Archives: Metallurgy

Australian-based lithium/boron developer Global Geoscience Ltd (GSC) reports that extensive acid-leach test work at its 100%-owned Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada, has shown that lithium and boron can be readily extracted by simple heap leach processing with high recoveries. “This is an exceptional result and a very significant breakthrough as we are not aware[…]

Desert Lion Energy Corp has begun production of lithium concentrate, on time and inline with management’s Phase I production plan. The concentrate was produced from stockpiled material at the company’s lithium project in Namibia, which is located approximately 30 km southeast of Karibib and 210 km southeast of Windhoek, the nation’s capital. There are approximately[…]

Katanga Mining today announces that it has successfully completed the hot commissioning of the core of the first train of its new whole ore leach (WOL) processing facility at its subsidiary Kamoto Copper Company’s (KCC) copper and cobalt mine in Lualaba Province, DRC. The Luilu site where the WOL and electro-winning plants of KCC are[…]

Goldplat, the AIM quoted gold producer with international gold recovery operations located in South Africa and Ghana and a gold mine in Kenya, provides a corporate and operational update. Good progress is being made on all areas of strategic focus. At Goldplat Recovery Ltd (GPL) in South Africa, a strategic stockpile of in excess of[…]

A maiden lithium Mineral Resource estimate has been completed for the Sadisdorf tin-tungsten project, located in Saxony, Germany. There, Perth-based lithium explorer and processing technology developer Lithium Australia NL (LIT) is farming into a joint venture with Tin International. Maiden lithium Inferred Mineral Resource estimate of 25 Mt @ 0.45 % Li2O announced LIT’s wholly[…]

David Byers, Interim Chief Executive, Minerals Council of Australia, reports that the MCA is launching a research project to identify opportunities for Australia to boost mining and mining services exports and outward mining investment in Asia. The New Frontiers project will examine the fast-growing countries of South and East Asia – from India to the[…]

Talga Resources’ wholly owned UK subsidiary, Talga Technologies Ltd has been successful in three funding applications under the UK Government Faraday Challenge battery development initiative that seeks to develop: 1. Sodium-ion batteries 2. Safer high voltage Lithium-ion batteries 3. Scaled up high performance battery materials and UK supply chain. Talga’s consortia partners include global automotive[…]

Nemaska Lithium has produced 1.5 t of battery grade lithium hydroxide, made from Whabouchi spodumene concentrate. Independent laboratory analyses confirm that the lithium hydroxide produced from its Phase 1 Plant in Shawinigan meets the specifications of cathode manufacturers globally. The lithium hydroxide is ready for delivery and is scheduled to be shipped today to a[…]

Mining machinery manufacturers in Germany have mastered the turnaround. After revenues continued to decline for four consecutive years, the sector is now expecting to break even in 2017. Based on the figures for the first nine months of the year, the mining equipment manufacturers are expecting to at least repeat their turnover of EUR 2.95[…]

Wayne Heili, Managing Director and CEO of Peninsula Energy Ltd (USA) has been confirmed as Keynote Speaker for the ISR Symposium presenting Key Lessons Learned from the Application of ISR to Uranium. The ISR Symposium is a new event this year and is organised in cooperation with CSIRO Minerals.  The full conference runs May 19[…]