Archives: Mineral commodities

Rio Tinto and bp have agreed to work together on a one-year biofuel trial to help reduce carbon emissions from Rio Tinto’s marine fleet. Under the trial, bp is supplying Rio Tinto with marine biofuel for approximately 12 months. The fuel will be trialled on Rio Tinto’s RTM Tasman vessel on a mix of Transatlantic[…]

Ironbark Zinc Ltd has announced that a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been executed between the company and Norwegian group Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner (LNS) regarding a possible equity investment in, and contractual arrangement for services to, the company’s flagship Citronen project in northern Greenland which will see 2.5 Mt) of zinc metal produced[…]

In a presentation at the Bank of America Securities 2022 Global Metals, Mining & Steel Conference, BHP CEO Mike Henry talked up the potential for potash and decisions it has made to accelerate final development of its Jansen project in Saskatchewan, Canada, which in Stage 1 is expected to produce approximately 4.35 Mt/y of potash.[…]

BHP CEO Mike Henry led the opening of Spence’s new copper concentrator plant today. The project required an investment of $2.46 billion and has a throughput of 95,000 t/d to produce copper concentrate and molybdenum concentrate. The inauguration of the concentrator is part of a global plan by BHP that seeks to reinforce the copper[…]

In what it claims are the world’s largest vertical ring Wet High Gradient Magnetic Separator (WHGMS) and High Gradient Magnetic Filter (HGMF) recently rolled off the production line at leading Chinese magnetic separation equipment and technology supplier, Shandong Huate Magnet Technology Co, based in Linqu Economic Development Area, Weifang City, Shandong. Specifically, the LHGC–5000 vertical[…]

During the sixth In-Pit Crushing & Conveying Conference – IPCC 2022 in Cancun, Mexico, held 28-29 April, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore had the chance to sit down with Neville Kelly – Business Development Manager and Elia Khoury – Engineering Manager at Bunbury, Western Australia based RCR Mining Technologies, which has seen remarkable growth and[…]

Artificial intelligence, computer systems, GPS and radars are part of the routine of over 300 Vale’s employees in Brazil being benefited by the autonomous operation. Auto technology started being used four years ago, where equipment operates with no personnel inside the cabins, which significantly reduces the risks to which employees are exposed in the operational[…]

With mining companies looking for a route to net zero, in-pit crushing & conveying offers one of the most proven ways to get there. To some extent, that has removed concerns about initial cost, given that miners face very uncertain costs anyway if they were to switch to battery electric haul trucks and associated charging[…]

MMG Ltd has announced progress with two major expansions at its mining operations – first off it has approved extending the life of its Kinsevere copper operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for at least 13 years; while in Peru, the Ministry of Energy and Mines has released the regulatory approval for the[…]

Tronox Holdings, the world’s leading integrated manufacturer of titanium dioxide pigment, recently announced that it has entered into a long-term power purchase agreement with the South African independent power producer, SOLA Group, to provide 200 MW of solar power to Tronox’s mineral sands mines and smelters in the Republic of South Africa. These include the[…]