Archives: Mining industry recognition

Perth was abuzz this morning reports John Chadwick, who is there at the moment, with Azumah Resources latest drilling results from its Wa project. • KRC831 returns continuously mineralised intercept of 44 m at 5.37g/t Au from 99 m (0.5g/t Au cutoff) • Includes two high-grade zones comprising (1.0g/t Au cutoff): • 6 m at[…]

Boart Longyear is proud that its Drilling Services division in Canada has reached more than 4.2 million man hours over the last three years (April 2015 to April of 2018), with no lost-time incidents (LTIs). The company currently employs approximately 640 field employees that work safely every day on drilling projects like surface and underground[…]

Jan Kwak, Hatch’s Managing Director, Mining & Mineral Processing comments that the industry is rapidly transforming as nations, industries, and societies adapt to pressures the world has never seen before. “Today’s mining leaders are the first generation to need to honestly balance financial, social, and environmental constraints while innovating their way through economic challenges unheard[…]

Rio Tinto is the first company in the world to receive certification under the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), the highest internationally recognized standard for robust environmental, social and governance practices across the aluminium lifecycle of production, use and recycling. By using ASI certified aluminium, manufacturers and end users will now be able to demonstrate their[…]

A majority of US voters – 55% – believe the US government should take action to upgrade the aging coal and nuclear fleet, according to a poll conducted by Morning Consult for the National Mining Association (NMA). Separately, when asked about high efficiency, low emission (HELE) technologies that are being used in new coal plants[…]

Anaconda Mining Inc has been recognized with the Natural Resources Magazine’s Industry Excellence Award for Environmental Stewardship. Natural Resources Magazine’s Industry Excellence Awards recognizes companies in Atlantic Canada’s natural resources sectors that are striving for and achieving greatness in resource development, health and safety, innovation, environmental stewardship and championing communities. Dustin Angelo, President & CEO:[…]

The 100% owned subsidiary, Iberian Resources Spain (IRS), of W Resources, the tungsten, copper and gold exploration and development company with assets in Spain and Portugal, has been awarded a grant of €5,322,970 by the Junta de Extremadura Government for La Parrilla tungsten and tin project located in Spain. This equates to 32% (at the[…]

The National Mining Association (NMA) has recognized Kinross Gold Corp for receiving independent certification under its CORESafety® system. Kinross, one of the leading gold mining companies in the world, is the eighth NMA member company to complete each step of this process. “We congratulate Kinross on starting out 2018 with this noteworthy accomplishment in mine[…]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the mining value chain from production to comminution and beyond. At the production end of the value chain is PETRA Data Science’s AI prototype, ShovelVision, which took out the Komatsu Transform Mining even last month. The prototype was the team’s response to the ground engaging tools challenge – detect and[…]

Peabody recently was recognized by London-based Capital Finance International as the most responsible global mining company in 2017, marking the second consecutive year the company has been recognized for excellence in environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards and performance. The international award identifies individuals and companies that demonstrate excellence in various areas of sustainability. The[…]