Archives: Mining industry recognition

Greg Evans, Executive Director – Coal, Minerals Council of Australia explains that coal-fired power generation kept lights and air conditioners on and kept businesses running in Australia during the past summer, according to the latest figures from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). AEMO has noted in its Summer 2017-18 Operations Review that “the NEM[…]

The winners of Australia’s Good Design Awards, the highest honour for design innovation in Australia, were announced at the Sydney Opera House on May 17 at the 60th Annual Good Design Awards Ceremony. GroundProbe’s Geotech Monitoring Station (GMS) received the prestigious Good Design Award Best in Class in the Product Design category in recognition for[…]

NioCorp’s Elk Creek, Nebraska project has now emerged as one of the few greenfield projects in the US that plans to produce multiple critical minerals for which the America is currently 100% reliant on foreign nations such as China and Russia. The picture shows Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts (right) touring the Elk Creek project. The[…]

Two South American mining companies, Minera San Cristóbal (picture) and Minsur have joined the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM). Both companies underwent a rigorous and independent assessment process to ensure that they worked to ICMM’s sustainable development framework in order to be admitted. Minsur operates in Peru and Brazil where it mines tin,[…]

The World Gold Council today launched a one-off essay collection, Gold 2048, bringing together industry-leading experts from across the globe to analyse how the gold market is set to evolve in the next 30 years. Specific essays include: Gold mining: on the cusp of change – Michelle Ash, Chief Innovation Officer at Barrick Gold Corporation.[…]

Fortescue Metals Group today celebrated 10 years of iron ore exports resulting in over 1,000 Mt of contribution to Australia’s economic growth. A decade ago, Fortescue shipped its first 180,000 t of iron ore aboard the Cape size vessel Heng Shan from Herb Elliott Port in Port Hedland. Since then, the company has become the[…]

Savannah Resources reports the issuance of letters of no objection from all eight Ministries for both the Mahab 4 and Maqail South mining licence applications.  Savannah is a 65% shareholder in the Omani company Al Fairuz Mining LLC, the holder of the Block 5 exploration licence which includes these two high-grade copper deposits. Letters of[…]

Lydian Armenia has proudly announced the achievement of an important safety milestone, namely 2 million man-hours without a Lost Time Injury (LTI) during the most intense construction phase that included winter months. 2 million man-hours achieved during the construction phase at Amulsar reflects a significant safety record even for experienced international companies. Project construction is[…]

The ITA notes a BBC World Service report that the discovery of a tin deposit in central Nigeria has prompted cooperation between former rival communities to jointly develop an artisanal mining operation. Conflict between two ethnic groups, the Fulani herders and Berom farmers of the Jos Plateau area, began in 2011 when persistent desertification caused[…]

Rio Tinto and Alcoa Corp have announced a revolutionary process to make aluminium that produces oxygen and eliminates all direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the traditional smelting process. Executives of Rio Tinto, Alcoa and Apple were joined by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier of Québec Philippe Couillard for the announcement, which signals[…]