Archives: Mineral project development

Canada Nickel Company Inc says the latest test work on material from its Crawford project, in Ontario, Canada, supports the incorporation of carbon capture and storage into the develoment. The company has devised an In-Process Tailings (IPT) Carbonation process, which, it says, is a novel method for accelerated carbon capture and storage that it believes[…]

OZ Minerals has announced that the Carrapateena cave safely propagated to surface on December 29, 2022, marking the transition from development to production planning at the operation in South Australia. OZ Minerals Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Cole, said: “The Carrapateena cave safely breaking through to surface marks a significant milestone for the[…]

Albemarle Lithium Pty Ltd has awarded Metso Outotec an order for two pyro processing and comminution lines for its Kemerton lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australia, the OEM says. Previously, Metso Outotec delivered two similar pyro process lines to the plant as part of another order. Metso Outotec’s delivery consists of rotary calciner kilns[…]

Regulus Resources Inc has announced a $15 million non-brokered private placement by Nuton, which will see the Rio Tinto Venture take an approximate 16.5% interest in the company and jointly undertake copper sulphide leach testing using Nuton’s copper sulphide leach technologies with samples from the AntaKori project in Peru. The Nuton™ technologies, Rio says, have[…]

Fresnillo PLC has confirmed that final testing of the downstream power distribution and control systems at the Juanicipio silver-gold project in Mexico is now complete. This concludes the additional testing requested by the state-owned power company, CFE (Comision Federal de Electricidad) to verify compatibility between new and updated substation equipment installed by Fresnillo on behalf[…]

Thiess is one of the largest global surface mining services companies today, with fast growing businesses in metals and minerals, rehabilitation, technology and technical services. The term mining services is deliberate – because it is no longer enough to describe Thiess as a contractor, with many of its client relationships equating to long term alliances.[…]

Nordisk Bergteknik has entered into a letter of intent regarding the acquisition of all shares in the Finnish underground mining contractor Power Mining Oy, including the Swedish subsidiary Power Mining Sverige AB. Power Mining has sales of approximately SEK160 million on annual basis, with an EBIT margin that was very strong during the last financial[…]

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has appointed Black & Veatch to design and manage the delivery of a seawater desalination plant for its Manyar Smelter in East Java, Indonesia, as part of its sustainable development commitments. The seawater desalination plant will support the processing of mine concentrates from the Grasberg mine in West Papua. The new[…]

Metso Outotec says it has been awarded an order for the supply of key minerals processing technologies to OZ Minerals’ West Musgrave copper-nickel project in Western Australia. The OEM’s scope of delivery includes an MP1250™ cone crusher, as well as Planet Positive classified flotation units and high-rate thickeners. The TankCell® e630 flotation units (pictured) are[…]

Australia-based West African Resources has awarded Metso Outotec an order for state-of-the-art comminution equipment worth €30 million ($32 million) to be delivered to its greenfield Kiaka gold project in Burkina Faso. Metso Outotec’s delivery includes two Planet Positive Premier™ grinding mills with a total installed power of 27 MW, as well as Metso Outotec’s proprietary[…]