Archives: Sustainable mining

EcoHoist has signed a Joint Development Agreement with ABB, which outlines how the parties will collaborate on the development of EcoHoist’s low captal expenditure hoisting technology. The Joint Development Agreement, which builds on an MoU signed earlier this year, focuses on the design and construction of a 30% scale demonstration of the EcoHoist vertical bucket[…]

Some 80 years after the Thiess Brothers broke ground on open-cut operations at Muswellbrook coal mine in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia, Thiess Rehabilitation is making significant progress with technology-led post-mining land restoration works for the site’s current owner Idemitsu Australia. Over the next 12 months, 156 ha of post-mining land will[…]

Big Roller Overland Conveyor Company has announced that it has partnered with Tribotech Pty Ltd to develop the world’s first 20″, 20 kg idler roller suitable for a 1,500 mm wide conveyor belt, the most common belt size for 25-40 Mt/y conveyors handling larger jaw and gyratory crusher output, and to invest in tooling to[…]

Ceibo, a clean copper extraction technology company, and Glencore’s Lomas Bayas copper mine, have entered into a partnership to deploy Ceibo’s proprietary leaching technologies that enable a more effective extraction of copper from low-grade sulphides. Lomas Bayas has validated Ceibo’s technology and is moving toward scaling up to assess this as an alternative to extend[…]

BQE Water Inc, a leader in the treatment and management of mine impacted waters, has been contracted by PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc in its capacity as court appointed receiver of Victoria Gold Corp to assist with the emergency response and to mitigate environmental impacts caused by the failure of the cyanide heap leach facility at the Eagle[…]

Underground mining, essential for global raw material supply, and here especially for the majority of critical raw materials, faces significant challenges, including worker safety, operational efficiency and environmental sustainability, Christel Füllenbach and Professor Helmut Mischo*, write. Traditionally, maintenance strategies in this sector relied heavily on manual inspections and time-based preventive maintenance schedules. However, these conventional[…]

In a significant step towards sustainable mining in Africa, Eramet Grande Côte, a subsidiary of the France-based multinational mining and metals company Eramet, and South Africa’s JUWI Renewable Energies have reached financial close on a €30 million ($31.5 million) off-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage solution for the mine in Diogo, Senegal. The 20[…]

PT Bukit Teknologi Digital (BTech), a subsidiary and the research and development (R&D) arm of PT Delta Dunia Makmur Tbk (Delta Dunia Group), has signed a research services agreement with The University of Queensland (UQ) to drive innovation and sustainability in the mining sector. This collaboration synergises BTech’s advanced mining analytics with UQ’s world-class research[…]

It has been just over four years since the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) was launched, and much is being learnt as mining companies and professional experts continue to maintain compliance, SRK Consulting experts are reporting. The experts – Franciska Lake, Partner and Principal Environmental Scientist; Philippa Burmeister, Partner and Principal Environmental Scientist;[…]

DXB Pump & Power has designed and launched a new 6″ workhorse pumpset, the DE400/30, for the UK quarrying industry, which is specifically focused on reducing costs and emissions for quarries. Built using its modular DXB2 canopy, the pumpset uses a Stage V Deutz TCD 2.2 three-cylinder 55 kW engine complete with the latest turbocharged[…]