring Swedish filtration technology company, NovaTek AB, Flowrox Oy has launched its Flowrox Filter Press and Flowrox Ceramic Disc Filter. These products significantly strengthen the Flowrox product range in the solid/liquid separation market, the company said. When the company announced the addition of NovaTek earlier this month, Simo Manninen, Vice President of Marketing[…]

Sandvik has launched what it calls the most significant carbide innovation in the rock drilling industry for decades, with the two new additions to its PowerCarbide family. The two new carbide grades extend grinding intervals and service life by up to 30% compared with standard carbides, according to the company. The GC80 (Gradient Carbide) and[…]

At its just held 2018 AGM, Alberto Calderon, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Orica stated: “Revenues have returned to growth after some years of decline, reflecting both improvements in the macro-economic environment and new contract wins. Ammonium nitrate sales volumes were up five per cent on last year with particularly strong demand in[…]

In a global industry first, MineWare’s Pegasys Dragline Monitor has extended its capability to support underwater digging. Enhanced with MineWare’s new Machine Terrain Mapping (MTM) Technology module, Pegasys can now help miners locate and recover material up to 100 ft below water. MineWare North America Regional Vice President Greg Ladewig said this is a significant[…]

Alcoa of Australia has secured three new gas supply agreements which, combined, will supply close to 25% of the company’s requirements in Western Australia from 2020. The agreements with BHP, Woodside and Chevron, coupled with other gas supply contracts, including with Quadrant Energy and Santos, announced in 2015, complete Alcoa’s gas portfolio to fuel its[…]

Boart Longyear is introducing its LF™160 surface coring drill rig and FL262 Freedom™ Loader into the African market. After being launched in late 2016, this rig and loader combination is already being successfully used in North and South America, Australia, and Turkey. The African continent got to see its first LF160 rig and FL262 Freedom[…]

Wi-Fi, cellular and GPS antennas play a vital role in bringing wireless coverage to the remote areas of mines both above and below ground. With operations taking place in difficult and remote environments, a reliable and effective communication system is an essential requirement to ensure safety and allow uninterrupted communication during routine mining processes. Why[…]