Archives: Mineral project development

The 2023 Future Minerals Forum will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 10-12 January, including a Ministerial Roundtable, followed by the Forum and Exhibition itself. The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) President & CEO Rohitesh Dhawan spoke and participated at the first Forum in 2022 and will do so again at this[…]

Jervois, a global supplier of cobalt products, has appointed AFRY to provide the basic engineering, lead environmental permitting and conduct a bankable feasibility study to expand its cobalt refinery capacity in Kokkola, Finland. The assignment is expected to be completed in Q3 2023. To meet the increased demand, especially in the battery sector and particularly[…]

Nordic Iron Ore AB has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Hitachi Energy for a service to secure necessary electrical power to its Blötberget iron ore project in Sweden. By securing stable supply of electricity to the mine, the company takes an important step in resuming sustainable mining of iron ore in Blötberget and[…]

Portugal-based contract mining firm Mota-Engil says its Africa subsidiary has signed a mining contract for the Lafigué project in Côte d’Ivoire worth some $600 million. Lafigué is in the north-central part of the country, some 500 km from Abidjan, within the northern end of the Oumé-Fetekro greenstone belt. Endeavour launched construction ofn its 80%-owned project[…]

Atlantic Lithium has awarded the processing plant front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for its Ewoyaa lithium project in Ghana to Primero Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Primero will provide services to optimise the project’s flowsheet, identify long lead items, look to maximise the project’s long-term profitability, reduce execution risk and ultimately support the[…]

Ivanhoe Electric Executive Chairman Robert Friedland and President and Chief Executive Officer Taylor Melvin have announce that Ivanhoe Electric’s subsidiary, Cordoba Minerals Corp and Chinese mine developer and mining contractor JCHX Mining Management Co Ltd have agreed to a strategic arrangement for the joint development of Cordoba’s flagship Alacran Project in Colombia. Ivanhoe Electric owns[…]

While Anglo American continues with its detailed technical review of the Woodsmith polyhalite project in the UK, shaft sinking activities at the asset continue to progress, the company confirmed in an investor update today. The project was acquired by Anglo American in 2020 with the purchase of Sirius Minerals. Since then, Anglo American has been[…]

Osisko Mining Inc has signed a binding term sheet with Miyuukaa Corp, a wholly-owned corporation of the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi (CFNW), with respect to the construction of proposed transmission facilities and the transport of hydroelectric power to the Windfall project, in the Abitibi greenstone belt of Québec, Canada. The agreement will see Miyuukaa[…]

West Cumbria Mining has said it is delighted with the decision on December 7, 2022 of the UK Secretary of State for for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities , Michael Gove, to formally approve the Woodhouse Colliery planning application. It states: “The decision of the Secretary of State, which is supported by the Planning Inspector[…]

ABB has been selected by BHP to deliver a power management system for the Jansen Potash Project in Canada, which will provide nutrient-rich potash fertiliser to enable more sustainable farming globally. The global resource company is progressing the $5.7 billion Jansen Stage 1 Potash Project which is expected to achieve first production in late 2026.[…]