Archives: Mineral commodities

A team of international researchers, including Dr Rich Crane from the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, have developed a new method to extract metals, such as copper, from their parent orebody. The research team which also includes experts from the University of Western Australia, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and[…]

A 19 km overland conveyor system, designed and installed by the TAKRAF India office, for the greenfield Utkal Alumina Project includes the longest single flight conveyor system to be installed within Indian territory to date. Utkal Alumina is a 100% subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco. The project is in Tikri in the Rayagada[…]

Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) has awarded a 5 year mining services contract to a joint venture between Bothakga Burrow, a local citizen owned company, and Basil Read Mining, the South African based company, for the development of an open cast coal mining operation at the MCM, Motheo project. The BR-BB (JV) mining contract was signed[…]

Sierra Metals Inc says its Board of Directors has approved the investment by the company of $28 million for the construction of a magnetite processing plant including an initial expenditure of $5.2 million for early procurement and contracting on the project. The plant is expected to produce approximately 500,000 t per year of 62% iron[…]

Terra Nova Technologies (TNT) has announced that it has been awarded the supply of two 72 in (1,829 mm) wide by 250 ft (76 m) long Super Portable® mobile stacking conveyors by a top tier mining customer for a large copper mine in the USA. This equipment will expand an existing Super Portable heap leach[…]

The module will be a key component of the SuperLig® Molecular Recognition Technology (MRT) pilot plant being built by IBC Advanced Technologies to demonstrate the green, direct extraction of lithium from brine at the Maricunga salt flat, or salar, in Chile. On February 18, 2021, the Environmental Assessment System in Chile ruled favourably with respect[…]

Metso Outotec says it is launching a comprehensive range of smart and sustainable filtration solutions to meet the needs of the mining industry, including the most demanding concentrates and tailings dewatering applications. The selection includes 15 different filter types, ranging from pressure filters of up to 100 bar pressure to vacuum filters and polishing filters,[…]

Ailie MacAdam, new President of EPC giant Bechtel’s Mining & Metals division since November 2020, gave an insightful keynote presentation entitled A new model for copper projects in a world of higher expectations at the CRU World Copper Virtual Conference 2021 this week – focused on how it is meeting the challenge of increasing copper[…]

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), the diversified natural resources group, and its wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary BAMIN, today announced that BAMIN has won the auction on the Bovespa (São Paulo Stock Exchange) to complete and operate the first 537 km stretch (FIOL Stage 1) of the FIOL (East-West Integration) railway. FIOL will provide a high capacity and[…]

Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) alongwith its wholly-owned subsidiary company, Gare Palma II Collieries Private Ltd (GPIICPL) has signed a coal mining agreement (CMA) with Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd (MAHAGENCO) for development and operation of Gare Palma Sector II coal mine. India’s Ministry of Coal, part of the Government of India, allocated Gare Palma[…]