Archives: Metallurgy

Gold Resource Corp has been granted a positive Record of Decision (ROD) on the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Isabella Pearl open pit heap leach gold project located in Mineral County, Nevada, USA. This final permit, along with approval from the company’s Board of Directors to move the project into production, mark a major milestone[…]

The World Gold Council today launched a one-off essay collection, Gold 2048, bringing together industry-leading experts from across the globe to analyse how the gold market is set to evolve in the next 30 years. Specific essays include: Gold mining: on the cusp of change – Michelle Ash, Chief Innovation Officer at Barrick Gold Corporation.[…]

Environmental Clean Technologies Ltd announces the commercial terms of the Master Project Agreement (MPA) ahead of the scheduled signing ceremony in Canberra on May 24 2018. This refers to the world’s first Australian-designed Coldry and Matmor plant for power generation and steel making. Key points: Largest ever research and development (R&D) collaboration between Australian and[…]

Advanced material technology company, Perth-based Talga Resources has achieved a significant breakthrough in the performance of its graphite anode material in commercial-size cells for the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery market. In tests at leading global independent facility WMG, part of the University of Warwick’s Energy Innovation Centre, Talga’s graphite anode material was benchmarked against a current[…]

Jangada Mines, a natural resources company developing what it describes as South America’s largest and most advanced PGM project, has announced a substantial increase of the JORC compliant mineral resources at its Pedra Branca PGM project in north-eastern Brazil, which enhances the already positive economics of the Project. The independently assessed, substantial JORC resource increases[…]

Rio Tinto and Alcoa Corp have announced a revolutionary process to make aluminium that produces oxygen and eliminates all direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the traditional smelting process. Executives of Rio Tinto, Alcoa and Apple were joined by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier of Québec Philippe Couillard for the announcement, which signals[…]

In its interim report released today for the three month period to end March, FLSmidth was upbeat about mining: “Momentum in the market for minerals processing equipment started building in the second half of 2017 and continued into 2018. Miners are, on average, projecting moderately higher capital expenditures in 2018 which is underpinned by the[…]

Vedanta Zinc International (VZI), a subsidiary of London-listed Vedanta Resources, has announced that the company has started a feasibility study into the development and construction of a Zinc Smelter-Refinery Complex to process concentrates from its Gamsberg project at Black Mountain Mining in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The establishment of the proposed beneficiation plant[…]

  Lithium Australia (LIT) develops cutting-edge processing technology for the manufacture of nano-scale battery cathode powders (via its subsidiary VSPC), the recycling of lithium-ion batteries and low-energy recovery of lithium and other metals from silicates with its 100% owned SiLeach hydrometallurgical process. Indeed, when compared to conventional lithium extraction processes, SiLeach has the potential to[…]

Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has completed a major section of Al Taweelah alumina refinery, in an important construction milestone for the project which will secure the raw materials the UAE’s aluminium industry needs. Construction has been completed on the calcination process facility of[…]